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| Pattern Names |
| Liver Blood Stagnation • 肝血瘀滯 • Gān Xuè Yū Zhì |
| Classification |
| Category: Zang Fu |
Syndrome: Liver |
| Symptoms |
| Tongue: purple |
Pulse: wiry, choppy, irregular |
| Indications: Sharp pain or masses in the hypochondrium or lateral abdomen, vomiting blood, severe headache with fixed location, epistaxis, dysmenorrhea with dark blood and clots, irregular menses, infertility, purple nails and lips, purple or dark complexion, dry skin, purple petechiae, purple tongue, especially on the sides [Qiao] |
| Keywords |
| stabbing pain or masses along the Liver channel, sharp pain at fixed location
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| Treatment |
| dispel blood stasis |
| Acupuncture |
| BL17, BL18, GB34, LV3, SP10 |
| Herb |
| Ge Xia Zhu Yu Tang, Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang, Shi Xiao San, Shen Tong Zhu Yu Tang |
| Etiology |
| Develops from LV Qi stagnation. Stress, cold and greasy food, alcohol or chronic illness [QIao] |
