Liver qi not flowing smoothly: Chinese Medicine Cases
4 related cases
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) Case
Three Months Without a Period and a Four-Cun Lump in the Belly? Doctor Xue Lizhai's Liver-Spleen Stagnation Case (Awei Plaster Plus Buzhong Yiqi by Day, Guipi by Night — Fully Recovered After a Year)
Medicine: A wei (asafoetida resin), Qiang huo (notopterygium)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseAlways Angry and Suppressing It, with an Abdominal Lump and Irregular Periods: Doctor Xue Lizhai's Two Gynecological Mass Cases (Buzhong Yiqi Tang + Liuwei Dihuang Wan Nourishing Liver Yin — Same Disease, One Cured and One Lost, All Because of Emotion)
Medicine: Huang qi (astragalus), Ren shen (ginseng)
📖 Doctor Xue Lizhai (薛立斋) CaseBloating, Rib Pain and Afternoon Fever That Kept Getting Worse? Doctor Xue Lizhai Treats Stagnation and Anger Injuring the Liver and Spleen (Guipi Tang in the Morning, Augmented Xiao Yao Wan at Night — Cured in Three Months)
Medicine: Ren shen (ginseng), Bai zhu (atractylodes)
📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) CaseBelching, Vomiting, and Qi Rushing Up? Doctor Zhang Xichun's Case of Liver Qi Stagnation Causing Stomach Qi Counterflow
Medicine: Sheng zhe shi (raw hematite, 30 g to start — a heavy mineral that presses rebellious qi downward), Sheng mai ya (raw malt — gently generates liver qi and helps digestion; pairs with hematite to raise on the left while lowering on the right)