How to tell if it’s Liver Yin deficiency or Liver meridian stagnation

To determine whether it is Liver-Yin deficiency or Liver meridian stasis can be differentiated from the etiology and clinical manifestations. Liver yin deficiency refers to deficiency of yin and fluid, loss of moistening of the liver, with dizziness, dryness of the eyes, loss of eyesight, redness of the cheeks (redness of the cheekbones of the cheeks), or burning pain in the ribs and wounds, heat in the heart (heat in the heart of the hands and feet, and self-consciousness of being irritated by heat in the chest and the heart), a red tongue with little moss, and a thin and countless pulse (the pulse becomes narrower and finer, and increases in speed) being the common symptoms. It can be treated with medicines such as Consistent Decoction, Qi Chrysanthemum Dihuang Pill and Liver Tonic Soup. Liver meridian stasis refers to stagnation of blood stasis in the liver channels, with symptoms such as fixed stabbing pain in the ribs, refusal to be pressed, or lumps under the ribs, purplish tongue or spots, and astringent pulse, etc. It can be treated with the addition and subtraction of Diaphragmatic Stasis Expelling Tang. If there is any discomfort in the body, it is recommended that the patient consult a doctor in time and use medication under the doctor’s guidance.