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| Pattern Names |
| Liver and Spleen Disharmony • 肝脾不和证 • Gān Pí Bù Hé Zhèng |
| Classification |
| Category: Zang Fu |
Syndrome: Complex |
| Symptoms |
| Tongue: white coating |
Pulse: weak, wiry |
| Indications: Distention and pain in abdominal and hypochondriac area, sigh frequently, depression, irritability, easily anger, poor appetite, bloating, loose stool with incomplete feeling, or rumbling sound in intestine, gas, or abdominal pain and diarrhea, pain relieved after diarrhea, or watery stool. Alternating constipation and loose stools. White tongue coating, wiry or weak pulse [Qiao] |
| Keywords |
| Distension and pain the hypochondriac region, abdominal pain and intestinal rumbling, borborygmus, irregular bowl movement, poor appetite [Qiao]
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| Treatment |
| tonify Spleen, spread Liver Qi, nourish Blood |
| Acupuncture |
| GB34, LV5, LV13, LV14, REN6, REN12, PC6, SJ6, ST25, ST36, SP4, SP6, SP15 |
| Herb |
| Xiao Yao San, Si Ni San |
| Etiology |
| Liver failed to disperse and soothe the flow of qi, and spleen failed transportation and transformation, manifest with hypochondriac pain and
distention, abdominal bloating, loose stool. It has been called liver and spleen disharmony pattern. – Emotional stress, improper diet, chronic illness
– Liver qi stagnation failed to conduct and disperse, lead hypochondriac distention and pain, irritable, anger, frequent sigh and depress – Qi stagnate in the LI, cause difficult BM – Spleen qi deficiency failed T/T, cause loose stool, poor appetite, bloating and fatigue [Qiao]
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| Notes |
| AKA: Liver Qi Stagnation With Spleen Qi Deficiency, Liver Overacting on Spleen |
