The difference between liver cleansing and liver detoxification is the different types of diseases treated, the different treatment methods, and the different formulas used.
1. Different types of diseases treated: Liver cleansing is used for the symptoms of exuberant liver fire, such as dizziness and distension, red face and eyes, dry mouth and bitter mouth, irritability, tinnitus and deafness, insomnia and dreaming, burning pain in the ribs and chest, etc. Liver dredging is used for the symptoms of liver depression and stagnation of qi, such as depression, frequent sighing, chest and ribs.
Liver dispersing is used for liver depression and qi stagnation, symptoms include depression, frequent sighing, swelling and pain in the chest and ribs (chest and ribs), abdomen, or lumps under the coils, breast swelling and pain in women, irregular menstruation, etc.
2. Different treatments: clearing the liver refers to clearing liver fire; detoxifying the liver refers to detoxifying the liver and relieving depression.
3. Different formulas are used: the commonly used formulas for liver cleansing include Angelica Longhui Pill and Gentian Liver Pill, etc.; the commonly used formulas for liver detoxification include Chaihu Hepatopathic Dispersant and Easy Dispersant, etc. The adverse effects of the above formulas are not yet known. The adverse effects of the above prescriptions are not clear.
Patients are advised to consult the doctor in time and standardize the treatment if they feel unwell. The above treatments and formulas should be used under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not be used blindly on one’s own, so as not to cause delay in one’s condition.