Liver is quite Yang despite being Yin as an organ. In clinical practice, deficiency of Xue and Yin is more common. Liver-Qi Deficiency or Yang deficiency is not frequent.
Symptoms
- Depression, irritability (due to Qi stagnation), discouragement
- Nervousness, timidity
- Tendency to be easily startled
- Lack of joy
- Lack of courage and initiative, indecision, fear
- Sighing
- Dizzy sensation
- Blurred vision, floaters
- Pain and distension of the hypochondrium
- Irregular menstruation
- Pale or normal tongue
- Weak pulse (at the left bar position)
Causes
- Injury from the 7 emotions (repression, long-lasting frustration)
- Exhaustion, general Qi deficiency
- Liver-Qi stagnation over a long period of time
Treatment
Tonify Liver-Qi