The release of liver qi plays a key role in regulating human qi activity. If this function is abnormal, it can be called "stagnation of liver qi".
Many times, the stagnation of liver qi has a great relationship with emotion, and the liver is most susceptible to emotion; If a person is often depressed, stressed, anxious and sentimental for a long time, it will easily lead to stagnation of liver qi in the long run.
The most direct manifestations of stagnation of liver qi are bad mood, sighing all day, chest tightness or dull pain; If the mood is not smooth and affects the spleen and stomach, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, abdominal distension and abdominal pain will occur; Female liver qi stagnation will show long spots, breast pain, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation and other phenomena; Men may have low libido, premature ejaculation, swelling and pain in the prostate or lower abdomen.
Qi stagnation is easy to blood stasis, so it will also affect the smoothness of qi and blood in various organs of the human body and affect the functions of various organs; The following symptoms are often mainly caused by stagnation of liver qi.
First, liver qi invades the stomach, because liver qi stagnates and invades the stomach, which affects digestion and absorption, and then leads to loss of appetite, hiccups, pantothenic acid, abdominal distension, stomachache and other phenomena.
Second: Liver depression and spleen deficiency, because liver qi can not help spleen and stomach transport, spleen deficiency is prone to occur, which often leads to abdominal distension and abdominal pain, loss of appetite, diarrhea in loose stool and other phenomena.
Third, liver depression turns into fire, because liver depression is not smooth, and qi depression is easy to turn into fire, which is manifested as red eyes, bad temper, dizziness and tinnitus, dry mouth and bitter taste.
Fourth: qi stagnation and blood stasis, the regulation of liver-qi can help blood circulation, otherwise it is easy to form blood stasis, which is manifested as headache, chest pain, facial spots, blood clots in menstruation, less menstrual flow, amenorrhea and other symptoms.
Knowing the above pathogenesis, we can understand why people who are often in a bad mood will have various diseases, which will affect their health and longevity. This shows how important it is to achieve the purpose of liver qi for health preservation. Pay attention to adjust your emotions every day, be content and be happy, and live a long and healthy life naturally!
In daily life, you can eat more foods that "soothe the liver, regulate qi and relieve depression", such as white radish, dried tangerine peel, grapefruit, citrus, hawthorn, orange, citron, bergamot and roses.
Xiaoyao Pill is a classic prescription for soothing the liver and relieving depression, which is composed of Bupleurum, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Poria, Herba Menthae, etc. Has the effects of soothing the liver, relieving depression, nourishing blood and regulating menstruation. After appropriate addition and subtraction in clinic, it can be applied to various symptoms caused by stagnation of liver-qi, with a wide range of indications.
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