Liver qi stagnation is a health condition of which the liver can not move qi smoothly in the liver channels and blood in the blood vessels, due to prolonged liver qi deficiency or liver damage as a result of overwhelming toxin accumulated in the body and poor diet.
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II. Symptoms of liver qi stagnation
1. Depression
2. Anger disorders
3. Mood swing
4. Premenstrual disorders - PMS,
5. Abnormal abdomen cramps and pain
6. Abnormal cells growth including endometriosis and cysts
7. High blood pressure
8. Nervous tension including headaches and migraine
III. Causes
1. Toxin accumulation
Prolonged intake of caffeine, artificial ingradients, hormone injecttion products and drugs can interfere with liver function as they are accumulated in the body, leading to abnormal liver function.
2. Spleen qi deficiency
Spleen is vital to distribute food qi and essence to the other body's organs, if for what ever reason, or due to intake of raw and cold foods or oily and greasy food for a prolonged period of time, they can diminish the spleen in qi distribution that affects the function of liver qi in moving qi in its channels and blood in blood vessels.
3. Lung qi deficiency
If lung is no longer function normally due to damage or the inability of spleen to transfer food qi to the lung for a prolonged period of time, it can interfere with liver qi qi, leading to qi stagnation.
4. Sluggish liver
Liver qi stagnation caused be caused by sluggish liver for some women during menstruation phrase.
5. Intake of alcohol
Alcohol is toxin to the liver, prolonged and excessive intake of alcohol can cause damage to liver.
IV. Treatments
A. With herbs
1. Xiang Fu (nut grass rhizome)
It is one the herbs helped to regulate the qi flow by smoothing the liver and congestion of Spleen qi caused by excessive yin or yang, thus reducing qi stagnation caused by disharmonization of liver and Spleen causes of abdominal cramps and pain. It is said that xiang fu also has a function impromoting regular menstruation.
2. Zhi Ke (ripe fruit of zhi shi)
Zhi ke promote healthy liver, it promotes a strong liver qi function, thereby, increasing its function in blood formation and transportation to the heart for circulation.
3. Wu Yao (lindera root)
Wu yao is one the warm with the main function of warming the kidney caused by kidney yang defieciency. It is only used for patient with evidence of liver qi stagnation caused by prolong intake of cold foods or working in a cold environment. Since its function is to restore the liver qi flow due to cold constraint, it reduces the blood stagnation causes of menstrual pain.
4. Cinnamin bark (rou gui)
Cinnamin bark is qi tonic herb and hot in nature, besides helping the liver in maintaining the smoothing qi flow to the entire body, it also promotes the kidney yang qi circulation and healthy adrenal gland.
5. Etc.
B. With acupuncture
1. LV 3 (Taichong)
2. LI (Hegu)
3. BL18 (Gan shu)
4. CV12 (zhongwan)
5. CV17 (Shan zhong)
6. SP4 (Gong sun)
7. ST36 (Zu san li)
5. Etc.
C. With foods
1. Garlic
2. Cherry
3. Chicken
4. Tofu
5. Sweet potato
6. Red and black date
7. Rice
8. Mushroom
9. Etc
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