Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
肝区不适，两胁胀痛，抑郁烦闷，胸闷喜叹息，时有嗳气，纳食减少，大便不调，月经不调，舌质红，苔薄白，脉弦滑或弦细
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Discomfort in the liver area, with a vague feeling of fullness and distension that makes one feel uneasy.
- Distension and pain in the hypochondriac region, worsened by movement or pressure.
- Emotional depression and irritability, a sense of oppression in the chest, and difficulty feeling happy or relaxed.
- Chest tightness and discomfort, with frequent involuntary sighing that brings slight relief.
- Frequent belching with upward reflux of gas, more pronounced after talking or eating.
- Decreased appetite and low food intake, lack of interest in food and desire to eat less.
- Alternating loose and dry stools with irregular bowel movements, and incomplete or uncomfortable defecation.
- Irregular menstruation with variable cycle length or flow volume, sometimes heavy and sometimes light.
- The tongue body appears redder than normal, visibly reddish when extended.
- The tongue coating is thin and white, appearing as a pale white layer.
- The pulse feels taut and smooth, or thin and tight like a stretched string.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
疏肝理气
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help soothe the liver and promote the smooth flow of qi, thereby relieving chest and hypochondriac distension, frequent sighing, or emotional depression.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胁肋胀痛，抑郁不舒，倦怠乏力，腹痛欲泻，腹胀不适，食欲不振，恶心欲吐，时欲太息。舌质淡红，苔薄白或白，有齿痕，脉弦细
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Distension and pain in the hypochondriac region, worsened by movement or pressure, with fluctuating intensity.
- Feeling of depression and oppression, as if a weight is pressing on the chest that cannot be released.
- General fatigue and lack of strength, becoming easily tired even with light activities, with low energy.
- Abdominal pain with an urge to defecate, but the bowel movement before and after is not smooth or comfortable.
- Abdominal distension and discomfort, as if the abdomen is being stretched, with a sense of fullness when sitting or lying down.
- Poor appetite and low food intake, lack of interest in food.
- Frequent nausea and a sensation of regurgitation, with a tendency to vomit in severe cases.
- Involuntary desire to take a deep breath, which brings slight relief in the chest.
- The tongue body appears pale-red, without a deep red color.
- The tongue coating is thin and white or pure white, appearing relatively clear.
- Tooth marks are visible on the tongue margins, giving a scalloped appearance.
- The pulse feels taut like a string and is fine, with reduced force.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
疏肝健脾
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help soothe the liver and promote the smooth flow of qi, thereby relieving discomfort such as chest and hypochondriac distension, emotional depression, or frequent sighing.
- May help strengthen the spleen and stomach, facilitating digestion and absorption, and alleviating symptoms such as poor appetite, abdominal distension, loose stools, or fatigue.
- Supports the coordinated function of the liver and spleen, enhancing the production of qi and blood, and gradually improving overall energy and physical strength.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
体态肥胖，右胁不适或胀闷，周身困重，大便黏滞不爽，脘腹胀满，倦怠乏力，食欲不振，头晕恶心，舌质淡，舌苔白腻，脉沉滑
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Tends to be overweight, with a full body shape, and easily feels heavy and lethargic during movement.
- Discomfort or distension in the right hypochondrium, with a sense of oppression that worsens with movement or pressure.
- Heaviness and fatigue throughout the body, with heavy limbs and lack of strength, which worsens after walking.
- Sticky, sluggish stools with a sensation of incomplete evacuation.
- Distension and fullness in the epigastric and abdominal regions, with a stuffy and clogged sensation that is uncomfortable whether sitting or lying down.
- Easily fatigued and lacking energy, with limited recovery even after rest.
- Poor appetite, low food intake, and lack of interest in eating.
- Dizziness and light-headedness with nausea, more likely to retch when moving or smelling odors.
- The tongue body appears pale, lacking redness and looking pallid.
- The tongue is covered with a white, sticky, and greasy coating, appearing thick and unclear.
- The pulse is deep and smooth, palpable only with deep pressure and feeling slippery.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
祛湿化痰
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help dispel dampness and turbidity from the body, alleviating sensations of heaviness, muddled head and body, difficult urination, or lower limb edema.
- May help resolve phlegm turbidity, relieving cough with copious sputum, chest tightness, a blocked sensation in the throat, or sticky phlegm that is difficult to expectorate.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
右胁肋部胀痛，周身困重，脘腹胀满或疼痛，大便黏腻不爽，身目发黄，小便色黄，口中黏滞，口干口苦，舌质红，舌苔黄腻，脉弦滑或濡数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Distension and pain in the right hypochondrium, worsened by movement or pressure.
- General heaviness and fatigue, with heavy limbs and lack of strength.
- Epigastric and abdominal distension or dull pain, feeling as if being stretched and blocked.
- Sticky stools with a sensation of incomplete evacuation and general discomfort during defecation.
- Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes, giving a jaundiced appearance.
- Dark yellow urine that appears turbid.
- Sticky and greasy sensation in the mouth, feeling unclean and gummy when speaking or swallowing.
- Dry mouth with a bitter taste, more pronounced when talking or swallowing.
- The tongue body appears redder than normal.
- The tongue is covered with a yellow, sticky, and greasy coating, appearing thick and unclean.
- The pulse feels taut and slippery like a string, or is soft and rapid with an accelerated beat.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
清热利湿
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help clear heat from the body, alleviating sensations of feverishness, irritability, thirst, dry throat, or throat discomfort.
- May help expel dampness and turbidity, relieving heavy body sensation, scanty dark urine, or lower limb edema.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胁肋刺痛或钝痛，胁下痞块，面色晦暗，形体肥胖，胸脘痞满，纳呆厌油，四肢沉重，舌质暗红，有瘀斑，舌体胖大，边有齿痕，苔腻，脉弦滑或涩
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Stabbing pain or dull persistent pain in the hypochondriac region, with a relatively fixed location, worsening with pressure or movement.
- Palpable masses or hard nodules under the hypochondrium, feeling obstructive and persistent, not easily resolved.
- Dark, lusterless complexion, appearing dull and lackluster.
- Tends to be overweight, feeling heavy and clumsy when walking.
- Chest and epigastric oppression and distension, a sense of fullness and blockage.
- Poor appetite with dislike for greasy foods, low food intake.
- Heavy limbs with lack of strength, feeling sluggish and laborious when walking or working.
- The tongue body is dark reddish, with visible petechiae or purplish spots on the surface.
- The tongue body is enlarged, with tooth marks on the margins.
- The tongue coating is sticky and thick-greasy, appearing as if smeared with oil.
- The pulse feels taut and slippery, or choppy and rough.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
化痰消瘀
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help resolve phlegm turbidity, alleviating sticky sputum, chest tightness, shortness of breath, or throat blockage.
- May help dissipate blood stasis and promote circulation, relieving fixed stabbing pain, bruising, or hard localized lumps.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胁肋隐痛，腰膝酸软，头晕耳鸣，失眠，或午后潮热、盗汗，舌红少津，脉细或细数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Dull persistent pain in the hypochondriac region with a relatively fixed location, worsened by movement or pressure.
- Soreness, distension, and weakness in the lower back and knees, with a sense of lack of strength when walking or sitting for long periods.
- Dizziness, blurred vision, and tinnitus (ringing in the ears), which may be noticeable even in quiet environments.
- Poor sleep with frequent insomnia and vivid dreaming, waking up feeling tired.
- Recurrent sensations of heat in the afternoon or evening, with sweating after falling asleep.
- The tongue body appears red with decreased moisture, looking somewhat dry.
- The pulse is thready and small, or thin and rapid, lacking force and with a relatively rapid rhythm.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
补益肝肾
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help nourish the liver and kidneys, alleviating dizziness, tinnitus, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, or general lack of strength.
- Promotes sufficiency of liver and kidney essence and blood, contributing to a calmer mental state, clearer vision, and greater physical strength.
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