Patient's question:
I have mild fatty liver and have been in poor health since childhood, so Western medicine treatments are not suitable for me. Now, I want to treat fatty liver through a gentler traditional Chinese medicine approach. Currently, I am controlling my diet, focusing on light, vegetable-based meals, and eating more fruits.Doctor's answer:
The TCM treatment of fatty liver is mainly divided into the following types of1.1.1 Clearing phlegm and promoting diuresis is often used for alcoholic and hyperlipidemia fatty liver1.2.1 Loosening the liver and regulating qi is often used for post-hepatitis fatty liver1.3.1 Strengthening qi and tonifying the spleen is often used for obesity-related fatty liver1.4.1 Nourishing yin and softening the liver is often used for diabetes-related fatty liver, with patients often being in a yin deficiency state1.5.1 Nourishing blood and promoting blood circulation is often used for malnutrition-related fatty liver, with patients usually not consuming enough food or expending too much, leading to severe depletion of nutritive blood and the failure of nourishing all viscera and meridians, resulting in blood deficiency and stasis over time1.6.1 Warming yang and tonifying the kidneys is often used for elderly and long-term fatigued fatty liver patients