Liver Qi Stagnation
Important Clarification
Liver Qi Stagnation is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) pattern concept. It is not a Western medical diagnosis. Emotional symptoms associated with this pattern, such as persistent depression or anxiety, require professional mental health evaluation. Do not self-diagnose based on pattern descriptions.
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What This Pattern Means
The Liver's function of ensuring smooth Qi flow is impaired, usually due to emotional stress, frustration, or repressed anger. The obstructed Qi disturbs the Shen, causing insomnia with irritability. This pattern commonly overlaps with Spleen involvement (Liver invading Spleen).
Common Signs in TCM Theory
Insomnia triggered or worsened by stress, irritability, sighing, premenstrual aggravation of sleep, rib-side distension, feeling of lump in throat, normal tongue with thin white coating, wiry pulse.
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(1)Lifestyle Guidance and Food Therapy
TCM dietary therapy for Liver Qi Stagnation traditionally recommends foods that promote Qi circulation. Chen Pi (aged tangerine peel) tea, rose tea, and mint are traditionally suggested. fatty foods and alcohol are traditionally avoided, as they may impede Qi flow. These are traditional dietary suggestions and not medical treatment.
TCM lifestyle recommendations for Liver Qi Stagnation traditionally emphasize regular exercise, emotional expression, and stress management. Prolonged emotional suppression and irregular eating patterns are traditionally discouraged. These are traditional lifestyle suggestions and do not replace medical or mental health care.
References
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TCM Editorial Committee. Diagnostics of Traditional Chinese Medicine. People's Medical Publishing House, 2017.
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Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China, Vol. I. Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission, 2020.
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