The difference between Stomach Fire and Liver Fire lies in the different causes, clinical symptoms and treatment modalities.
1. Causes: Liver Fire is mostly caused by emotional disorders that lead to the transmission of heat to the liver meridian. Stomach Fire is caused by heat that injures the stomach.
2. Clinical symptoms: Liver fire manifests symptoms such as irritability, red face and eyes, and constipation. Common diseases include depression, neurasthenia, hypertension and so on. Stomach fire manifests stomach pain, vomiting, dry mouth and thirst and other symptoms. Common diseases are peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, nervous vomiting and so on.
3. Treatment: Liver fire is mainly cleansing the liver and diarrhea (removing liver fire). It is recommended to use gentian diarrhea liver soup and other formulas. Stomach fire is mainly to clear the stomach and diarrhea fire (remove stomach fire) to nourish the yin. It is recommended to treat it with formulas such as Stomach Clearing Powder, Ox-Huang Stomach Clearing Pill, White Tiger Soup and so on.
For those with Stomach Fire and Liver Fire, dietary advice is to focus on lightness and avoid oily, spicy, cold and irritating foods.
If you have any of the above symptoms, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time and use medication under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner.