Liver fire is mostly caused by external adverse stimuli, overeating of fat, sweet and thick flavors, sulking and other causes of liver qi stagnation (poor qi and blood transportation of the liver, emotional depression), long-term qi stagnation and transformation of fire, resulting in liver fire becoming exuberant. Patients may manifest dizziness, headache, dry mouth, bitter mouth, distension and pain in the chest and ribs (a collective term for the chest and ribcage area), both ribs and breasts, redness and swelling of the eyes, dryness and astringency of the eyes, shortness of temper, and irregular menstruation and amenorrhea, constipation, dyspepsia, and red tongue with yellow coating in female patients.
This type of disease can be treated with the addition or subtraction of drugs that have the effect of clearing the liver and diarrhea (removing liver fire). For example, Gentian Diarrhea Liver Tang is mainly composed of Gentian herb, Scutellaria baicalensis, Gardenia jasminoides, Ze Xie Diarrhea, Mutong, Plantago asiatica, Angelica sinensis, Radix et Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Radix Bupleurum officinale, and Chai Hu, etc. It is generally used for the treatment of headache, eye redness, coercive pain and mouth bitterness, deafness, swelling of ears, swelling of yin and yin itching, and drenching of urine.
In addition, the drugs in this formula are mainly bitter and cold in nature, which can easily damage the function of the spleen and stomach, it is forbidden to use it for those who are allergic to spleen and stomach cold (spleen and stomach weak and cold), yin deficiency and hyperactivity (deficiency of yin fluid and hyperactivity of yang qi), or those who are allergic to the drug, and avoid spicy and stimulating food during the period of taking the drug.
Patients with liver fire symptoms should be under the guidance of a professional physician to identify the evidence, according to their own situation, reasonable treatment, not blindly use drugs, so as not to delay treatment.