Chinese Medicine Diagnosis - The Liver (Inquiry Method)

Chinese medicine diagnosis: inquiry of the TCM LIVER System and how to differentiate all its patterns with symptoms, and what questions to ask patients to form a Chinese medicine diagnosis.
For more tips on the LIVER System in Chinese medicine, click here: acuproacademy.com/tcm-liver/
~~~~~ ⏰ Class Times ⏰ ~~~~~
0:00 min: a review of the Liver functions in Chinese medicine
3:45 min: Asking the right questions to patients for LV Qi Stagnation
6:35 min: LV Qi stagnation symptoms and diet recommendations
8:17 min: LV Fire symptoms and diet recommendation
10:59 min: LV Blood Deficiency symptoms
13:13 min: LV Blood Stasis symptoms
14:57 min: LV Yin Deficiency symptoms and diet recommendation
18:31 min: Liver patterns symptoms differentiation
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Clara
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[@ericachungmd8163]

You are sooooo incredible, CLARA! Your quirky comments and cheerful voice always make your videos super enjoyable!!!

[@Acuproacademy]

Awe, thank you! YOU made my day 😍

[@Ian-vh1pd]

Thank you kindly

[@Acuproacademy]

@@Ian-vh1pd my pleasure 🥰

[@AHMspadina]

You have a gem of a channel. So good as a practitioner to keep all these concepts fresh in my head. Back to basics!!

[@Acuproacademy]

Awe, thank you so much 💜You made my day!

[@ladjanesouza3771]

Lately what's fun and relaxing for me (ie., my solution for Liver Qi stagnation) is watching your classes!!! Thank you so much, Clara!

[@Acuproacademy]

That’s the best compliment ever 🥰💕 thank you

[@amineramdani5530]

Best teacher for me

[@shanti4903]

I love love the way you teach and make things so much more simple and gives me the ability to actually apply it and also explain sometimes better the things to my clients. I so appreciate you Clara, Thank you again for ROCKING ACUPUNCTURE for us :)

[@Acuproacademy]

YOU made my day 🥰 thank you for the love 💗

[@yuribotnarenko5010]

excellent lesson. Thank you Clara!

[@Acuproacademy]

My pleasure Yuri :)

[@NoName-pw7xd]

As a student in a DAOM program your break downs are as good or better than what we get in class.

[@Acuproacademy]

Awe, thank you 😊 you made my day 💕 I’ve been teaching for 13 years in a tcm college and love it! Make sure to use my website resource page to support your studies too 💜 acuproacademy.com/acupuncture-practice-tcm-resources/

[@chackoacheriel3657]

🙏🙏 thank you so much, God bless you all

[@Acuproacademy]

You are welcome :)

[@RangiJackson]

Wonderful and very informed Information. Thank you

[@Acuproacademy]

My pleasure 🥰

[@bhupalkumar5741]

Very informative...Mam

[@sasiprabha4298]

Very informative and helpful in the practice

[@Acuproacademy]

Thank you 😊

[@languagenextlevel6075]

Thank you so much for your videos!

[@Acuproacademy]

My pleasure 🥰

[@kulwanthallan3133]

Great, very useful information. Bahut bahut shukaria jioji. 🙏🙏🙏

[@Acuproacademy]

My pleasure 🥰

[@akaisy5408]

Thank you so much for this video! 🌹

[@Acuproacademy]

You’re so welcome 🥰

[@bilqueesiqbal1331]

I'm so impressed by giving so nice teching

[@Acuproacademy]

Thank you ☺️

[@miekegembirasari3725]

Thank you so much, dear Clara

[@Acuproacademy]

My pleasure 🥰

[@joshya.c7073]

Everything about liver made very easy . Thank you Clara- Joshy

[@Acuproacademy]

My pleasure Joshy 🥰

[@edykishi]

Thank you Clara!

[@Acuproacademy]

Edy Kishinevsky my pleasure 🥰

[@organicindia8569]

Really your a great teachers especially for me

[@Acuproacademy]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@veronicapower2851]

Thanks for this Clara ❤

[@Acuproacademy]

My pleasure 🥰

[@rhodaoreilly2084]

Fabulous simple presentation

[@Acuproacademy]

So happy you enjoyed it 🥰

[@awaisawais4053]

You are great.thanks for information😁😀

[@Acuproacademy]

My pleasure :)

[@Kavitham42]

Thank you so much mam 💜💜💜

[@rachelsweets]

Thank you ❤❤❤

[@Acuproacademy]

Rachel Sweets you’re so welcome 🥰

[@holistichealthproductsltd.8270]

Great video Clara! :-)

[@Acuproacademy]

Thank you 🥰

[@naheelalawawdeh6374]

Thank you dr clara

[@Acuproacademy]

You’re welcome ☺️

[@priyakd5805]

Thank you madam its a good learning for me. I am also doing my Accpunture theraphy courses

[@Acuproacademy]

That’s great 🥰

[@Timetravel1111]

5:36 I have all the symptoms not anger, no depression. Yay! My husband frustrates me a lot, and I’m really interested in moving, well planning for 2 years.

[@Acuproacademy]

Hahaha I frustrate my hubby 🤪

[@BoneMarrowRegen]

Thank you very much ❤️💖💕

[@Acuproacademy]

Inessa Solomonik my pleasure 🥰

[@firoskuriyodath]

@@Acuproacademy hi, I am firos from Saudi Arabia. My hernia problem . Please send hernia problem treatment

[@Acuproacademy]

@@firoskuriyodath go see a qualified practitioner in your area.

[@financelectures1234]

Clara, very very good lecture

[@Acuproacademy]

So happy you enjoyed it 🥰

[@Random-xw1fg]

You are amazing

[@Acuproacademy]

awe, thank you :)

[@elhanimekkitv5840]

Merci

[@Acuproacademy]

De rien ☺️

[@billienova]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️Thank you !!!

[@Acuproacademy]

You’re so welcome 🥰

[@nikhidaz6949]

Mam plz launch a chronic pain series

[@2047helen]

Thank you! It was excellent! 🙏🏼 I have problem with my liver myself, LV blood and yin defense and s.o. Last one on my list is to help myself, thats not good at all 😅 Greetings from me in Sweden 🤗❤️

[@Acuproacademy]

Best thing is to see a qualified practitioner 🙏 self treating is do tough I feel 💜

[@Skinnyheels]

Thank you for your detailed explanations. I took a high dose of vitamin d as prescribed by my doc and I had purple lips one day. However I don’t have purple lips now. Is there still blood stasis? My body started developing weird symptoms sharp pain and pressure on nerves, veins or blood vessels. Certain area seems to hardened. I was worried and I took some safflower and tian qi. But I think my blood is too watery now. Bleeding & bruising easily. I was diagnosed with damp heat. Liver & spleen issue from tcm perspective. But in western side, both have been checked and everything is normal. I’m struggling with my diet because of my digestive system. Your feedback is much appreciated.

[@Acuproacademy]

It’s tough for me to say as I don’t have all your health information & history 🙏 but I would recommend you ask your tcm practitioner to guide you 🌷

[@zandermai2220]

Is it possible to have Liver Qi Stagnation, Liver Fire, or Liver yang rising simultaneously in any combination?

[@Acuproacademy]

Yes absolutely! They’re all connected 🙏

[@Floydbobo123]

What if you have Liver Qi Stagnation AND spleen qi deficiency in terms of diet? With liver stagnation, I see it's always about fresh greens and vegetables vs. Spleen qi def., you shouldn't eat raw foods. Is cooked greens the way to go? (By the way, I love your videos! I love reading your blog for more info on herbal uses. I always find it difficult to differentiate when to use one remedy vs. another, e.g for spleen qi deficiency, do you use Gui Pi Tang or Zi Sheng, when both have similar indications for bloating, teeth marks on tongue, etc. If there's concurrent conditions, e.g. Liver Stagnation AND Spleen Deficiency, would you use a Chai Hu Shu Gan that could address both OR a Xiao Yao (Free and Easy) AND a Gui Pi Tang to address both separately. If you had more videos on Herbal formulas and how to differentiate when to use one to treat two conditions or multiple formulas at once, I could watch that for hours!)

[@Acuproacademy]

Hi Floyd, These are great questions! I don't have a lot of herbal posts but they're coming! 😀 Xiao Yao Wan is the best formula for Lv Qi stagnation creating SP Qi deficiency (hands down!). It addresses both patterns perfectly. For diet, steam greens & asparagus are perfect for LV and gentle on the Spleen, add cooked berries and apples, lemon water (room temperature), and for the Spleen, as you mentioned: cooked foods, salmon, eggs, yams, and carrots (orange & yellow). Cheers! 🍎🍋🍏

[@adnaanshafique540]

Omg all the symptoms were my symptoms

[@Acuproacademy]

Liver support for you then 😊💜

[@mohitmamtani8427]

Do you have a solution for long term liver qi stagnation I am getting all the symptoms.

[@Acuproacademy]

Yes that’s all on my website resource page 🙏 acuproacademy.com/acupuncture-practice-tcm-resources/

[@sarahchantea7676]

Please, send us also the link of your video about pancreas. Thanks God ❤

[@Acuproacademy]

Thank you for the suggestion 🙏🏼

[@taliahazeez2494]

Does this book include tongue diagnosis and the time cycles of organs and etc.

[@Acuproacademy]

No, it’s only on acupuncture points 🙏 My next book coming out this March will have all diagnosis (including tongue & organs,...) 🥰

[@Timetravel1111]

Help suggestions to move liver stagnation stabbing pain, in ankle. Some headaches, impatience. I see in the picture cucumber 🥒 dark berries, grapes 🍇, greens 🥬??

[@Acuproacademy]

Correct, greens are best, berries, and cilantro 🙏

[@pasyalnirobtraveltour8987]

❤

[@Acuproacademy]

Thank you ☺️

[@kathirvelum9496]

Thank you very much madam.its very useful to me. The video slides are not in clear .which points choose for blood deficiency? And yin deficiency?

[@Acuproacademy]

Are you a practitioner? Unfortunately it depends on what yin deficiency or what blood deficiency 🙏 you learn this in acupuncture school 🥰

[@bliss1086]

Treatment for liver cirrhosis?

[@Acuproacademy]

TCM doesn’t work that way, we treat the person as a whole, not the disorder. We look at the root cause & address it! We look at the tongue, observe the skin, eyes, hair...we take the pulse, ask questions on sleep, digestion, diet, immune system...and then we make a TCM diagnosis and create a treatment plan accordingly 🙏

[@keithfernandes9943]

How do we get over liver fire?

[@Acuproacademy]

Herbs, food and acupuncture can help cool the body down 🙏

[@mva6213]

what point for fatty liver?

[@Acuproacademy]

TCM doesn’t work that way, we treat the person as a whole, not the disorder. We look at the tongue, observe the skin, eyes, hair...we take the pulse, ask questions on sleep, digestion, diet, immune system...and then we make a TCM diagnosis and create a treatment plan accordingly 🙏

[@solinspired4428]

I'm having all of these symptoms. Feeling stuck in life and frustrated resent, some angry alot of bloating

[@Acuproacademy]

I feel you, the whole world has been stagnated since the pandemic, it’s been tough 💕

[@Acuproacademy]

@Heloise O'Byrne I would suggest you go see a qualified practitioner in your area 💜

[@Winter396]

Is HGB normal but also missing blood in an organ? How that happens?

[@Acuproacademy]

Tcm is much more complex than blood cells, it looks at energy , not just a physical organ 🙏

[@Winter396]

@@Acuproacademy In other words, according to TCM, it is possible for HGB to be normal but to have a deficiency in a single organ. Is this because blood circulation is poor, that is, blood cannot reach an organ sufficiently and there is a lack of blood there?

[@Acuproacademy]

@@Winter396 it depends. Tcm organs are an energy comprised of meridians, emotions, physical aspect and spiritual as well. It’s a whole system not separated like blood cells for example.

[@KangScopeacupunctureandwellnes]

high pitch tinnitus belong to the liver syndrome? and low pitch tinnitus belong to the kidney syndrome? and the reason is..... please let me know why, thanks

[@Acuproacademy]

It’s all about foundation 🌷 Kidney relates to the Ear and as we age ear issue like tinnitus can come in and be permanent (Essence decline). Liver when stressed may get stagnation and then even more Yang rising which can lead to tinnitus that comes and goes (high pitch noise are excess, low pitch noise are deficiency). There’s more to this explanation but it would take me a full lecture 🥰

[@sathya999]

Why do you recommend to avoid "saturated fats?"

[@Acuproacademy]

Because according to Chinese medicine, they create more dampness 🙏

[@sathya999]

Maybe you mean we should limit the quantity of fats if we are dealing with dampness issues rather than an endorsement of synthetic unsaturated fats. At any rate, I am adjusting downward as I have been experiencing damp heat conditions (cold sore, etc). Thanks

[@Acuproacademy]

@@sathya999 yes you totally got it 🥰

[@praveenchowdhary2084]

How to treat liver blood deficiency?

[@Acuproacademy]

With foods 🌸

[@aaliazee]

Where is the problem if you have toe nail fungus ? What about wrist ganglion?

[@Acuproacademy]

Many possibilities 🙏 We treat the whole person in TCM, not just a disorder 💜

[@Winter396]

Why is there a feeling of lump in the throat in liver qi stagnation?

[@Acuproacademy]

Because Qi stagnation results in water not moving which leads to dampness and then phlegm 🥰

[@Winter396]

@@Acuproacademy Thank you very much. So what is the reason for this lump feeling in the throat and not in any other organ?

[@Acuproacademy]

@@Winter396 because it’s the stress that is repressed and not voiced 🙏

[@Winter396]

@@Acuproacademy So, is the cause of qi stagnation due to stress, but I still don't understand why it is in the throat and not in another organ?

[@Acuproacademy]

@@Winter396 if we get stressed it stops flow of qi and get stuck in the throat where our voice box is, which is why it’s often the case with repressed stressed and anger. Other organs have issues too, like when Qi stagnate it stops blood circulation and create heart issues

[@Anadolu276]

Can spicy foods be eaten in case of blood deficiency in the liver?

[@Acuproacademy]

Yes some like ginger & turmeric 😍

[@Anadolu276]

@@Acuproacademy If you have liver blood deficiency , it says on your website not to eat too hot food. Aren't ginger and turmeric hot too? What do you mean by hot

[@Acuproacademy]

@@Anadolu276 cayenne pepper, jalapeño are hot, ginger and turmeric are warm

[@Anadolu276]

Can hot pepper not be eaten in case of blood deficiency in the liver, what will happen if it is eaten?

[@Acuproacademy]

@@Anadolu276 it can be eaten. Remember all in moderation. If someone with liver blood deficiency eats a lot of it daily, it will dry the body fluids, therefore the blood, creating dry eyes, dry skin, light menstruation in women…

[@nayasholisticbalance3482]

👌🙏👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@Acuproacademy]

Thank you 🥰

[@Anadolu276]

Why is there no liver yang deficiency?

[@Acuproacademy]

Because the liver hates heat and gets affected by it, and loves the cool! there is no Spleen yin deficiency either because the spleen hates cold & loves heat.

[@kulwanthallan3133]

What about fatty and enlarge of liver please. Clara jioji

[@Acuproacademy]

TCM doesn’t work that way, we treat the person as a whole, not the disorder. We look at the tongue, observe the skin, eyes, hair...we take the pulse, ask questions on sleep, digestion, diet, immune system...and then we make a TCM diagnosis and create a treatment plan accordingly 🙏

[@kulwanthallan3133]

@@Acuproacademy great, want to know please. With great regards prayers and best wishes jioji 🙏🙏🙏

[@Acuproacademy]

@@kulwanthallan3133 it depends on each patient 🙏

[@Winter396]

Why is there no liver qi deficiency?

[@Acuproacademy]

Because liver function is to move Qi, not to produce it 🙏

[@SunShine-lq7yt]

When I’m frustrated all the time it’s easy to run to a bottle of wine!

[@Acuproacademy]

A lot of people do that 🙏

[@ranadiaa6335]

Isn't liver a yin organ? What does it means liver Yang rising and is it related to liver yin deficiency?

[@Acuproacademy]

Yes Liver is a Yin organ, but all organs can have excess yin or excess yang like Liver Yang rising 🥰

[@ranadiaa6335]

Is it because yin and Yang are interdependent on each other?

[@Acuproacademy]

@@ranadiaa6335 yes but they also form a whole 🥰

[@ranadiaa6335]

Ok thanks 😊 that was amazing 😍

[@emailkirsie]

Since a few months I've got red veins in my eye white that won't go away. They make me terrible insecure. My eyes feel so dry. The doctor says they look normal but how can this be? They where never there and my eyes never felt this way. I have bdd so already feel like a monster and this makes it worse. I have mental problems for 32 years. Everytime I do a blood test I'm healthy. Well.... I can't imagine. I don't smoke, drink, and overall sleep enough hours. Can the veins ever go away? I do worry about the vaccin because I got the veins after the vaccin.

[@Acuproacademy]

Sorry you’re having this issue. Nowadays with being in front of devices all day, it definitely dries our eyes 🙏 maybe go see a qualified functional medicine doctor in your area 💕

[@kallappakamati9016]

Plz. Teach. Me. Lungs.yin. acupressure. Point. Mam

[@Acuproacademy]

This is a Liver video, watch the Lung ones

[@Anadolu276]

Why is there no brain diagnosis video?

[@Acuproacademy]

Watch my video on the Zang-Fu organs, the brain is part of the extraordinary organs 🥰 acuproacademy.com/zang-fu-organs-theory-chinese-medicine/

[@aurorapanni7074]

Why drinks by water taste blunt

[@Acuproacademy]

I’m sorry I don’t understand your question 🙏

[@littlemaus.7375]

Szkoda, że nie po Polsku 🇵🇱... 🤔😐 Ale i tak dziękuję

[@Acuproacademy]

Unfortunately I can't translate it in all languages. Cheers!

[@littlemaus.7375]

@@Acuproacademy ok dziękuję oglądam, bo trochę idzie się domyślić. Może kiedyś zrobią YT tak, aby można było we wszystkich językach oglądać 🙂

[@karomnurhendi9464]

I never understand

[@Acuproacademy]

What is it you don’t understand exactly?

[@dayanandnamala4231]

Your lughing. not good between lecure.,but lecure ia good.

[@Acuproacademy]

Laughter is the best medicine. I like to have fun and enjoy myself while teaching 😀

[@Random-xw1fg]

Clara's laugh is excellent 💚💚💚

[@Random-xw1fg]

Oh, please go away 👎👎👎👎