Liver fixity

A disease pattern arising when liver qì and blood become stagnant and depressed. Liver fixity is characterized by glomus and oppression in the rib-side, in severe cases with pain and distension. Discomfort may be slightly relieved by massage and pummeling. There may also be a desire for warm drinks.

Medicinal therapy: Move the blood and disperse stagnation; free yáng and quicken the blood. Use Inula Decoction (旋覆花汤 xuán fù huā tāng) plus Chinese angelica fine root (Angelicae Sinensis Radicis Tenuis, 当归须 dāng guī xū), peach kernel (Persicae Semen, 桃仁 táo rén), lycopus (Lycopi Herba, 泽兰 zé lán), and curcuma (Curcumae Radix, 郁金 yù jīn).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on LR, GB, LI, HT, and ST. Select BL-18 (Liver Transport, 肝俞 gān shù), BL-17 (Diaphragm Transport, 膈俞 gé shù), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), GB-34 (Yáng Mound Spring, 阳陵泉 yáng líng quán), LR-2 (Moving Between, 行间 xíng jiān), SP-10 (Sea of Blood, 血海 xuè hǎi), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), and LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ); needle with drainage.