Symptoms
The main symptoms of Liver Blood Stagnation are:
- In women, it affects the menstrual period causing the period to become irregular or late and also causes menstrual pain.
- The menstrual Blood is usually dark and clotted and the flow of menstrual blood could be heavy or scanty.
- Fixed abdominal masses.
- Vomiting or coughing of blood or nosebleeds.
- The pulse becomes wiry and choppy.
- The tongue develops purple sides and also have purple spots.
Aetiology
The main aetiologies for Liver Blood Stagnation are:
- Internal pathology from Liver Qi Stagnation.
- An Invasion of External Cold into the Uterus leading to Blood stagnation.
Pathology
The main pathologies for the Liver Blood Stagnation are:
- Liver Qi stagnation fails to move Liver Blood which affects the flow of Qi to the channels.
- As Qi moves Blood and Blood tells Qi where to flow, this impairs the flow of Liver Blood to the Ren Main and Chong Mai leading to the periods becoming late or irregular.
- Stagnation of Blood causes it become darker or clotted and with intense stasis, this can cause fixed abdominal masses.
- The pressure due to the Blood stagnation causes pain which is usually fixed in its location and described as boring, stabbing in nature.
- As the stagnation increases, Qi and Blood find other routes to flow and as they erupt it can cause a heavy menstrual flow, nosebleeds, vomiting blood or epistaxis.
- The sides of the tongue are associate with the Liver and these may become purple to reflect the Liver Blood Stagnation.
Treatment principle
The treatment principle for Liver Blood Stagnation is to move and regulate Liver Blood and Liver Qi.
A point prescription for this treatment principle could be:
- Gall Bladder 34 promotes the smooth flow of Liver Qi.
- Liver 3 promotes the smooth flow of Liver Qi.
- Large Intestine 4 is often combined with Liver 3 in a combination called The Four Gates to move Liver Qi Stagnation.
- Bladder 18 benefits the Liver.
