Herbal medicine to ease the liver and relieve depression

Chinese herbs for dispersing liver qi and relieving depression (treating depression by dispersing liver qi) include Chai Hu, Rose Hips, Buddha’s Hands, Fragrant Fragrance, Green Peel, Yujin, Acacia Pi, and Acacia Flower. Liver qi stagnation (poor qi and blood transportation in the liver, depression) is mainly caused by emotional disorders (unruly emotions), or sudden mental stimulation, or by illnesses and evils that block the liver veins, resulting in a loss of liver qi drainage and organization. Clinical manifestations of depression, chest and ribs (chest and ribs) or abdominal (abdomen) fullness and pain, like to sigh, or see the pharynx foreign body sensation, or neck gall tumor (equivalent to the thyroid tumor), or under the hypochondriac mass, women can be seen in the breast distension and pain, menstrual disorders, menstrual cramps, the tongue coating is thin and white, stringy pulse, and so on. The severity of the disease is closely related to emotional changes. The treatment is to regulate liver qi and detoxify the liver. Commonly used clinical formulas include Free and Easy San, Chaihu Liver-Sparing San, etc. The medicines include Chaihu, rosehips, Buddha’s hand, fragrant herbs, green peels, tulips, Acacia bark, Acacia flowers, etc. All of the above medicines have a certain degree of liver-dispersing effect. All of the above medicines have some effect of dispersing the liver, moving qi and relieving depression (relieving stagnation by unclogging qi). Note that tulip gold should not be used with cloves or mother cloves. Patients with Liver-Qi stagnation (the lack of smooth flow of Qi in the liver) should pay attention to regulating their emotions and keep their moods relaxed; do appropriate physical exercises to reduce mental stress. It is recommended that patients should consult the hospital if they feel unwell, and should not take the above medicines carelessly or blindly by themselves to avoid delaying their condition.