Key points for diagnosis:
It is clinically essential to differentiate excess type from deficiency one. Stagnation of liver qi and gallbladder qi, blood stasis caused by qi stagnation, heat accumulation in the gallbladder, and damp heat in the liver and gallbladder are of the excess type; deficiency of liver yin and kidney yin, and deficiency of spleen yang and kidney yang belong to 'the deficiency type. Concerning the treatment principle, it is to soothe the liver, increase bile secretion, promote descending and dredge fu-organs. For the excess type, it is to purge fu-organs to eliminate heat, while for the deficiency type, tonic therapy and purgative therapy should be used at the same time.

In TCM, a disease or a symptom might be caused by one pathogenic factor, even two or three pathogenic factors. When diagnosing a disease or a symptom, TCM doctors must follow the principle of "Syndrome Dfferentiation", and then "Suit the Remedy to the Case". In order to gain a more definite and valuable diagnosis, it's important and necessary for the doctor to learn the detailed health information of the patient, including his/her disease duration, age, sex, height, weight, family history, urine, stool, diet, sleep, sweat, energy, mood (emotion), as well as the tongue conditions and the palm conditions, etc. If you would want our expert to create a TCM diagnosis, you're welcome to contact us.