LV patterns

Question 1

LV main symptoms

Answer 1

• Emotional disorder: depression, mood swing, worry, unhappy, irritability, easy angry, anxiety
• Frequent sighing
• Hypochondria distention, pain or mass
• Wind syndrome: dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, limbs
  spasm or trembling, or even hemiplegia.
• In women, menstruation disorder (irregular menstruation comes late/early, PMS, amenorrhea)
• For men, inguinal hernia, scrotum or testicular pain, abnormal ejaculation
  
  • Wiry pulse

Question 2

frequent sighing

Answer 2

liver qi stagnatipon

Question 3

deficiency patterns

Answer 3

1. LV yin xu
2. LV blood xu
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Question 4

what LV pattern is excess and deficiency

Answer 4

LV yang rising

Question 5

dizziness, tinnitus; blurry vision, dry eyes, or night blind, or floaters; pale, brittle or withered nails, numbness of limbs, muscle twitching, joints stiffness, trembling of hand and feet. In women, scanty menses with light color bleeding, or amenorrhea; pale lips and tongue, wiry and thready pulse

-anemia, B12 deficiency, muscle twitching

Answer 5

LV blood deficiecny

Question 6

dizziness, tinnitus; dry eyes, blurred vision; there are may have pain in the hypochondrium with burning sensation; tidal fever or low grade fever, feverish sensation in five center area, night sweating, trembling of hands and feet, red tongue with dry coating, a wiry, thready and rapid pulse

Answer 6

LV yin deficiency

Question 7

distending pain in the hypochondrium and in the lower abdomen, sensation of oppression in the chest, preference for sighing, depression or anger. Or irregular menstrual cycle, PMS, distending pain in the breasts, dysmenorrhea, a wiry pulse. There are may have Globus hystericus (plum-pit) or goiter

-induced/worse with emotional stress

Answer 7

LV qi stagnation

Question 8

dizziness, distending headache, flushed face, conjunctival congestion (red eyes), bitter taste and dryness in the mouth, irritability, burning pain in the chest and hypochondrium, insomnia, and dream disturb sleeping, sudden tinnitus and deafness, dry stool and yellow urine, nose bleeding or hematemesis, red tongue with yellow coating, a wiry and rapid pulse

Answer 8

liver fire blazing

Question 9

dizziness, tinnitus, distending pain the head and eyes, flushed face, congested eyes, vexation , lassitude in the loins and legs, feeling heavy in the head “top-heavy”, insomnia and dream disturb sleeping, amnesia, red tongue, wiry and rapid pulse

-hypertension

Answer 9

liver yang rising

Question 10

What are the 4 types of Liver wind agitating within?

Answer 10

1. Liver yang transforming into wind
2. extreme heat stirring wind
3. blood deficiency producing wind
4. yin deficiency producing wind

Question 11

dizziness and vertigo, tending to fall, shaking head, headache, neck stiffness, slurry speech, limbs numbness, hand and feet trembling, staggering, red tongue with white or greasy coating, a wiry, thready and forceful pulse. Or sudden lost consciousness, deviated mouth and eyes, hemiplegia, difficult speech, rattling sound in throat

• A history of dizziness and headaches with Liver yang rising signs and symptoms, sudden onset of wind signs and symptoms, or sudden collapse combined with hemiplegia
• ALS, parkinsons

Answer 11

Liver yang transform into wind

Question 12

high fever, irritability, fidget, coma, spasm and convulsion, and stiff neck. Or opisthotonus, lock jaw, upward or straight staring eyes. A deep red tongue with dry yellow coating, and a wiry and rapid pulse

-high fever (103+) and convulsions/wind

Answer 12

Extreme heat stirring wind

Question 13

numbness of the limbs and stiffness of the joints, muscle spasm, trembling of hands and feet, dizziness accompanied with symptoms of deficiency of the liver blood

Tremors in extremities, muscle twitching, numbness, or chronic itching, plus blood deficiency signs and symptoms.

Answer 13

Blood deficiency producing wind

Question 14

Trembling or flaccid hands and feet, dizziness, tinnitus, afternoon or evening tidal fever, five centers heat, bone- steaming fever, flushed cheeks, emaciation, dry mouth and throat. Small red tongue or cracked tongue with scanty or peeling coating. Thin rapid pulse.

-Hands and feet tremor, dizziness, plus Liver yin deficiency signs and symptoms

Answer 14

Yin deficiency producing wind

Question 15

Cold pain in bilateral lower abdomen or genital or contracture of scrotum, pain aggravated by cold and relieved by warmth, cold limbs, vomiting of clear mucus, a white slippery tongue coating, and a deep, slow and wiry pulse

• Cold pain in the lower abdomen, pudendum, and vertex; cold limbs and body
• Hernia

Answer 15

Cold stagnated in Liver channels

Question 16

Hypochondrial or abdominal pain, vomiting of blood, epistaxis, painful period, irregular periods, menstrual blood dark and clotted, infertility, purple nails, purple lips, purple or dark complexion, dry skin (in severe cases), purple petechiae, masses in abdomen. A purple especially, or only, on the sides, in sever cases, purple spots on the side. A wiry and/or choppy pulse

• Sharp pain or masses along Liver channel, plus blood stagnation symptoms
• dysmenorhhea and infertility

Answer 16

Liver blood stagnation

Question 17

thirsty but doesn’t want to drink

Answer 17

Liver damp heat

Question 18

dry mouth, thirst, wants lots of water

Answer 18

GB heat