Hypochondriac distension

Chai Hu is pungent and neutral and Huang Qin is bitter and cold. They are particularly effective in dispersing and reducing the constrained Qi and heat in the Upper-Jiao and the Gall Bladder meridian. They can treat symptoms such as fever, a bitter taste in the mouth, hypochondriac distension, poor appetite and irritability. 

If the Liver-Qi stagnates, the symptoms are hypochondriac distension and pain, pain in the... 

Hypochondriac distension, reduced appetite, dry throat, bitter taste in the mouth. 

Irritability, short temper, bitter or sour taste in the mouth, hypochondriac pain and distension, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, headache, dizziness and tinnitus. 

Since the Liver meridian passes the hypochondriac and genital regions, hypochondriac pain and distension may exist when the Qi is obstructed. 

If damp-heat accumulates in the Liver and Gall Bladder meridians and obstructs the movement of the Qi and water, patients may feel tightness in the chest, a sticky feeling in the mouth and distension in the hypochondriac region. 

Fo Shou is also able to spread the Liver-Qi and is more suitable for treating distension in the stomach and hypochondriac regions, and patients with a depressive mood. 

Mu Xiang enters the Liver, Spleen, Stomach and Large Intestine meridians, and can effectively release pain in the hypochondriac region and in the whole abdomen, especially when distension and irregular bowel movement exist. 

Hypochondriac pain and distension use Chai Hu (Bupleuri radix), Mei Gui Hua (Rosae flos) and Xiang Fu (Cyperi rhizoma) to spread the Liver-Qi. 

Hypochondriac pain, chest pain, epigastric and abdominal distension, a bitter taste in the mouth, heartburn, tiredness, and irregular or scanty menstruation. Some symptoms may exist in stress and emotional situations, such as anger, severe headache, red face, dizziness, vertigo and tingling of the limbs. 

First of all, Qi stagnation shows in pain and distension of the hypochondriac regions, chest and abdomen. It also shows in changes of mood and irritability. 

Yu Jin is pungent, bitter and cold, and enters the Liver, Heart and Lung meridians. It can promote the Qi movement and blood circulation. It is suitable for treating tenderness of the breasts, hypochondriac pain and distension, irritability and irregular menstruation in the condition of Liver-Yin deficiency with Liver-Qi and blood stagnation. 

When the Liver-Qi is stagnant, patients usually lose their amiable manner and show symptoms such as irritability, quick temper, high tension of muscles and depression. In addition, distension and pain often occur in the hypochondriac region and lateral sides of the lower abdomen. 

This formula can spread the Liver-Qi and harmonize the blood. It is used for an acute and excess condition of stagnation of Liver-Qi. Patients suffer from hypochondriac pain, depression, irritability, fullness in the chest and distension in the abdomen. In female patients, dysmenorrhea and premenstrual tension syndrome may also exist. Patients often have a white tongue coating and a wiry pulse. 

Xiang Yuan and Fo Shou are bitter, sour and slightly warm, and enter the Liver, Spleen and Stomach meridians. They can effectively promote Liver-Qi movement, as well as soothing the Stomach-Qi. They are particularly used to treat the syndrome where Liver-Qi overacts on the Stomach and leads to distension in the gastric and hypochondriac regions, reduced appetite, vomiting and belching. 

Chuan Lian Zi is very bitter and cold. It enters the Liver meridian and can directly and powerfully drain the fire and descend the Qi of the Liver. It is particularly selected in an acute or sub-acute condition where severe hypochondriac pain and distension exist. Since it is a poisonous herb, it is used for only a short period of time in an acute condition. 

Hypochondriac pain and distension, fullness in the chest, stomach and abdomen, irritability, depression and frustration, dream-disturbed sleep, irregular menstruation, a bitter taste in the mouth, dry mouth and throat, headache, vertigo, fatigue, reduced appetite, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, cold hands and fullness in the chest when subject to strong emotional disturbance. 

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