Cholelithiasis

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

易怒，胸闷，善太息，以右胁或剑突下疼痛不适，可牵扯至肩背部疼痛不适为主症；伴食欲不振，遇怒加重，大便不畅，舌红，苔薄白，脉弦

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Easily irritable, chest tightness, and frequent sighing.
  • Pain or discomfort mainly under the right rib or xiphoid process, which may radiate to the shoulder and back.
  • Poor appetite, symptoms worsen when angry, and difficult bowel movements.
  • The tongue tends to be red.
  • Thin white tongue coating.
  • The pulse is taut and wiry like a tightened string.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

疏肝利胆，理气导滞

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help soothe Liver Qi and promote bile flow, alleviating distending pain in the hypochondrium, bitter taste, or emotional depression.
  • May help regulate Qi flow and resolve stagnation, relieving chest tightness, abdominal distension, poor appetite, or difficult bowel movements.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

以右胁或上腹部疼痛拒按为主症，多向右肩部放射；心烦口苦，小便黄赤，大便不爽；身热恶寒，身目发黄；舌红，苔黄腻，脉弦滑数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Pain in the right rib area or upper abdomen, worsening with pressure and reluctance to be pressed; pain often radiates to the right shoulder.
  • Irritability, bitter taste in the mouth, yellowish-red urine, and difficult bowel movements.
  • Body feels hot yet averse to cold, with yellowing of the skin and eyes.
  • The tongue is red, with a yellow and greasy coating; the pulse is taut, slippery, and somewhat rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清热利湿，疏肝利胆

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help clear Heat and promote the elimination of Dampness and turbidity, relieving fever, heavy body sensation, or difficult urination.
  • May help soothe Liver Qi and promote bile flow, alleviating distending pain in the hypochondrium, bitter taste, or poor appetite.

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