Symptoms of Liver Fire offending the stomach (Liver qi not working well affecting the function of the stomach) mainly include chest and ribs (chest and rib area collectively), stomach and epigastric distension and pain, eructation (hiccups), belching (hiccups), vomiting, or noisy swallowing of acid (a feeling of discomfort in the stomach with acid flooding on the surface and then swallowing it down), irritability and anger, with a thin white or yellowish coating on the tongue, and a stringy or number of strings on the pulse. The treatment formula is Zuo Jin Wan. 1. Symptoms: Liver-fire violating the stomach (fire produced by the liver invading the stomach) is a symptom manifested due to the liver’s loss of detachment (the liver’s function of detachment is abnormal), transverse rebelliousness violating the stomach (the liver’s qi is not smooth so as to invade the stomach’s function), and the stomach’s loss of healing and descending (obstruction of the stomach’s function of circulation and descending). The main manifestations are distension and pain in the chest, stomach and epigastric region, belching and vomiting, or noisy acid swallowing, irritability, thin white or yellow tongue coating, and stringy or number of strings in the pulse. If the fire burns the liver yin and depletes the gastric fluids, there is often vague pain in the coerced ribs and epigastric region, stomach and epigastric distension and pain, hunger and food inappetance, dry mouth, and dry stools. 2. Formula: Zuo Jin Wan is composed of Rhizoma Coptidis and Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, which has the efficacy of cathartic liver fire, moving dampness, and opening up lumps and knots, and it is mainly used for liver fire offending the stomach, noisy acid swallowing, vomiting and coercive pain (pain in the area of coercion and ribs), tendon hernia and lumps and knots, and cholera and tendon rotation. However, it should be used with caution in cases of cold stomach pain (spleen and stomach weakness and cold) and dystocia with deficiency of liver yin. If you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or breastfeeding, please inform your doctor and seek advice on the best treatment option. Symptoms of Liver Fire in the Stomach should be treated by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner in a hospital after identification of the symptoms, and should not be treated blindly by oneself.