Gallbladder Stones

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

胁肋灼痛或刺痛；胁下拒按或痞块；舌质微红，苔薄白或微黄，脉平或弦微数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Pain in the rib sides may feel burning or piercing, worsening with movement or turning, causing noticeable discomfort.
  • The area below the ribs is more painful on pressure and the person avoids being pressed; a firm mass or lump may be felt.
  • The tongue body is slightly red with a thin white or slightly yellowish coating.
  • The pulse is generally stable, or may feel wiry and slightly rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

疏肝解郁，清热利胆

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help soothe the liver qi and resolve stagnation, reducing discomfort such as chest and rib fullness, low mood, or frequent sighing, and promote smoother qi flow.
  • May help clear liver-gallbladder stagnant heat and facilitate bile flow, alleviating symptoms such as bitter taste and dry throat, rib pain, nausea with poor appetite, or yellowing of the eyes and skin and dark urine.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

胁肋胀痛、身目发黄。舌质红，苔黄厚腻，脉滑数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The rib sides feel distended and painful, worse with movement or pressure, with a sensation of internal fullness and discomfort.
  • Both the skin and the whites of the eyes become yellow, clearly visible in the mirror.
  • The tongue body is noticeably red with a vivid color.
  • The tongue coating is yellow, thick, and greasy, looking like a layer of oily yellow fur.
  • The pulse feels smooth and somewhat rapid, with a quick rhythm and fluent sensation under the finger.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清热利胆，化湿通下

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help clear heat from the liver and gallbladder and promote bile flow, relieving symptoms such as bitter taste, dry throat, rib distension and pain, or yellowing of the eyes and skin.
  • May help transform and resolve damp-turbidity in the body, reducing heaviness, chest and abdominal distension, or poor appetite.
  • May help promote downward movement and eliminate stagnation, alleviating bowel irregularity, abdominal distension, or difficult bowel movements.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

胁胀灼痛、壮热。舌质干红或绛红或有瘀斑，苔黄厚或焦黑或无苔，脉洪数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The rib sides are distended with burning pain, accompanied by high fever and a sensation of strong heat throughout the body.
  • The tongue appears dry and red, or may be deep crimson, sometimes with purple-dark stasis spots or patches.
  • The tongue coating is yellow and thick, or dry and scorched almost black, or almost absent.
  • The pulse is flooding, large, and somewhat rapid, with a forceful and urgent sensation.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

泻火解毒，养阴利胆

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help clear and drain excess internal fire, relieving irritability, thirst, sore and red throat, or facial redness and heat.
  • May help expel noxious agents from the body, reducing sores, red swelling, throat pain, or mouth and tongue ulcers.
  • May help nourish yin fluids and facilitate bile flow, relieving bitter taste, yellow eyes, rib distension and pain, or poor appetite.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

右胁肋疼痛时作、疼痛呈胀闷窜痛。舌质淡红，苔薄白或薄白腻或薄黄，脉平或弦

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Intermittent pain occurs in the right rib area, mostly a distending and stuffy pain that may radiate, worse with movement or pressure.
  • The tongue is slightly pale-red, appearing reddish but not deep in color.
  • The tongue coating is very thin, possibly thin white, thin white and slightly slimy, or thin light yellow.
  • The pulse is generally steady, or may feel taut and wiry like a drawn string.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

疏肝利胆，行气止痛

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help soothe liver qi and promote bile flow, reducing rib distension and pain, bitter taste, dry throat, or yellowing of the eyes and skin.
  • May help regulate qi flow and relieve pain, easing chest and rib fullness, frequent belching, or dull upper abdominal discomfort.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

右胁疼痛，悠悠不止，遇劳加重及头晕眼花。舌红少苔或光剥苔，脉弦细或细数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Persistent pain in the right rib area, fluctuating in intensity, with a lingering sensation that is hard to fully relieve.
  • The pain becomes noticeably worse with fatigue or increased activity, with more distension and discomfort.
  • Dizziness and blurred vision often occur, with a feeling of floating and unsteadiness, especially when standing or walking.
  • The tongue is red with little coating, or appears shiny as if peeled.
  • The pulse feels wiry, tense, and fine, or fine and rapid with insufficient force.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

养阴柔肝，疏肝利胆

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help nourish yin and soften the liver qi, reducing irritability, dry mouth and throat, or muscle and tendon tightness.
  • May help soothe liver qi and facilitate bile flow, relieving rib distension and pain, bitter taste, yellow eyes, or poor appetite.

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