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 Liver Fire


Pin Yin: gan huo
Symptoms:
aversion to heat; heat effusion.

thirsty; prefers cold drinks.
dark urine ; constipation.
Pain: pain; discomfort; of ribside; of flanks; relieved by cold; aggravated by pressure or touch; pains sharp, stabbing; of head.
Sensory abnormalities: vertigo, extreme; loss of balance; deafness, sudden; tinnitus.
Sleep: insomnia.
Activity and movement: rapid; forceful; violent.
speech: rapid; loud voice; talkative.
Affect: easily angered, violent.
Signs:
Tongue Body: red.
Tongue Coat: yellow; thick.
Pulse: bowstring; rapid; strong.
Complexion, other: scleras reddish; face reddish.
Pattern derived from: Interior-Heat-Repletion.

  
Herbs:

-- Drain Fire
-- Clear Heat, Dry Dampness
--Regulate Qi; especially herbs like Rx Bupleuri that dredge the Liver Qi.

--Drain Dampness, Promote Urination
-- Cool Blood
-- Clear Heat Toxins
-Transform Hot Phlegm
-- Quicken Blood, Transform Stasis
-Supplement Blood; especially herbs like Rx Rehmanniae Glutinosae Conquitae or Rx Angelicae Sinensis, if used as buffers to moderate the harsh effects of other herbs.
-Calm Spirit
--Extinguish Internal Wind

Formulas:

-Clear Heat from Organs (Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver)
--: Extinguish Internal Wind (Antelope Horn and Uncaria Decoction; Gastrodia and Uncaria Decoction)
-Sedate and calm Spirit (Cinnabar Pill to Calm the Spirit)
-- Clear Heat and open Orifices (Calm the Palace Pill with Cattle Gallstone; Purple Snow Special Pill)

-- Purge Heat Accumulation

  

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