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What could be the reason for always feeling irritable?

Dec 29, 2022 Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Pan Yongyuan
Introduction
Irritability is often likely due to liver qi stagnation: overthinking, feeling easily stifled, tending to ruminate and worry excessively when facing difficulties. It's important to stay calm and relieve depression. Liver fire ascending: when liver fire is excessive, irritability may occur along with symptoms such as dry mouth, thirst, tinnitus, dry eyes, flushing, dizziness, headache, or excessive sweating—symptoms related to liver fire. In such cases, Long Dan Xie Gan Wan (Gentiana Liver-Draining Pill) can be used.

Some people often experience unexplained irritability in daily life, which can affect their family and friends to some extent. What causes persistent irritability?

What Causes Persistent Irritability?

Frequent irritability is often due to liver qi stagnation: overthinking and emotional suppression in daily life. When encountering problems, one tends to worry excessively and become overly anxious. It's important to stay calm and relieve depression. Liver fire ascending: excessive liver fire may lead to symptoms such as dry mouth, thirst, tinnitus, dry eyes, flushing, dizziness, headache, and excessive sweating—symptoms associated with excess liver fire. In such cases, Long Dan Xie Gan Wan (Gentiana Liver-Clearing Pill) may be used. Additionally, internal disturbance of heart fire can also cause persistent irritability. This includes both excess heart fire and deficiency-type fire caused by dual deficiency of qi and yin or blood deficiency. For these conditions, Niuhuang Qingxin Wan (Bezoar Heart-Clearing Pill) or Baizi Yangxin Wan (Arborvitae Seed Nourishing-Heart Pill) may help regulate heart fire imbalance and thereby improve irritability.

From a Western medical perspective, persistent irritability is generally associated with mental health conditions such as anxiety disorder, anxiety state, or mania. These can be categorized into irritability caused by liver qi stagnation, liver fire ascending, and heart fire disturbance.

If symptoms are confirmed to be mild and do not meet the diagnostic criteria for a medical condition, doctors may offer advice, recommend appropriate psychological counseling or therapy, and suggest engaging in healthy, beneficial activities. We hope this information is helpful to you. Wishing you good health and happiness.


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