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| Pattern Names |
| Liver Yin Deficiency • 肝阴虚证 • Gān Yīn Xū Zhèng |
| Classification |
| Category: Zang Fu |
Syndrome: Liver |
| Symptoms |
| Tongue: red, no coat, cracked |
Pulse: thready, wiry, rapid, floating-empty |
| Indications: Hypochondriac pain, 4 Smalls, Dry eyes, Eye pain, Eye floaters, Night blindness, Dry nails, Dry hair, Dry skin, Limb numbness and tingling, Dizziness, Insomnia, Aimlessness, Scanty menses, Amenorrhea, pale complexion, Red cheek bones [34] • dizziness, tinnitus; dry eyes, blurred vision; there are may have pain in the hypochondrium with burning sensation; tidal
fever or low fever, feverish sensation in five center area, night sweating, trembling of hands and feet, red tongue with dry coating, a wiry, thready and rapid pulse [32] • Liver Yin Deficiency is LV Blood Deficiency + heat. First comes Blood Deficiency and then can turn into Yin deficiency with heat. Both have eye disorders. Early case can be normal tongue color with no coat, floating, empty. Later stages tongue turns red.[35]
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| Keywords |
| Blurred vision, dry eyes, and tongue without coating[35] • Blood deficiency -> Yin Deficiency -> Yin Deficiency Heat [35]
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| Treatment |
| nourish Liver Yin |
| Acupuncture |
| BL18, BL52, KD3, KD6, LI4, LV3, LV8, LV14, SP6, ST36[32] |
| Herb |
| Yi Guan Jian, Qi Ju Di Huang Wan |
| Etiology |
| Not enough yin fluid in the liver [32] |
| Notes |
| Liver blood deficiency vs. Liver yin deficiency: LV Yin Xu - heat, night sweat, bitter taste, red tongue, rapid pulse; LIV Blood Xu - Pale, night blindness, light menses, weak pulse[32]
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