Disharmonies of the Liver and associated symptoms
The main Liver disharmonies are Liver Qi stagnation, stasis of Liver blood, Liver Fire blazing upwards, Liver Wind agitating within, Damp-heat in the Liver and Gall bladder, stagnation of cold in the liver channel, deficiency of Liver-blood, Liver Yang rising.
Typical symptoms seen with Liver disharmonies are:
- A feeling of distension of the ribcage and chest
- Hypochondriac area (between ribs and stomach) pain and abdominal distension
- Sighing
- Depression
- Moodiness
- Nausea in the morning
- Sour regurgitation
- Constipation or diarrhoea (commonly seen as irritable bowel syndrome)
- Feeling of a lump in the throat
- Irregular periods and painful periods
- Distension of breasts before periods
- Pre-menstrual tension
- Irritability
- Clots in menstrual blood
- Tinnitus
- Temporal headache
- Dizziness
- Red face and eyes
- Excessive dreams
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