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| Pattern Names |
| Liver Blood Stasis • 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. Stabbing pain or masses along the Liver channel, sharp pain at fixed location [32] • Prickling pain in the hypochondriac area or palpable mass, vomiting of blood, epistaxis, painful periods, menstrual dark blood, menstrual clots, abdominal pain, purple nails, purple lips, purle complexion, dry skin. dark purple tongue, wiry pulse [35] |
| Keywords |
| Dark and clotted menstrual blood, purple tongue[35] |
| Treatment |
| dispel blood stasis |
| Acupuncture |
| BL17, BL18, GB34, LV3, SP10[32] • GB34, LV3, BL18, BL17, SP10, REN6[35] |
| Herb |
| Ge Xia Zhu Yu Tang, Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang, Shi Xiao San, Shen Tong Zhu Yu Tang[32] |
| Etiology |
| Develops from LV Qi stagnation. Stress, cold and greasy food, alcohol or chronic illness [32] |
| Notes |
| The 3 types of Blood Stasis are LV, HT, and ST. They can be differentiated by location of the stabbing pain. [35] |
