Abstract:This paper introduces the clinical experience of chief physician LIU Fang in treating functional dyspepsia from the liver based on syndrome differentiation. LIU Fang believes that emotion is the key to the occurrence of functional dyspepsia,and yang qi is closely related to emotion;yang deficiency is easy to cause constraint. Functional dyspepsia is often characterized by the excess of liver constraint,commonly causing disharmony of the liver and the stomach. The pathogenic qi stays for a long time and damages healthy qi,which may lead to deficiency in origin and excess in superficiality or deficiency-excess complex. Therefore,attention should be paid to the foot jueyin liver channel to exert the effect of soothing the liver, moving qi and harmonizing the stomach through the original point Taichong point (LV 3). To resolve constraint and calm the mind,the first choice is points with the Chinese character "Shen" on the head and the hand shaoyin heart channel. In terms of prescriptions, Xiaopi Shugan Hewei Prescription is adopted. Moreover, the importance of "applying heavy moxibustion to the middle portion of gastric cavity to invigorate yang qi" is emphasized in the whole treatment process. That is to take treating from the liver based on syndrome differentiation as the key to treatment,and take treating the stomach from the liver as the basic treatment principle,stress on soothing the liver and regulating the mind,while paying attention to moxibustion.