Hyperactivity of liver yang

Liver yang ascending hyperactivity, a disease pattern name. Also known as liver yang ascending counterflow or liver yang exuberance. It is a syndrome of root deficiency and branch excess. It is mostly caused by the liver, where the kidney water fails to nourish wood, liver yang hyperactive and ascending without control, and qi fire disturbing upward. Symptoms include dizziness and tinnitus, distending pain in the head and eyes, flushed face and red eyes, irritability and easy anger, palpitations and poor memory, insomnia and excessive dreaming, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, red tongue, and thready rapid pulse. Treatment should aim at calming the liver and subduing yang, and nourishing yin and reducing fire.