Physical appearance of liver depression and fire transformation

We always advise people who get angry easily not to lose their temper. Anger hurts the liver, and there is medical evidence for this. People with liver qi stagnation will have red face, bitter mouth, and dry throat. This is the condition of liver qi stagnation transforming into fire. In addition, if women experience this condition, it will also cause breast pain and irregular menstruation. This article introduces in detail the physical appearance of liver depression and fire transformation. If you are interested, please take a look.

Clinical manifestations

Symptoms include distension and pain in the chest, flanks or lower abdomen, irritability, dizziness and pain, flushed face and eyes, bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, insomnia, breast pain in women, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, and even amenorrhea.

Treat according to syndrome differentiation

1. Cough caused by liver depression and fire

Cause and pathogenesis: due to emotional frustration, the liver fails to release its energy, the stagnation turns into fire over time, which goes up against the lungs and causes the lungs to fail to descend, resulting in cough and other symptoms.

Symptoms: Coughing due to qi reversal, red face and eyes when coughing, coughing due to chest pain, which may increase or decrease with mood swings, accompanied by fever and dry throat, phlegm in the throat that is often difficult to cough up, small amount of phlegm and sticky texture, dry and bitter mouth, red tongue, thin yellow tongue coating with little fluid, and rapid pulse. Treatment principle: Clear the lungs and drain the liver, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. Prescription: Huangqinxiebaisan combined with Daihesan with modifications.

2. Insomnia caused by liver depression and fire

Cause and pathogenesis: It is mostly caused by anger that damages the liver, liver depression turns into fire, disturbing the mind and causing insomnia, irritability, chest tightness and flank pain.

Symptoms: insomnia, irritability, even sleepless nights in severe cases, chest tightness and flank pain, thirst and desire to drink, loss of appetite, bitter and dry mouth, red eyes and tinnitus, yellow and red urine, or dizziness, splitting headache, and constipation. The tongue is red, with yellow tongue coating, or yellow and dry tongue coating with stringy and rapid beats. Treatment principle: Clear the liver and reduce fire, while calming the mind. Prescription: Longdan Xiegan Decoction with modifications.

3. Side pain caused by liver depression and fire

Etiology and pathogenesis: mostly due to emotional depression, which turns into fire over time, liver dysfunction, blood vessel disharmony, and qi stagnation leading to chest and flank pain and other symptoms.

Symptoms: Chest and flank distension and pain, which moves around randomly and increases or decreases with emotions, accompanied by chest tightness, abdominal distension, dryness and bitterness in the mouth, red tongue, thin yellow fur, and wiry pulse. Treatment principle: Soothe the liver, regulate qi and eliminate fire. Prescription: Chaihu Shugan San with modifications.

4. Depression caused by liver stagnation and fire

Etiology and pathogenesis: It is mostly due to emotional imbalance or stagnation, which turns into fire over time, causing symptoms such as irritability, chest tightness and pain.

Symptoms: irritability, chest tightness and flank distension, accompanied by noisy and acid regurgitation, dry and bitter mouth, constipation, or headache, red eyes, tinnitus, red tongue, yellow tongue coating, and rapid pulse. Treatment principle: Clear the liver and purge fire, relieve depression and harmonize the stomach. Prescription: Danzhi Xiaoyao Powder combined with Zuojin Pills with modifications.

prevention

Liver depression and fire transformation are mostly caused by emotional discomfort, which turns into fire over a long period of time and causes a series of symptoms. It is more common in women clinically, so in daily life, we should keep a good mood, regulate emotions, engage in appropriate activities, reduce mental stress, so as to relieve our mood and avoid the occurrence and development of diseases.