Hi, I'm Dr. Yang. When the liver fire in the body is vigorous, we may not only feel the discomfort of the liver, but also a "fire" that affects the whole body. Insomnia, stomach pain, kidney deficiency, these symptoms seem to be scattered, but in fact they are closely related to the exuberance of liver fire.
In traditional Chinese medicine, "the liver is a rigid organ", and once ignited, it will quickly spread to the five internal organs. The dysfunction of the "liver master drainage" not only affects the liver itself, but also causes the liver fire to spread around, affecting the whole body, disturbing the mind, violating the spleen and stomach, and burning the kidney and yin.
The fire goes up, and the first thing that affects the heart is the heart. When the liver fire invades the heart, you may feel restless, flustered, insomnia, dreams, and so on. If the liver fire further disturbs the lungs, it will burn the lungs, resulting in coughing, yellow phlegm, and even coughing up blood. When the liver fire disturbs the head and face, symptoms such as redness and swelling, dizziness and swelling, dry mouth, sores on the mouth and tongue, and swollen and painful gums will occur.
The liver is wood, and the spleen is earth. In terms of the five elements of traditional Chinese medicine, when the liver is unwell, it will cross the spleen and soil. At the same time, the main qi machine of the liver operates, and the movement of the spleen and stomach needs the promotion of liver qi. Therefore, when the liver fire is vigorous and the qi is out of balance, the spleen and stomach function will be disordered, resulting in a decrease in biochemical qi and blood, which will cause symptoms such as fatigue and weakness, mental exhaustion, and decreased appetite. In addition, irritability, irritability, dry mouth and bitter mouth and other manifestations of liver fire will also follow.
Finally, there is the problem of burning kidney yin under liver fire. In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the main water of the kidney, the kidney yin is the root of the yin fluid of the whole body, which has the function of nourishing the internal organs of the whole body, and the liver and kidney are homologous, and the liver yin and kidney yin can breed and transform each other. Therefore, when the liver fire is vigorous, it will consume the liver yin, which in turn will affect the kidney yin, resulting in kidney yin deficiency.
In this case, symptoms of kidney yin deficiency such as soreness in the waist and knees, weakness in the hands and feet, and frequent urination may occur, and it may also be accompanied by irritability, insomnia, dry and swollen eyes, blurred vision, chest and flank swelling and other manifestations of liver fire.
In general, when our body has the above symptoms, we might as well start by regulating the liver and finding the root of the "fire source" to solve the problem. When the liver fire is calmed down, the internal organs can return to normal function.