Patient's question:
My work is very busy, and I often drink beer at banquets. Recently, I've been feeling like I can't eat and feel nauseous. There's some bloating in my right abdomen, thick white tongue coating, and my bowel movements are often irregular. I also lack energy. The doctor said I have fatty liver disease. I'm really frustrated.Doctor's answer:
So far, Western medicine has no comprehensive preventive and therapeutic drugs for fatty liver disease, and the best treatment for fatty liver is with traditional Chinese medicine. Let's take a look at the methods of traditional Chinese medicine in treating fatty liver.Traditional Chinese Medicine Differentiation and Treatment for Fatty Liver:
1. Liver-Gastric Disharmony, Liver Qi Stagnation, Phlegm-Stasis Obstruction Type
(1) Clinical Manifestations: Distending pain in the liver region, stuffy chest, fatigue and weakness, frequent sighing, nausea and poor appetite, which vary in frequency with emotional changes. Liver enlargement or no enlargement, dark red tongue with thin white greasy coating, and thready 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 the blood, and remove stasis.
2. Spleen Deficiency with Dampness Excess, Internal Phlegm-Dampness Obstruction, Liver Qi Stagnation and Blood Stasis Type
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