Liver Qi stagnation, the consequences of indiscriminate use of Xiaoyao Pill may be more serious than you think! Hello everyone, I'm Dr. Jia.
I have met a patient with liver qi stagnation before, who usually feels suffocation in the chest, flank swelling and pain, eyes are easy to dry and tired, always have a dry mouth, appetite is not very good, easy to bloate and belch after eating, and the stool is not formed. Before she came to me, she went to the pharmacy to buy a bottle of Xiaoyao Pill, and after taking it for a few days, she didn't get better, but her symptoms tended to worsen.
After dialectic, I said that you belong to liver qi stagnation. She asked me, then why is it useless to take Xiaoyao Pill? I said that liver qi stagnation is also divided into situations, you are liver stagnation caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency, no matter how many bottles of Xiaoyao Pill you take, it will aggravate your symptoms. Why?
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver is not only responsible for discharging the body's qi, but also responsible for storing blood and regulating blood volume. This patient usually has symptoms of dry eyes, mouth, tongue and throat, which means that the yin and jin in her body are insufficient, the liver and blood are deficient, and the liver blood can not nourish the liver wood, which leads to liver stagnation and qi stagnation. At this time, neither Xiaoyao Pill nor Chai Hu Shu Liver Pill is suitable, because they all have the flavor of Bupleurum in them. Although Bupleurum is a good hand at soothing the liver and regulating qi, it is easy to rob the liver and yin, deplete the blood, and aggravate the symptoms of yin deficiency and liver depression.
In this case, it is necessary to nourish the liver and kidneys, supplemented by liver thinning. In the end, she was prescribed the following prescriptions: raw rehmannia root, northern sand ginseng, wheat winter, angelica, wolfberry, neem seed, magnolia, lentil coat, raw licorice. Reuse rehmannia as the king's medicine, nourish yin and nourish blood, and nourish the liver and kidneys; Then it is paired with sand cucumber, wheat winter, angelica, and wolfberry to nourish yin and nourish the blood; Accompanied by a small amount of neem seeds and magnolia bark to relieve liver qi and reduce distention; Finally, it is supplemented with lentil coating and licorice to regulate the spleen and stomach.
The patient returned to the clinic after taking it for seven days, and complained that the symptoms of dry mouth and eyes, chest swelling and pain were greatly reduced, but the stool was still not formed. Therefore, in the later stage, I changed the lentil coating in the recipe to white lentils, and then added fried rice kernels to enhance the function of the spleen and stomach.
So one of the things I often tell you is that TCM medicine needs to be differentiated according to each person's symptoms and physique, and you must not think that the indications of a certain drug are very similar to your own symptoms and use it indiscriminately, which will often backfire in the end. Well, that's all for today's content, and we'll see you next time!
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