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Rx. Rehmanniae: Sheng Di Huang: 6-45g: Clears Heat, cools the Blood and nourishes the Yin and Blood. With Gou Qi Zi, softens the Liver by nourishing the Blood and Kidney Yin. With Mai Men Dong and Sha Shen, for dry mouth, thirst and a red tongue due to Stomach Yin Deficiency.
- Pathology
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- Diagnosing Liver Yin Deficiency
- Treating Liver Yin Deficiency
- Related Conditions
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This is a type of Empty-Heat pattern arising out of Liver Blood Deficiency or Kidney Yin Deficiency. It shares similar symptoms as Liver Blood Deficiency, such as blurred and impaired vision, numbness or tingling of limbs, scanty menstruation or amenorrhoea, dull-pale complexion, muscle pain and weakness and etc. Liver Yin Deficiency's major differ...
Precursor patterns: Liver Yin Deficiency can derive from Liver Blood Deficiency Kidney Yin Deficiency Liver Fire Blazing Liver and Heart Blood Deficiency Diet: The Spleen is responsible for making Blood which then get stored in the Liver. The Spleen function can be largely weakened due to a diet poor in nutrition or lacking in Blood generating food...
Diagnosing a pattern in Chinese Medicine is no easy feat and should be left to professional practitioners. In particular one has to know how to differentiate between different types of pulses and tongue coatings, shapes and colors as well as learn to read from a long list of seemingly unrelated symptoms.
Treatment principle
Tonify the Liver, nourish Yin, clear Empty-Heat
Diet recommendations
Eat plenty of grains, legumes, a little meat, cooked vegetables, greens, milk and black and aduki beans. The foods which decongest and aid the Liver include vegetables, bitter foods, dark leaf greens, such as kale, collards, dandelion, beet and mustard greens. Lemons also clear Heat and congestion from the Liver. Avoid spicy, greasy and fried foods, caffeinated foods and drinks including coffee, black tea, cocoa, colas and chocolate, nuts and nut butters, chips of all kinds, avocados, dairy (...
Please keep in mind that a Western Medicine condition can be caused by several Chinese Medicine patterns of disharmony and vice versa. As such a patient suffering from one of the conditions below will not necessarily be suffering from Liver Yin Deficiency, it is just one pattern that's commonly associated with the condition. Click on a condition to...
Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency If left untreated Liver Yin Deficiency can lead to Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency Kidney Yin Deficiency The Liver stores the Blood and the Kidneys stores the Essence. Both elements are interdependent. Prolonged Liver Yin Deficiency can lead to lack of Kidney Yin. Heart Yin Deficiency Liver Yin effects the Heart Yin ...
Yi Guan Jian is a 6-ingredient Chinese Medicine formula. Invented in 1770, it belongs to the category of formulas that nourish Yin and tonify. Its main actions are: 1) enriches the Yin and 2) spreads the Liver Qi .
Yi Guan Jian Wan is a candidate for consideration when needing to influence kidney yin deficiency, liver qi stagnation, liver yin deficiency and/or stomach yin deficiency.
Linking Formula (Yi Guan Jian) originally appeared in the Continuation of Classified Case Histories by Renowned Physicians (Xu Ming Yi Lei An) by Wei Zhi-Xiu (1770). generaL SignS/SymptomS. This formula was designed to treat qi stagnation of the liver that is secondary to yin deficiency.
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Glehnia and Rehmannia Combination (Yi Guan Jian) was first published as One Linking Decoction (Yi Guan Jian) in The Continuation of Famous Physician’s Cases Organized by Categories, written by Wei Zhi-Xiu in 1770.
Feb 12, 2019 · Yi Guan Jian as the main drug for treating liver depression symptoms is recorded in the classic book “Xu Ming Yi Lie an Xin Wei Tong Men.” Modern pharmacology reveals that Yi Guan Jian has hepatoprotective and anti-inflammatory effects, but its mechanism is not well explained.
