To understand this matter, we must first understand the difference between the "liver" of traditional Chinese medicine and that of western medicine. The "liver" referred to in TCM is not the same as the "liver" in western anatomy. Although it includes the anatomical "liver", it is a huge system. In this system, the liver is responsible for storing blood and expelling gas. When people are depressed, nervous, anxious, angry and wronged, the qi in the body will stagnate, resulting in the liver failing to play its function of expelling gas, which is called stagnation of liver qi.

Chinese medicine believes that the antidiarrheal function of the liver mainly includes four aspects:

(1) Adjust the air conditioner.

The liver can regulate the rise and fall of qi. Some women feel "blocked" everywhere when they are in a bad mood. For example, some people think that there is always a plum pit in their throat, called plum pit gas, which is caused by depression.

(2) dredge qi and blood

Some female patients will have menstrual disorder or even amenorrhea after getting angry, which is a problem with the function of soothing the liver.

(3) promoting spleen and stomach transport

There are also women who find themselves with abdominal pain and diarrhea after getting angry, which is also the cause of abnormal liver drainage.

(4) Adjust your emotions

If liver qi is abnormal, qi and blood are not harmonious, it can cause abnormal emotional changes and suffer from psychological diseases such as anxiety and depression.

Chinese medicine believes that "liver" belongs to wood, corresponding to spring. The release, conditioning and rising of liver qi can make the body recover like spring, and the vitality is stolen. On the other hand, stagnation of liver qi and poor qi movement will make people pale and full of diseases.

Since all diseases are caused by qi, only by solving the problem of stagnation of liver qi can women get sick less or even not.

There are roughly the following things that cause stagnation of liver-qi:

Family disharmony: husband and wife often quarrel, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is tense. , will lead to liver qi discomfort.

Social pressure: For example, some older unmarried women often have to bear the fancy forced marriage of their parents, relatives and colleagues. In addition, there is always a group of public opinion, and they are often under great pressure, which leads to liver-qi discomfort.

Work stress: There is no gender preference in the modern workplace, and women are under unprecedented pressure at work, especially white-collar women, who are constantly torn apart by their families and careers, and most of them have the phenomenon of liver-qi discomfort.

Poor self-guidance ability: Many women are obsessed with things, always pay attention to the negative side of life and work, and will not explain themselves. Almost all these women have the problem of stagnation of liver-qi.

Stagnation of liver-qi has two manifestations, one is stagnation of qi, that is, stagnation of qi in the body, and people are in a depressed and depressed state, that is, people often say "depressed mood", "sulking" and "heart obstruction", which is a typical stagnation of liver-qi. There is another kind, that is, the liver qi stagnates for a long time, and the accumulated heat turns into fire, which makes the liver fire vigorous, angry and grumpy. The first kind of people sigh and mope all day, and it is easy to suppress a serious illness. They wronged themselves; The second kind of people are impulsive, and if they are not satisfied, they will go to the lion's roar, which not only wronged others, but also hurt themselves.

Many women say that they know that they are in poor health and want to eat some blood-enriching nutrients, but after eating them, they will have oral ulcers, or they will find it difficult to sleep in the middle of the night and toss and turn. Some people think that this is "empty without compensation". In fact, most of these problems are caused by anger. How to make up for the blockage of liver fire there?

The harm of stagnation of liver qi is very great, beyond people's imagination. It will make your qi and blood stagnate, your temper weak, your dampness stagnate, and you will be excited by yin deficiency ... In short, there are countless "crimes" of liver qi stagnation-all diseases are treated from the liver.

Nowadays, people with liver-qi disorders are everywhere, especially women. They take care of their families, rush about their careers, are busy raising and educating their children, and honor their parents and in-laws. All kinds of pressures surround them, and liver-qi imbalance is inevitable. When I was a graduate student, I heard that an old Chinese doctor used Xiaochaihu decoction all his life to soothe the liver and regulate qi, which cured many people's diseases. Every day, patients are crowded. I didn't have much clinical experience at that time, and I was very skeptical: how is this possible?

After graduation, I gradually found that gynecological diseases basically have the shadow of liver-qi discomfort, and Bupleurum prescription is recommended to women every day. Therefore, women's health care should first check whether there is any problem of liver-qi discomfort, because only by dredging liver-qi and smoothing Qi-flowing can other health care methods be better used.

All women with liver qi discomfort can take "Jieyu Decoction" orally. I have used "Jieyu Decoction" to cure liver-qi discomfort for many years, and the specific prescription is as follows:

Formula: Radix Bupleuri 10g, Radix Scutellariae 10g, Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparata 10g, Radix Codonopsis 10g, Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata 10g, Poria 30g, Os Draconis 15g and Oyster10g. Radix Paeoniae Alba 10g, Radix Rehmanniae 10g, Cortex Moutan 10g, Fructus Gardeniae preparata 10g, Fructus Jujubae 20g, and 3 slices of ginger. If you are constipated, add 6 grams of yellow.

Usage: Boil water for 30 minutes, divide the decoction into two parts, one in the morning and one in the evening. It is suggested that local Chinese medicine should add or subtract on this basis, which is not suitable for pregnant women.

Under normal circumstances, after taking it for one to two weeks, the stagnation of liver qi can be relieved, all kinds of discomfort disappear, and the whole person becomes refreshed and energetic.