Liver patterns

Question 1

wood in nature

Answer 1

Energy rises in the East- the sun rising
Wood grows up- reaching for the sun
The spring is time of birth, growth, expansion
Wind relates to movement, expansion and growth

Question 2

liver function

Answer 2

Stores the Blood
Smoothens the flow of Qi
Controls the Sinews
Manifests in the nails (blood)
Opens into the eyes
Controls the tears
Houses the Hun
Affected by anger
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Question 3

liver qi stagnation emotion

Answer 3

Emotions- all emotions move through the liver
Tendency to sigh
Feeling of stuffiness/heaviness in chest
Fullness in throat

Question 4

liver qi stagnation pain

Answer 4

Pain that moves around, or just pain in the costal and hypochondria region
Joint pain- sinew pain that moves around
Pain worse with pressure
Headache that moves around

Question 5

liver qi stagnation digestion

Answer 5

Epigastric and abdominal distention and pain
Belching and poor appetite
Diarrhea, sometimes alternate with constipation

Question 6

liver qi stagnation menses

Answer 6

Breast tenderness
Irregular menses or dysmennorhea
PMS
Pain before cycle or on first day

Question 7

liver qi stagnation tongue

Answer 7

Tongue is normal to dusky

Thin, white coating

Question 8

liver qi stagnation pulse

Answer 8

Wiry***

Full

Question 9

liver blood stagnation pain

Answer 9

Fixed pain or severe pain– hypochondriac region
Palpable masses in hypochondriac region or in the abdomen
Fixed joint pain
Headache that is fixed

Question 10

liver blood stagnation digestion

Answer 10

Vomiting of blood
Nose bleeds
Abdominal Pain
Similar symptoms related to qi stasis potentially

Question 11

liver blood stagnation menses

Answer 11

Dysmennorhea
Pain stronger than in qi stasis and more fixed
Irregular Menses
Blood- dark red and clots

Question 12

liver blood stagnation skin and nails

Answer 12

Purple nails
Purple lips
Purple complexion
Petichiae

Question 13

liver blood stagnation tongue

Answer 13

Purple/Dusky, dark in color
Especially on the sides
Purple/Dusky spots
Thin, white coat
Sub-lingual veins enlarged

Question 14

liver blood stagnation pulse

Answer 14

Wiry
Choppy
Full

Question 15

Liver fire pain

Answer 15

Potentially inflamed joints that feel hot
Hypochondriac burning pain
Headaches- distending pain in the head; temporal region

Question 16

liver fire head symptoms

Answer 16

Dizziness and Vertigo
Pain in the eyes-red eyes
Tinnitus- high pitched

Question 17

liver fire emotions

Answer 17

Irritability
Easy to anger
Dream disturbed sleep

Question 18

liver fire digestion

Answer 18

Thirst
Bitter taste in mouth
Dryness of mouth
Constipation with dry stools
Dark yellow urine
Blood in urine/stool/phlegm

Question 19

liver fire tongue

Answer 19

Red body

Yellow coating

Question 20

liver fire pulse

Answer 20

Rapid
Wiry
Full
Flooding
Hasty

Question 21

liver damp heat pain

Answer 21

Hypochondriac distension and pain
Abdominal distension/pain
Genital pain- swelling or burning pain in testes

Question 22

liver damp heat digestion

Answer 22

Poor appetite
Naseau/Vomiting
Abdominal distention

Question 23

liver damp heat uro-genital

Answer 23

Sweating in the groin
Eczema in the groin
Scanty and dark-yellow urination
Yellow foul smelling leucorrhea
Itchy vulva

Question 24

liver damp heat skin

Answer 24

Potentially red/hot, oozing eczema or atopic dermatitis
Yellowing of the skin
Yellowing of the eye

Question 25

liver damp heat tongue

Answer 25

Thick, Yellow, sticky coating Swollen tongue, potentially scallops Red body

Question 26

liver damp heat pulse

Answer 26

``` Rapid Slippery Wiry Full Flooding Hasty ```

Question 27

liver blood deficieny head

Answer 27

``` Pale skin/face/lips Dizziness and Vertigo Floaters in the eyes Blurry vision Dry Eyes Night blindness Forgetfullness/Memory loss ```

Question 28

liver blood deficiency

Answer 28

``` Spasms of tendons/muscles Weakness of limbs Numbness of limbs Dull, achey pain Including dull headaches Hyperlaxity in the joints Liver Blood Deficiency ```

Question 29

liver blood deficiency menses

Answer 29

Light menstrual flow Late periods or amennorhea Pain after cycle or towards end of flow All symptoms worse after loss of blood

Question 30

Liver blood deficiency skin/hair/nails

Answer 30

Pale skin/lips Dry hair Dry skin Brittle nails

Question 31

liver blood deficiency tongue

Answer 31

Pale body Potentially thin shape Thin, white coat

Question 32

liver blood deficiency pulse

Answer 32

``` Thin Thready Hollow Leather (when cold present) Minute Weak Soft Short ```

Question 33

liver yang rising head

Answer 33

``` Temporal headache or behind eyes Distending sensation in the head Dizziness and Vertigo High pitched tinnitus (potentially low pitch too from Kidney) Flushed face & Red eyes Dry mouth and throat ```

Question 34

liver yang rising emotion/sleep

Answer 34

``` Irritability Insomnia and dream disturbed sleep Emotionally ‘stressed’ Easy to anger Palpitations ```

Question 35

liver yang rising concurrent sx with KD yin xu

Answer 35

``` Poor memory coming from kidney xu Sore low back and knee pain Night sweats Spermatorrhea Infertility Low libido ```

Question 36

liver yang rising tongue

Answer 36

Red body Peeled/Shiny/Geographic Coating on the tongue Thin shape

Question 37

liver yang rising pulse

Answer 37

``` Wiry Superficial Thin Thready Rapid Weak, soft, short ```