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A second function of the Liver is ‘to store the Blood’. ‘Blood’ in Chinese medicine is similar to that in Western medicine. It moistens and nourishes all parts of the body. When we are resting, Chinese medicine teaches that the Blood goes to the Liver and replenishes it. When, on the other hand, we are active it travels to our extremities so that we can move.

When the Liver is not storing the Blood adequately, we will not be nourished in our extremities or on the outside of the body. Symptoms which arise can include numb limbs, pins and needles or breaking nails. Weak or blurred vision can also occur as the Blood is not nourishing the eyes.

THESE SYMPTOMS MAY ARISE WHEN THE LIVER AND GALL BLADDER ARE WEAK OR OBSTRUCTED

Some of these symptoms are more physical and some more mental or of the spirit. Chinese medicine being ‘energetic’ did not make this an important distinction.

Difficulties with planning, making decisions and ‘having a future’. Nervousness, timidity and a lack of courage and initiative. Eye problems, e.g. blurred vision, ‘floaters’, specific eye diseases and headaches with mild to severe pain. Muscle tension, held-in feelings, repressed anger, emotional outbursts, depression, moodiness, feeling emotionally overwhelmed and over-sensitive and having difficulty in making plans. Upset digestion with belching and regurgitation, allergies, nausea, vomiting or an inability to digest fats. Tightness in the chest which may also manifest as a breathing difficulty and discomfort under the ribs. Tiredness, dry skin, muscular weakness and spasms, mild dizziness, pins and needles and dry and brittle nails and poor sleep. Period-related problems such as pre-menstrual tension and pain.