Symptoms
The main symptoms of Liver Fire Blazing are:
- Severe emotions irritability outbursts of anger.
- Headaches throbbing temporal.
- Dizziness.
- A red face.
- Tinnitus and deafness.
- Dream disturbed sleep.
- Thirst and a bitter taste in the mouth.
- Constipation and dry stools.
- Dark yellow urine.
- Erratic bleeding such as blood in the stools, nosebleeds, heavy menstrual bleeding or coughing up blood.
- Tongue become redder on the sides and has a dry yellow coat.
- The pulse becomes full, wiry and rapid.
Aetiology
The main aetiology for Liver Fire Blazing is an internal pathology of long term Liver Qi Stagnation.
Pathology
The main pathologies for Liver Fire Blazing are:
- The stagnate Liver Qi implodes causing excess Heat that turns into Fire.
- Anger is the emotion associated with the Liver in the Five Element Correspondences and the outbursts of anger reflect the flaring up of the Fire.
- The excess Heat and Fire rise via the Gall Bladder channel to the head causing temporal headaches temporal a red face and eyes.
- The Gall Bladder is the paired organ to the Liver and therefore excess patterns can flow over from the Liver channel into the Gall Bladder.
- The Gall Bladder channel encircles the ears and the rising Fire clouds the ear-orifices leading to disturbed ear function and high pitch tinnitus
- The rising Fire disturbs the Shen at night time leading to dream disturbed sleep and irritability.
- The dreams are usually very vivid and expansive dreams representing the expansive nature of Fire.
- Fire also causes Blood to become reckless and extravasate from Vessels which can manifest as heavy or gushing periods in women, blood in the stools, nosebleeds or coughing up blood.
- Fire will also dry out Body Fluids leading to dry stools and dark yellow urine.
Treatment principle
The treatment principle for Liver Fire Blazing is to clear Fire and sedate and move Liver Qi.
A point prescription for this treatment principle could be:
- Liver 2 subdues Liver Fire.
- 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 and moves stagnant Qi.
