What are the Chinese patent medicines for relieving liver fire?

The liver is a relatively important organ in our body. Because of it, our body is immune to all poisons. However, there are many factors that can affect the normal functioning of the liver, including bad living habits, infectious diseases and so on. In traditional Chinese medicine, liver fire means that the liver is inflamed. People who often eat greasy food often suffer from this disease. So, what are the Chinese patent medicines for removing liver fire?

1. Chinese patent medicine

(1) Longdan Xiegan Pills have the effect of clearing the liver and gallbladder, and eliminating dampness and heat. They are generally used to treat symptoms such as dizziness, headache, red eyes, tinnitus, deafness, bitter taste in the mouth, and yellow urine. However, this medicine should be stopped when the disease is cured and should not be taken for a long time, as it can easily damage the body's vital energy and cause fatigue.

(2) Huanglian Shangqing Tablets Huanglian Shangqing Tablets contain multiple ingredients such as coptis root, rhubarb, gardenia, forsythia, and licorice. They also have the effect of removing liver fire and are commonly used for symptoms such as mouth and tongue ulcers, sore throat, earache and tinnitus.

(3) Shugansan (Shugan granules, Shugan tablets, Xiaoyao pills) can soothe the liver and regulate qi, relieve depression and regulate menstruation. It is also one of the Chinese patent medicines for removing liver fire. It is used to treat symptoms such as bitter and dry mouth, dizziness, pain in the flanks, irregular menstruation, and restlessness.

2. Diet therapy

(1) Crush 10 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa into powder, peel and cut 2 pears into pieces, add appropriate amount of rock sugar and appropriate amount of water to stew. It can remove liver fire and is effective for headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, bitter taste in the mouth, bad breath, and distension and pain in the flanks.

(2) Mung bean soup or mung bean porridge. Mung bean is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It can cool down and detoxify, clear away heat and relieve restlessness. It is most suitable for people with bad temper and restlessness.

(3) Chrysanthemum porridge: Before the frost falls in autumn, pick the chrysanthemums, remove the stems, dry them in the oven or steam them and then sun dry them, or dry them in the shade, then grind them into powder for later use. First, add 100ml of polished round-grained rice and water to cook porridge as usual. When the porridge is almost done, add 10-15g of chrysanthemum powder and cook for one or two boils.

3. Fruits and vegetables that clear liver heat

(1) Fruits: water chestnut, grapefruit, and pear.

(2) Vegetables: lily, bitter gourd, lotus root, wild rice stem, lettuce, eggplant, celery, and cabbage.

Treat according to syndrome differentiation

1. Liver meridian fire

Symptoms: distension and pain in the ribs, vomiting and acid regurgitation, belching, dry mouth, red tongue with yellow coating, and stringy and rapid pulse. Treatment principle: Clear away liver fire, reduce adverse reactions and stop vomiting. Main prescription: Zuojin Wan. Prescription: ginger, coptis root, and evodia rutaecarpa.

2. Liver fire burns the lungs

Symptoms: Coughing with blood in sputum, thick sputum, uncomfortable coughing up, irritability, thirst, red cheeks, constipation, yellow tongue coating, and rapid and stringy pulse. Treatment principle: Clear away heat and resolve phlegm, relieve cough and stop bleeding. Main prescription: hemoptysis prescription. Prescription: Indigo, Trichosanthes seed, Gardenia, Terminalia chebula, and sea clam powder.

3. Liver fire stagnation

Symptoms: red, swollen and painful eyes, easy to be startled and angry, inability to sleep well, red urine, constipation, and a strong and surging pulse. Treatment principle: Clear and drain liver fire. Main prescription: Xieqing Pills. Prescription: Angelica sinensis, borneol, Ligusticum chuanxiong, raw gardenia kernel, Sichuan rhubarb, Notopterygium wilfordii, and Saposhnikovia divaricata. Make into honey pills, boil bamboo leaves and add sugar.