Professor YU Ying’ao emphasizes regulating liver clinically and takes it as a general principle in treating diseases. As for specific application

the principle could be divided into 8 aspects

including dispersing liver

calming liver

clearing liver

moderating liver

harmonizing liver

protecting liver

softening liver and tranquilizing liver. Meanwhile

Prof. YU emphasizes paying attention to the generation-restriction relationship among Zang-fu viscera clinically. When regulating the disorder of Zang-fu viscera

it is needed that regulating liver or regulating other Zang viscera to help regulating liver

specifically including invigorating spleen-stomach with regulating liver

regulating liver with nourishing kidney water

calming heart-mind with regulating liver

clearing lung heat with regulating liver. The 8 methods of regulating liver or combining with other therapeutic methods could be used in treating acute and chronic liver disease

hypertension

chronic kidney disease

emotion disease

menstruation disease

thyroid disease

prostatitis

etc.