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Chinese patterns
Liver Xue Yu (Blood Stasis)
Diagnoses

definition and etiology

» conventional diagnoses: acute abdominal distress

» etiology: usually derived from chronic stagnant Liver Qi, i.e. chronic and unexpressed anger, resentment, frustration, ...

signs and symptoms

signs and syptoms:

• epistaxis

• vomiting of blood

• abdominal pain

• abdominal "masses"

• painful periods

• irregular periods

menstrual blood dark and clotted

» pulse: wiry, knotty

» tongue: purple, esp. on sides, with purplish spots

course and prognosis

» principle of treatment: disperse the Liver; regulate Xue (Blood)

differential diagnosis

footnotes