There are so many symptoms of severe liver qi stagnation

The five internal organs of the human body are: heart, liver, lung, spleen, and kidney. The liver is responsible for managing the circulation of qi, blood, and water in the human body. Poor liver qi can cause pain in the ribs on both sides, chest tightness and shortness of breath; it can also affect the mood and make people irritable and angry, and it also has a great impact on the throat. The following are the specific symptoms of severe liver qi stagnation:

1. Depression or irritability

This symptom is the most common, manifested as low mood, constant sighing, or irritability, affecting daily life and work.

2. Distension, pain, etc. along the liver meridian

The liver meridian runs through the lower abdomen, chest, flanks, laryngopharynx, top of the head and other parts. Liver qi stagnation may cause symptoms such as lower abdominal pain, breast tenderness, flank pain, and headache.

3. Lesions in the neck and throat

The liver meridian runs through the throat. When liver qi stagnates there, people will feel a foreign body in the throat and be unable to swallow or cough out. Chinese medicine calls this "plum pit qi." If Qi stagnation lasts for a long time, it will further affect the normal circulation of blood and body fluids, causing phlegm and blood stasis in the neck and the appearance of neck lumps, etc.

4. Female breast and menstrual lesions

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "women's liver is their innate factor", so women are more prone to liver qi stagnation. In addition to the above symptoms, there may also be breast tenderness, lumps, dysmenorrhea or menstrual disorders.

5. Digestive system diseases

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver and spleen are closely connected in both physiology and pathology. Prolonged stagnation of liver qi can affect the spleen and stomach, leading to abnormal digestive function, decreased appetite, belching, abdominal distension, unformed stools and even diarrhea.