Liver accumulation

Gān zhù (Liver Fixation), also written as Gān zhe, is also known as liver distension. The disease name Gān zhù originates from the "Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber · Pulse, Syndrome and Treatment of Five Viscera Wind-Cold Accumulation Diseases": "In liver fixation, the patient often desires to step on their chest; before the condition becomes severe, they only wish to drink hot fluids; treat with Xuanfuhua Decoction." The "Miraculous Pivot · Treatise on Distension" states: "In liver distension, there is fullness below the ribs with pain radiating to the lower abdomen." Gān zhù is a condition occurring after liver heat disease, liver plague, etc., in which qi and blood of the liver become stagnant and fixed without movement. It is an internal visceral distension (fixation) disease mainly characterized by right hypochondriac pain, a mass below the right hypochondrium that is somewhat relieved by pressing or tapping, and abnormal liver function. This disease mainly corresponds to chronic hepatitis in Western medicine, including chronic persistent hepatitis and chronic active hepatitis.