Treating Precursor of Stroke from the Syndrome of Liver Heat and Blood Stasis

The theory of liver heat and blood stasis is one of the characteristic theories in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for understanding, preventing, and treating stroke. This article starts from the physiological and pathological relationships between the liver and the kidney and the connection between the liver, kidney, and brain in TCM, elaborates on how the syndrome of liver heat and blood stasis affects the precursor of stroke, and presents relevant modern clinical application studies.