Liver Fibrosis
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胁肋隐痛，腰膝酸软，口燥咽干。舌质红，苔薄白少津，脉弦细
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Dull pain in the sides of the ribs, relatively fixed in location, worsening with movement or pressure.
- Soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, with poor support during walking or prolonged sitting, easily leading to fatigue.
- Dry mouth and throat, with noticeable discomfort when speaking or swallowing.
- The tongue appears red, noticeably so when extended.
- Thin white tongue coating with reduced moisture, making the tongue surface appear somewhat dry.
- The pulse feels taut and thready, with a tight and fine sensation on pressure.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
滋养肝肾
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Nourishes the liver, replenishing essence and blood to help relieve discomfort such as dizziness, blurred vision, irritability, or musculoskeletal weakness.
- Tonifies the kidneys, replenishing essence to help reduce manifestations such as soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, tinnitus, forgetfulness, or mental fatigue.
- Promotes harmonious function of the liver and kidneys, helping to balance yin and yang, gradually improving overall vitality and complexion.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
口干苦或口臭，胁胀或痛。舌质红，苔黄腻，脉弦数或弦滑数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Dry mouth with a bitter taste, or strong bad breath with an unpleasant odor, making the mouth feel unclear.
- Distension or pain in the sides of the chest and ribs, more noticeable with movement or pressure.
- The tongue appears red, noticeably so when extended.
- The tongue coating is yellow and greasy, appearing as a layer of oily yellow coating upon observation.
- The pulse on pressure feels taut and rapid, or may be both tight, slippery and rapid.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
清热化湿
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Helps clear heat from the body to relieve manifestations such as feverishness, irritability, thirst, dry throat, or facial flushing.
- Helps resolve and discharge dampness and turbidity from the body, alleviating discomfort such as heaviness, chest oppression, abdominal bloating, or difficult urination.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胁痛如刺，面色黧黑或晦暗，胁下积块 (肝或脾肿大)。舌质紫暗，或有瘀斑瘀点，舌下静脉怒张，脉细涩
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Sharp, needle-like pain on one side of the ribs, with intense stabbing that is hard to bear.
- The complexion is dark or lusterless, appearing poor and lackluster.
- Palpable hard masses under the ribs, often manifesting as distension and enlargement in the liver or spleen area.
- The tongue appears purplish and dark, or with visible purple petechiae or ecchymoses, clearly noticeable when extended.
- The sublingual veins are distended, prominent, and dark purplish in color.
- The pulse is thready and unsmooth, feeling rough and stagnant on pressure, as if obstructed.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
活血化瘀
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Helps promote blood circulation and resolve stasis, alleviating discomfort such as painful ecchymoses, local swelling and hardness, or irregular menstruation.
- Helps improve blood vessel circulation and nourishment, reducing manifestations such as dull complexion, limb numbness, or joint pain.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胁肋胀满疼痛，脘腹痞闷，大便不实或溏泻。舌质淡有齿痕，苔白，脉沉弦
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Distension and pain in the sides of the ribs, worsening with movement or pressure.
- Feeling of stuffiness and oppression in the upper abdomen and stomach, with a sensation of blockage.
- Stools are poorly formed or loose and soft, with a sense of incomplete evacuation.
- The tongue appears pale, with teeth marks on the edges from dental impressions.
- The tongue coating is white, appearing as a layer of white coating.
- The pulse on pressure feels deep and taut, like a tightened string.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
疏肝健脾
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Soothes liver qi and promotes smooth qi flow, helping to relieve distension in the chest and hypochondrium, emotional depression, or feelings of oppression.
- Strengthens the spleen and stomach, aiding digestion and absorption of food to help reduce poor appetite, abdominal bloating, loose stools, or physical fatigue.
- Promotes coordinated function between the liver and spleen, supporting the generation of qi and blood, and facilitating gradual recovery of energy and physical strength.
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