Clinically there is no such thing as which one is better for treating dampness-heat, Longdian Diarrhea Pill or Ermiao Pill, as both of them have their own focus. Gentian Diarrhea Pill mainly treats liver and gallbladder dampness and heat, while Ermiao Pill is mainly used to treat dampness and heat.
1. Gentian Liver Pill is composed of gentian, chaihu, scutellaria, gardenia, zejia and etc. It has the function of clearing the liver and gallbladder, relieving dampness and heat. It has the effect of clearing the liver and gallbladder and inducing dampness-heat. It is often used in the treatment of symptoms such as dampness-heat of liver and gallbladder, dizziness and redness of eyes, tinnitus and deafness, dystocia and bitterness of mouth (pain in the area of dystocia and ribs, and bitterness in the mouth), and damp-heat leucorrhea. Pregnant women should take it with caution.
2. Ermiao Pill, composed of Cangzhu and Huangbai. It has the effect of drying dampness and clearing heat. It is often used in the treatment of symptoms such as dampness-heat injection, redness, swelling and hot pain of feet and knees, lower limb dengue (acute infection disease, the skin can be seen to be red as if painted), leucorrhea, wet and itchy scrotum and so on. If the symptoms are not relieved after taking the medicine for 7 days, one should go to the hospital.
If you need to treat dampness-heat, you should choose the medicine under the diagnosis and treatment of professional Chinese medicine practitioners.