Liver cysts belong to the categories of “coercive pain (pain in the area of coercion and ribs)” and “accumulation” in traditional Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine believes that its pathogenesis is due to external or internal injuries, which leads to the impassability of veins and channels or the loss of nourishment of veins and channels, triggering the liver area, “if it is not through, then it hurts” or “if it does not glorify, then it hurts,” and it can be treated by a combination of Chinese herbs and acupuncture.
1. Chinese herbal medicine: the medicine can choose money grass, Hai Jin Sha, chicken gold, neem, Zhe Bei Mu, Curcuma longa, gooseberry, descending incense, yujin, white plum blossom, etc. in order to dredge the liver to resolve depression (through dredging the liver qi to treat depression) pain; soap thorns, yanhuisuo blood circulation and pain (dredge the meridians to ease the pain); sand nuts, barley, ginseng, beneficial to qi and strengthen the spleen (regulate the qi of the spleen and stomach) to facilitate the dampness.
2. Acupuncture and moxibustion prescription: according to the specific symptoms, we can use Hegu, Quchi, Zhongkou, Xiakou, Liangmen, Tianshu, Qihai, Guanyuan, Yanglingquan, Ashigaru, Shangjiu, Yinlingquan, Sanyinjiao, Taichong and other acupuncture points. Acupuncture and moxibustion can dredge the meridians and strengthen the effect of regulating qi and activating blood circulation, and the combination of acupuncture and medicine can reduce the patient’s discomfort, control the progression of the disease, and treat the liver cysts.
Those who have the above symptoms should consult a doctor in time and receive treatment under the guidance of a professional physician to identify and treat the symptoms.