並列摘要
Liver chrrhosis is the advanced stage of liver diseases characterized by replacement of liver tissue by fibrosis, scar tissue and regenerative nodules due to liver cells was killed, leading to progressive loss of liver function. There are no significant symptoms in onset. As the disease progresses, complications may develop, including progressive loss of liver function, portal hypertension and multiple system damage. Cirrhosis has many possible causes. Some causes can be pinning down. But, the inducing mechanisms of almost all type of liver chrrhosis are still unclear. In the diagnosis of liver chrrhosis, traditional Chinese medicine usually focused on the syndromes of jaundice, hypochondriac pain, accumulation of masses, tympanites drum distention, edema, and hopoproteinemia.