Hepatitis B patients are also called “jaundice” and “jaundice” from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine due to the manifestation of yellow body, yellow eyes and yellow urine.
The disease can be caused by emotional disorders, dietary disorders, weakness of vital energy, labor and desire injury, etc. The main part of the lesion is in the liver and gallbladder, closely associated with the spleen, stomach, kidney and other internal organs, and the disease mechanism can be summarized as stagnation of heat and toxin, stagnation of qi and blood stasis, liver and spleen disorders, liver and kidney deficiencies, etc., and the nature of the disease belongs to “the original deficiency and the standard, and the mixture of reality and emptiness”.
The main symptoms include discomfort in the liver area, pain in the ribs, yellowing of the skin, yellowing of the urine, fatigue, loss of appetite, etc. The symptoms can be categorized according to Chinese medicine.
According to Chinese medicine diagnosis, it can be divided into five types: liver and gallbladder damp-heat syndrome, liver-depression and spleen deficiency syndrome, liver and kidney yin deficiency syndrome, blood stasis and obstruction of collaterals, and spleen and kidney yang deficiency, and can be treated by clearing away heat and dampness, dredging the liver and strengthening the spleen, nourishing the liver and kidneys, invigorating the blood to open the collaterals, and warming and tonifying the spleen and kidneys.