If you have been dizzy, irritable and irritable, and love to have a nameless fire, be careful, it is likely that liver qi is playing a role. What is liver qi stagnation? Liver qi stagnation refers to the pathological changes caused by the liver’s loss of drainage, qi stagnation, depression and lack of qi and blood flow. The liver has a draining effect and likes to be relaxed but not depressed. If the liver is not drained or depressed, it can cause liver qi stagnation. Clinical manifestations include dysmenorrhea, chest tightness, bloating, belching, and menstrual disorders in women. The treatment is to dredge the liver and relieve depression, and if necessary, to regulate qi and resolve phlegm, activate blood and soften firmness. How is it caused? Mostly due to depression, or sudden mental stimulation and other pathogenic disturbances. If the liver is not drained and the qi is depressed, the mood is depressed; if the depression is not relieved for a long time, it loses its soft and relaxing nature, so it is impatient and irritable. Qi depression generates phlegm, which rises with the Qi and is seen in the pharynx, and accumulates in the neck as a gall tumor; Qi disease and blood, stagnation of Qi and blood stasis, and disharmony of the stroke, resulting in irregular menstruation or abdominal pain during menstruation. The accumulation of Qi and Blood can lead to obstruction in the abdomen. What are the manifestations? 1. Liver qi stagnation often has a history of emotional discomfort, or the condition is closely related to emotional changes; while liver fire inflammation is mostly caused by qi stagnation turning into fire or internal invasion of fire evil. The latter is often a further development of the former. The clinical manifestations of liver qi stagnation are emotional discomfort, chest tightness, painful swelling and pain in the chest and abdomen, and stringiness of the pulse; in women, breast pain, dysmenorrhea, and menstrual disorders; there may be lesions such as plum kernel gas, gall tumor, and obstruction. 3. Clinical symptoms include dizziness and swelling, pain like crackling, red face and eyes, bitter and dry mouth, irritability, tinnitus, deafness, sleeplessness, or burning pain in the chest, dry stool and urination, vomiting blood, epistaxis, red tongue with yellow fur and string pulse. Treatment principles Treatment of liver qi stagnation is recommended to de-stress the liver, regulate qi and harmonize the stomach. If necessary, combining with Qi to resolve phlegm, invigorate blood and soften hardness.