How to regulate liver fire stagnation in girls

If female friends are not careful, they will suffer from liver fire stagnation. After it happens, it is difficult to completely cure it through some treatment methods. If this continues for a long time, patients will feel that their physical fitness has declined, and they may even often feel abdominal distension and pain, and some symptoms of chest tightness. Therefore, they need to use some Chinese herbal medicines for relevant conditioning and care.

The syndrome of liver qi stagnation should be differentiated from the syndrome of liver fire ascending. The two syndromes should be differentiated based on etiology, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations.

① Liver-qi stagnation syndrome often has a history of emotional discomfort, or the condition is closely related to emotional changes; while liver-fire inflammation is mostly caused by qi stagnation turning into fire or internal invasion of fire evil. The latter is often a further development of the former.

② The clinical manifestations of liver-qi stagnation syndrome are emotional discomfort, chest tightness and sighing, distension and pain in the chest, flanks or lower abdomen, and a stringy pulse. Women may have symptoms of breast pain, dysmenorrhea, and irregular menstruation. There may be lesions such as plum pit qi, goiter, and abdominal mass.

③ Clinical symptoms of liver-fire ascending syndrome include dizziness, distending pain in the head, severe pain, flushed face and eyes, bitter and dry mouth, irritability, tinnitus, deafness, insomnia, or burning pain in the chest and flanks, dry stool and dark urine, vomiting blood, epistaxis, red tongue with yellow coating, and stringy and rapid pulse.

To treat liver qi stagnation, it is advisable to soothe the liver and relieve depression, and if necessary, use methods such as regulating qi and resolving phlegm, promoting blood circulation and softening hard masses.

Prescription: Bupleurum 12g, costusroot 10g, curcuma 10g, Magnolia officinalis 10g, Angelica 10g, Poria 10g.

Function: Soothe liver and relieve depression, regulate qi and harmonize the stomach.

Indications: Liver-qi stagnation syndrome, mental depression, chest and flank pain, abdominal distension and belching, abdominal distension and poor appetite, irregular menstruation, white tongue coating, and stringy pulse, etc.

The prescription is designed for liver-spleen disharmony caused by liver-qi stagnation. Bupleurum and Curcuma can soothe the liver, regulate qi and relieve depression, thereby eliminating the causes of disease and are the main medicines. Angelica sinensis is an auxiliary medicine for nourishing blood and promoting blood circulation. Costus root, Magnolia bark and Poria cocos are adjuvant drugs for regulating qi and strengthening the spleen. All the medicines are used together to soothe the liver, regulate qi and relieve depression, replenish liver blood, and invigorate the spleen and nourish the middle.

Symptoms manifested by liver failure to release qi and stagnation of qi. The disease is mostly caused by depression, sudden mental stimulation or invasion of other pathogenic factors. When the liver fails to release its Qi, Qi becomes stagnant, causing depression; if the depression is not relieved for a long time, it loses its soft and comfortable nature, causing impatience and anger. Stagnation of Qi produces phlegm, which rises with Qi. When phlegm is gathered in the throat, it is called plum pit qi. When phlegm accumulates in the neck, it is called goiter. Qi disease affects the blood, causing Qi stagnation and blood stasis, and Chong and Ren meridians being out of balance, resulting in irregular menstruation or abdominal pain during menstruation. Qi gathers and blood clots, which eventually turn into lumps and accumulations over time. The treatment should be to soothe the liver and relieve depression, and if necessary, it can be supplemented with methods such as regulating qi and resolving phlegm, promoting blood circulation and softening hard masses.