Chronic Hepatitis
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胁肋胀痛，抑郁烦闷，身倦乏力，腹胀便溏，舌淡有齿痕
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Distension and pain in both sides of the rib cage, worsening with movement or pressure; the distending pain fluctuates in intensity and persists.
- Emotional depression, irritability, a feeling of suffocating discomfort, often feeling listless and easily affected.
- Physical fatigue and weakness, tiring easily with minimal recovery after rest, appearing drained and lacking strength.
- Abdominal distension and discomfort, accompanied by loose, unformed stools and a feeling of incomplete evacuation.
- The tongue appears pale with tooth marks along the edges, looking light and puffy with indentations when extended.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
疏肝健脾
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Smooth the liver qi flow to relieve chest and rib distension, emotional depression, and oppressive discomfort.
- Strengthen the spleen’s function to improve digestion and absorption, and reduce poor appetite, abdominal bloating, loose stools, and fatigue.
- Promote coordinated function between the liver and spleen, smooth the flow of qi and blood, and gradually improve overall energy and spirit.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胁肋胀痛，头晕目眩，不欲饮食，情志抑郁，脉弦
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Distension and pain in both sides of the rib cage, worsening with movement or pressure; the distending pain varies in intensity.
- Dizziness and blurred vision, with a floating, unsteady sensation that worsens when standing or walking.
- Poor appetite, little desire to eat, and lack of interest in food.
- Emotional oppression and gloom, feeling unsettled inside and easily troubled by emotions.
- The pulse feels tight and wiry upon pressure, like a taut string without softness.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
疏肝理气
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Smooth the liver qi flow to relieve chest tightness, rib distension, and emotional depression.
- Regulate qi dynamic to promote smooth digestion and ease poor appetite, belching, and abdominal distension.
- Facilitate the free flow of qi and blood to gradually bring a sense of relaxation and ease to both mind and body.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胁肋隐痛，腰膝酸软，头晕目眩，五心烦热，舌红少津，脉细数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Dull, persistent pain in both sides of the rib cage in a relatively fixed location, worsening with movement or pressure.
- Soreness, weakness, and a sensation of heaviness in the lower back and knees, feeling lack of strength when walking or sitting for long periods.
- Dizziness and blurred vision, with an unsteady, floating feeling that worsens when standing or walking.
- A warm sensation in the palms, soles, and chest, accompanied by restlessness and irritability, with frequent waves of internal heat.
- The tongue appears red with reduced moisture, looking red and slightly dry when extended.
- The pulse is thin and rapid, with a hurried rhythm and fine, weak force upon pressure.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
补益肝肾
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help nourish the liver and kidneys to relieve dizziness, tinnitus, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, and general lack of strength.
- Supports the fullness of liver-kidney essence and blood to help stabilize mental state, sharpen vision, and strengthen the body.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
畏寒肢冷，神疲脉弱，少腹腰膝冷痛，食少便溏甚至晨泄，下肢浮肿
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Aversion to cold, with cold hands and feet that are slow to warm up, worsened by exposure to cold.
- Mental fatigue and listlessness; the pulse feels weak and forceless upon pressure, with a faint, unsubstantial beat.
- Cold sensation and pain in the lower abdomen, lower back, and knees, more noticeable with movement or prolonged sitting.
- Poor appetite with reduced food intake, loose unformed stools, and a tendency toward diarrhea in the early morning.
- Swelling in the lower legs and other areas, with pitting edema that recovers slowly.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
健脾补肾
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help strengthen the spleen and stomach and replenish spleen qi to relieve poor appetite, abdominal bloating, loose stools, and physical fatigue.
- May help tonify kidney qi and consolidate the foundation to alleviate soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, aversion to cold with cold limbs, and mental exhaustion.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
面色晦暗或见赤缕红丝，两胁刺痛，蜘蛛痣，肝掌，肝脾肿大，质地较硬，舌质暗或有瘀斑
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Dark, lusterless complexion, or visible fine, thread-like red capillary marks on the skin.
- Pricking, stabbing pain in both sides of the rib cage, relatively fixed in location and worsened by pressure.
- Spider-like, radiating red spots on the skin, with a central dot and fine branching filaments extending outward.
- Redness of the palms, especially the thenar and hypothenar eminences, noticeably redder than the surrounding skin.
- Palpable enlargement of the liver and spleen areas, with a relatively firm texture and a feeling of distension or discomfort when pressed.
- The tongue appears darkish, or shows purple-dark speckles or small ecchymoses.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
祛瘀通络
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Help remove stagnant blood stasis to gradually reduce bruising, masses, or stabbing pain.
- Unblock the meridians to promote smooth circulation of qi and blood, and relieve numbness, pain, or impaired movement.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
身目发黄，色泽鲜明，恶心，厌油，纳呆，胁胀脘闷，尿黄，苔黄腻
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes, with a distinctly bright and vivid yellow color.
- Nausea and a feeling of queasiness, with an urge to vomit.
- Aversion to greasy foods, feeling disgusted by their sight.
- Poor appetite with reduced interest in food and decreased intake.
- Distending discomfort in both sides of the rib cage, and a sense of oppression and stuffiness in the upper abdomen.
- Urine appears yellow and lacks clarity to the naked eye.
- The tongue is covered with a yellow, slimy coating that looks thick and greasy.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
清热利湿
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Clear internal heat to gradually relieve fever, irritability, or throat discomfort.
- Eliminate excess dampness to improve heavy body sensation, poor appetite, or difficult urination.
- Simultaneously resolve heat and dampness to bring an overall sense of lightness and comfort.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
身目俱黄，黄色鲜明，脘闷腹胀，小便黄赤，苔黄腻
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes, giving an overall jaundiced appearance.
- The yellow color is very bright and immediately noticeable to the naked eye.
- Oppressive discomfort in the upper abdomen, with distension and a feeling of being stuffed.
- Urine appears yellowish-red and turbid, lacking clarity when voided.
- The tongue is covered with a yellow, slimy coating that looks thick and greasy.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
清利肝胆湿热
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Clear heat from the liver and gallbladder to gradually relieve bitter taste, irritability, or red eyes.
- Drain dampness from the liver and gallbladder to improve heavy body sensation, poor appetite, or difficult bowel movements.
- Smooth the liver and gallbladder qi dynamic to restore comfortable functioning and overall well-being.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
身目俱黄，黄色晦暗，口淡不渴，舌质淡苔腻，脉濡缓或沉迟
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes, with an obviously jaundiced appearance.
- The yellow color is dark and turbid rather than bright, looking dull and lackluster.
- A bland taste in the mouth without thirst, and little desire to drink water.
- The tongue appears pale with a slimy, thick coating that looks greasy and unclean.
- The pulse feels soft and slow on pressure, or is only perceptible at a deeper level and is relatively slow.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
温化寒湿
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Warm and disperse internal cold to relieve aversion to cold, icy limbs, or cold abdominal pain.
- Resolve internal dampness to gradually improve heavy body sensation, dizziness, and loose stools.
- Regulate the qi dynamic to enhance transformation and transportation functions, leading to a more energetic and relaxed overall feeling.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
发病急骤，黄疸迅速加深，色黄如金，小便黄赤，高热，烦躁口渴甚则神昏谵语，脘腹胀满，舌质红绛，舌苔黄腻或黄燥
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Sudden onset with rapid progression, symptoms appearing abruptly and catching one off guard.
- Yellowing of the skin and eye whites deepens rapidly and worsens markedly within a short time.
- The yellowing is as bright as gold, strikingly obvious to the naked eye.
- Urine appears yellowish-red and turbid, lacking clarity when voided.
- High fever with an elevated body temperature, causing discomfort and not subsiding easily.
- Irritability, thirst, and desire to drink water; in severe cases, mental confusion and delirious speech may occur.
- Fullness and oppressive distension in the upper abdomen and belly, with a feeling of being uncomfortably stuffed.
- The tongue is deep red or crimson, appearing intensely red when extended.
- The tongue is covered with a yellow, slimy coating, or a yellow and dry, rough coating.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
清热解毒，凉血开窍
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Clear internal heat to gradually relieve fever, irritability, and sore swollen throat.
- Expel toxic pathogens from the body to reduce sores, redness, swelling, or other heat-toxin related discomforts.
- Cool the blood to settle blood heat and reduce bleeding, skin rashes, or irritability.
- Open the heart orifices to restore mental clarity, gradually improving clouded consciousness, agitation, or confusion.
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