What are the symptoms of liver depression?

Hepatic depression is a symptom of low mood caused by liver stagnation. Patients often feel depressed, easily excited, and irritable. In addition to some emotional symptoms, they often experience chest fullness and rib pain. If they do not pay attention to timely conditioning and care, it may even cause lesions in the digestive system.

What are the symptoms of liver depression?

1. Depression or irritability. This symptom is the most common, manifested as low mood, always sighing, or irritability, affecting daily life and work. 2. Pain and distension in the areas along the Liver Meridian: The Liver Meridian passes through the lower abdomen, chest, flanks, laryngopharynx, and top of the head. Stagnation of liver qi may cause symptoms such as lower abdominal pain, breast pain, flank pain, and headache.

3. Lesions in the neck and throat: The liver meridian passes through the throat. When liver qi stagnates there, people will feel a foreign body in the throat and be unable to swallow or cough out. Chinese medicine calls this "plum pit qi." If Qi stagnation lasts for a long time, it will further affect the normal circulation of blood and body fluids, causing phlegm and blood stasis in the neck and the appearance of neck lumps, etc. 4. Female breast and menstrual disorders : Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "women are born with the liver", so women are more prone to liver qi stagnation. In addition to the above symptoms, there may also be breast tenderness, lumps, dysmenorrhea or menstrual disorders.

5. Digestive system diseases Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver and spleen are closely related in both physiology and pathology. Long-term stagnation of liver qi can affect the spleen and stomach, leading to abnormal digestive function, decreased appetite, belching, abdominal distension, unformed stools and even diarrhea.

"Liver depression" is the common name for "liver qi stagnation", which is often caused by emotional depression or sudden mental stimulation, or by hepatitis B virus invading the liver and causing blockage of liver meridian qi. As the pace of life quickens, people face increasing pressure, and more and more people are showing symptoms of liver qi stagnation.

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