Patient's question:
I always feel discomfort in my liver, and I have some aversion to greasy foods, often feeling nauseous. Besides, I experience abdominal pain and fatigue. The hospital diagnosed it as mild fatty liver.Doctor's answer:
Here is the traditional Chinese medicine treatment method for fatty liver:1. Liver-gizzard disharmony, liver qi stagnation, phlegm-blood obstruction type.
(1). Clinical manifestations: Distending pain in the liver region, stuffy chest, fatigue and weakness, frequent sighing, nausea, poor appetite, which vary in frequency with emotional changes. Liver enlargement or no enlargement, dark red tongue with thin white greasy coating, thin and wiry pulse.
(2). Etiology and pathogenesis: Due to emotional distress, liver qi stagnation, qi stagnation and blood stasis, and internal retention of damp-phlegm, leading to the recurrence of fatty liver.
(3). Treatment principle: Soothe the liver, regulate qi, cool blood, and dispel stasis.
2. Spleen deficiency with dampness excess, internal phlegm-damp obstruction, liver qi stagnation and blood stasis type.