Symptoms of Liver Fire

Liver fire is a term used in traditional Chinese medicine. The fire we usually talk about is divided into two categories, one is heart fire and the other is liver fire. Liver fire has an impact on our body, but there is no need to be afraid. Liver fire is not actually a very serious disease. As long as we pay attention to conditioning, liver fire will not threaten our health. We need to learn more about liver fire.

We must know the symptoms of liver fire. As long as we understand the symptoms of liver fire, when the symptoms of liver fire appear, we can deal with the liver fire in time. Let’s take a look at the introduction below.

Traditional Chinese medicine uses the word "fire" to describe certain heat symptoms in the body. What we usually call "getting angry" is the internal heat syndrome that occurs when the yin and yang of the human body are out of balance. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the pathology of "fire" can be divided into two categories: deficiency and excess. The common symptoms of fire are heart fire and liver fire.

Liver fire is not a serious disease, it is mainly a problem of regulating qi and blood in the human body.

The main causes of liver fire are irregular life, depressed mood, hot weather, eating too much salty food, eating spicy food, heatstroke (usually in a hot, high temperature, and water-deficient environment), staying too long, high pressure, staying up late, etc.

People with high liver fire often experience dry mouth, bitter taste in the mouth, bad breath, unstable sleep, stuffy body, difficult bowel movements or sticky stools, red, dry, cracked lips, and thick tongue coating. Although the above symptoms are collectively referred to as "liver fire", they may actually be caused by different organs and tissues, such as the liver, stomach, spleen, pancreas, diaphragm, large intestine, small intestine, peritoneum, etc. Different causes are best treated with different formulas.

Traditional Chinese medicine often uses Prunella vulgaris, mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum or honeysuckle, and Artemisia capillaris to treat the disease, and the effect is good. The method is as follows:

1. Add 12 grams of Prunella Vulgaris and 10 grams of mulberry leaves into appropriate amount of water, soak for half an hour, then boil for half an hour. Finally, add 10 grams of chrysanthemum and boil for 3 minutes. It can be drunk as tea. Can be flavored with rock sugar or honey.

2. Add 15 grams of honeysuckle and 15 grams of Artemisia capillaris to appropriate amount of water, soak for half an hour, then boil for half an hour, and drink it as tea. It can be flavored with brown sugar, sugar or honey.

3. Treatment method: clear the liver and reduce fire. Selected Chinese medicine prescription: Longdan Xiegan Decoction. Prescription composition: Gentiana 12g, Alisma 9g, Akebia 3g, Plantago 12g, Angelica 6g, Bupleurum 12g, Rehmannia glutinosa 9g. Analysis: Gentiana in the formula clears the liver and purges fire; Alisma orientalis and Plantago seed clear dampness and heat in the liver meridian; Angelica sinensis and Rehmannia root nourish blood and harmonize the liver; Bupleurum chinense unblocks the Qi of the liver and gallbladder; and Licorice harmonizes the middle, together achieving the effect of clearing the liver, promoting dampness and purging fire.

In the above article, we introduced what liver fire is. We know that liver fire is a term in traditional Chinese medicine. The fire in our body is generally divided into two categories, one is heart fire and the other is liver fire. Liver fire is not a serious disease and it will be fine as long as we regulate it. The above article introduces the symptoms of liver fire in detail.