As the saying goes, "spring nourishing liver, summer nourishing heart, autumn nourishing lung, winter nourishing kidney." In the cycle of four seasons, spring is wood, and in the viscera of the human body, the liver is also wood. Therefore, spring is the "golden period" to protect the liver and nourish the liver. People with poor liver often have uncomfortable symptoms in the spring, leading to aggravation or recurrence of liver disease, so we must pay attention to the maintenance and care of the liver in the spring, so as to make the liver more healthy.

How to nourish liver and protect liver in spring

1. Keep an optimistic and stable mood

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver master constipation, means that the liver has the role of regulating the whole body qi, spring easy liver Qi is strong, women are prone to mood swings, which is related to female physiological characteristics, so female friends, in daily life, we must pay attention to adjust their mentality, usually do not be impatient. Don't fight with yourself, adjust your emotions, manage your emotions.

2. Go to bed early rather than stay up late

"The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" points out: "when people lie down, blood belongs to the liver." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that 1 to 3 o 'clock in the morning is the time of the liver channel "on duty", and this period is the best time to nourish the liver. At this time, adequate and high-quality sleep should be ensured during this period, which is conducive to liver rest and recuperation, so as to maintain normal physiological function. If the liver blood is lost, there will be dry mouth bitter, dizziness, emotional irritability, elevated blood pressure and other symptoms.

3. Exercise properly

Spring liver should pay attention to exercise, exercise is a good way to promote the harmony of qi and blood, soothing the liver and lowering the fire, and the rise and fall of Qi. Suitable exercise methods are Tai Chi, eight sections of brocade, walking, jogging and so on. Exercise should pay attention to moderation, avoid overwork, pay attention to warmth, avoid cold and wet, reduce the impact of diseases such as colds on the liver.

4. acupoint health

Liver main purpose, nourishing liver first nourishing eye. Dry eyes, on behalf of the liver of insufficient blood; Windward tears, on behalf of the liver convergence function is insufficient. Close your eyes to reduce air, press your eyelids gently with your index finger, rub your eyes until they are hot and swollen, and calm your anger.

5. diet recuperation

Spring is a good season for food and healing liver, here, Xiaonan has also sorted out some Spring Festival liver recipes, hoping to help everyone raise a good liver and become healthier and healthier.

Spring liver diet

1. Pig liver and mung bean porridge

Ingredients: Fresh pig liver 80g, wolfberry 20g, rice 80g, salt amount
Method: First mung beans, rice wash, boil after the fire to slow down, eight mature, then sliced pork liver and wolfberry into the pot with cooking, add salt seasoning can be.
Efficacy: nourishing liver blood, clearing heat and brightening eyes. It is suitable for patients with insufficient liver blood, insomnia and dreams, palpitation and panic, numbness of hands and feet, dry claws and nails, blurred vision.

2. Pork loin with Wolfberry

Ingredients: 2 pork loins, 15 grams each of wolfberry and Cornus, salt amount
Method: Wash and cut the pork waist, and then put the prepared wolfberry and cornus meat into the casserole until the pork kidney is cooked, add salt to taste and eat.
Efficacy: Pig waist has the function of tonifying kidney and essence, and wolfberry and Cornus meat also have the effect of tonifying kidney Yin.

3. Tofu mixed with Chinese toon

Ingredients: Prepare tender tofu 250g, fresh toon 30g, salt, sesame oil appropriate
Method: Put tofu slices into a sheet, put on a plate, sprinkle with salt, leave for a while, drain the water; Hot fresh Chinese toon in boiling water, squeeze dry and cut, sprinkle over tofu, then drizzle sesame oil to serve.
Efficacy: Raw tofu food, sweet taste, cool, can clear stomach heat, produce body fluid, eliminate phlegm under the qi; Chinese toon has bitter taste and flat sex, which has the function of clearing heat and dampness and detoxification. The combination of the two can clear lung and stomach heat, produce body fluid, and benefit dampness-heat. It has certain benefits for the elderly people who have stomach fire, dry mouth and thirst and phlegm-heat cough.

4. Four-color yams

Ingredients: Yam, lettuce, carrot, fungus, salt
Method: Peel yam, lettuce, carrot and cut into thin slices. Then lettuce slices, carrot slices and fungus, yam tablets into boiling water after blanching out, hot pan oil, into the garlic fried fragrant, and then add all the ingredients have been blanched quickly stir fry. Add 1 tablespoon of salt and some MSG to taste, ensure that the flavors of various ingredients are evenly integrated, and then serve.
Efficacy: Yam nourishing spleen and warming stomach; Lettuce can improve the body's immune system; Carrots are rich in carotene and vitamin A, which can enhance liver function and promote metabolism; Wood fungus can clear away heat and detoxify, and help the body expel dampness.

5. Spinach and eggs

Ingredients: Fresh spinach and eggs
Method: Wash the spinach, put it in boiling water quickly blanch for 1 minute, which can effectively remove oxalic acid. Add a small amount of oil to the wok and saute the eggs quickly. Add a bowl of boiling water, add the blanched spinach to the pan, and continue cooking for 2 minutes. Finally, season to taste with a teaspoon of salt and half a teaspoon of white pepper.
Efficacy: Spinach is best eaten in spring. "Spring Bo" is not only nutritious and delicious, but also has the effects of tonifying blood and stopping bleeding, benefiting the five viscera, promoting blood vessels, quenching thirst and moistening intestines, nourishing Yin and calming liver, and helping digestion.

In modern medicine, the liver is an important hub of human metabolism, but also the body's largest digestive gland, with detoxification, regulating the balance of water and hormones. In traditional Chinese medicine, nourishing the liver is nourishing the life. So we must take a good grasp of the spring liver season, take good care of their "small heart liver".