What medicine should I take for discomfort in the spleen, stomach, liver and gallbladder?

In traditional Chinese medicine, all organs of the human body are related. When the spleen and stomach are hot, it will be transmitted to the liver and gallbladder. If the liver and gallbladder have qi stagnation and discomfort, the function of the spleen and stomach will also be reduced. When a disease occurs, we cannot consider the disease of one organ alone, but must consider the whole system as a whole. Among common diseases, liver and gallbladder damp-heat is more common. Next, let us learn together if treatment is appropriate for liver and gallbladder damp-heat.

Main symptoms of damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder: fullness and stuffiness in the ribs, bitter taste in the mouth, poor appetite, nausea, abdominal distension, irregular bowel movements, short and dark urine, red tongue with yellow greasy coating, stringy and slippery pulse or yellow body and eyes, or alternating chills and fever, or scrotal eczema, or swollen, hot and painful testicles, or yellow and smelly vaginal discharge, or vulva itching, etc.

Diagnosis: Mostly due to the influence of damp-heat evil; or indulgence in alcohol, fatty foods and sweet foods, which generate damp-heat; or disorder of spleen and stomach function, internal generation of dampness, which turns into heat and accumulates in the liver and gallbladder.

What are the Chinese medicine prescriptions for liver and gallbladder damp-heat?

What are the traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for liver and gallbladder damp-heat? Auxiliary treatment for patients with liver and gallbladder damp-heat:

1. Day lily and lean meat soup: 30 grams of day lily, 60 grams of lean meat, cook into soup and drink. It can cure acute icteric hepatitis, chronic hepatitis B, and patients diagnosed with damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder according to traditional Chinese medicine.

2. Day lily porridge: 30 grams of day lily, 15 grams of lean minced meat, appropriate amount of glutinous rice and white sugar, cook into porridge, 1 to 2 times a day, can clear away heat and cool blood, reduce swelling, diuresis, relieve pain, and improve eyesight. It is suitable for acute icteric hepatitis and chronic liver belonging to the liver and gallbladder damp-heat type.

3. Daylily drink: daylily (dried) 15 grams. The preparation method is to wash the day lily, add appropriate amount of water to boil it into a soup, and drink it instead of tea. It has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis and relieving jaundice. Suitable for chronic hepatitis, damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder, and acute icteric hepatitis.

4. Five-juice drink: 100 grams each of pear, water chestnut (horse hoof), lotus root, and fresh reed root, and 50 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus. Preparation method: Wash and peel the above five ingredients, use an instrument or container to crush and squeeze the juice for drinking. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting body fluid and stopping diarrhea, and is suitable for chronic liver and gallbladder damp-heat type.

5. Isatis root and chrysanthemum drink: 30 grams of isatis root, 2 spoons of chrysanthemum crystal. Boil Isatis root in water and add chrysanthemum crystal to drink it once a day. It has the effects of clearing away heat and wind, improving eyesight and detoxifying. Suitable for chronic hepatitis and damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder.

The treatment for damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder is mainly to eliminate dampness and clear heat, and to clear the liver and promote bile secretion. Experts say: use products that clear away heat and detoxify, cool blood and remove blood stasis; for those with more dampness than heat, use aromatic drugs to clear turbidity; the Chinese medicine prescription for liver and gallbladder damp-heat can include gentian, scutellaria, honeysuckle, wild chrysanthemum, gardenia, capillaris, red peony root, raw rehmannia, northern bupleurum, raw licorice, plantain seed, and raw rhubarb. The traditional Chinese medicine prescription for liver and gallbladder damp-heat can regulate Qi, harmonize various medicines, and prevent the bitter and cold nature from damaging the stomach and consuming Qi. The traditional Chinese medicine prescription for liver and gallbladder damp-heat includes Bupleurum, Rehmannia, and Red Peony Root, which have the effect of nourishing the liver and blood, and have a good therapeutic effect on patients with liver and gallbladder damp-heat.

What are the Chinese medicine prescriptions for liver and gallbladder damp-heat?

For those with dampness heavier than liver and gallbladder damp-heat, the Chinese medicine prescriptions for liver and gallbladder damp-heat include white cardamom, pinellia, akebia, scutellaria, calamus, forsythia, red peony root, raw coix seed, capillaris, curcuma, and Ganlu Xiaodu Dan. Medicinal Patchouli Leaves are used for conditioning. The traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for treating damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder include these drugs, which are excellent in promoting bile secretion and relieving jaundice, clearing away turbidity with aromatics, and clearing away heat, promoting dampness and detoxifying.

In case of damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder, choosing some cool fruits to eat can effectively reduce liver fire, such as watermelon, grapefruit, apple, pear, grape, strawberry, etc. These fruits are rich in multivitamins and various minerals needed by the human body, and have the effects of clearing heat, calming the mind and reducing fire. People with excessive liver fire can eat these fruits to regulate their excessive liver fire. While choosing cool fruits, people with excessive liver fire also need to understand which fruits are warm fruits, such as cherries, lychees, longans, oranges, pomegranates, pineapples, etc. People with excessive liver fire should try to eat less of these fruits, or better yet, not eat them.