Qinchu Net News (Shiyan Evening News) reporter Zhang Zhenlin reported: Spring is the season for the recovery of all things, and it is also a good time for everyone to nourish the liver and protect the liver. Many people are very concerned about the health care in the spring, but some people are confused as to why the liver should be nourished in the spring. Woolen cloth? Cai Shaofeng, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Sinopharm Dongfeng General Hospital, master of traditional Chinese medicine and professor of Hubei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that in terms of traditional Chinese medicine, the growth of all things in spring is a process of rising yang energy, so this is also the season of our liver. Zhang Jingyue, a medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, said: “Spring should be for the liver and health care.” This means that the liver should be in spring, and spring health care mainly nourishes the liver. Therefore, in the spring, it is recommended that you nourish the liver and protect the liver.
Go to bed early to nourish the liver and blood
How to nourish the liver? Cai Shaofeng said, first of all, go to bed early, at the latest at 23:00, the liver and gallbladder are most prosperous from 23:00 to 3:00. There is a saying in Chinese medicine: “When a person lies down, the blood returns to the liver.” When a person lies down, the blood of each viscera passes through the liver to complete the task of detoxification. If people are still busy with work and study from 23:00 to 3:00, other viscera will be in a state of relative excitement, and the blood of each viscera cannot be concentrated into the liver for detoxification. So, the blood on the second day is blood that is not fully detoxified.
Secondly, get some rest. Our bodies are very sensitive, and “tired” is the body’s distress signal to you. The best way to nourish the liver is to find time to rest every day. Usually work is very tired, take 10 minutes to rest a little, move the eyes, stretch the muscles and bones. Take a nap at noon and rest a little after dinner. Adjust at any time, take time to rest, let the liver play the role of detoxification, in order to eliminate the feeling of fatigue.
Don’t get angry and flirt with emotion
Cai Shaofeng said that in traditional Chinese medicine, “the liver controls emotion”. The ancients said: “All diseases are caused by qi.” Excessive anger will hurt the body the most, and abnormal liver will affect people’s emotions; conversely, the mood will also affect the liver. Therefore, maintaining a good mood is a good way to nourish the liver and blood. When you are not feeling well, try to find someone you can talk to, or find a way to vent your depression.
According to relevant data, some cancer and tumor patients are 2 to 4 times more likely to be depressed than others. The common people often say: “All diseases come up with qi.” Therefore, the first step in nourishing the liver is to maintain a happy mood, learn to control and manage emotions, so that the liver’s dredging function will be normal, the qi and blood will be in harmony, and the liver qi will flow smoothly. It is necessary to avoid “angry rushing to the crown”, which is classified as “rising anger” and “vigorous anger” in Chinese medicine, which is harmful to the body.
When you encounter unpleasant things and your liver qi is stagnant, you can try the “shush liver method”: facing the green trees, make a “shush” sound, and let out a slow and deep breath of bad breath until until the mood improves.
White-collar workers who often work at their desks can put a pot of evergreen bonsai, such as aloe vera, next to their computer, which can be soothing to the eyes and liver.
Eat less and exercise more
Cai Shaofeng said that the diet mentioned here is not about eating less or not, but about quitting smoking, alcohol and all foods that are harmful to the liver And drugs, such as pickled and smoked food, canned food with added preservatives, food contaminated with aflatoxin, etc.
Eat more seasonal fruits and vegetables and drink more juice. Because a light, green diet and natural and original green vegetables are beneficial to the liver, Chinese medicine says: “The liver controls blue, and blue is like the liver meridian.” Fried food will increase the burden on the liver. If people work too much, they will be tired. The same is true for the liver. If the burden is too heavy, problems will occur.
At the same time, light food can also reduce the burden on the stomach and increase the utilization rate of the active ingredients in the food. The preferred food for nourishing the liver and blood is cereals, followed by red dates, longan, walnuts, and chestnuts; vegetables for nourishing the liver include spinach, soybean sprouts, mung bean sprouts, coriander, spring bamboo shoots, lettuce, toon, celery, etc.
Cai Shaofeng said that life lies in exercise, and exercise is the best way to protect the liver. Chinese medicine believes that movement leads to qi movement. Proper exercise can make qi and blood smooth without blood stasis, while motionless movement will make qi and blood stagnate and blood stasis. People should exercise properly, such as walking, jogging, deep breathing, Tai Chi, etc. are good choices. It is not advisable to sit for a long time, lie down and stay indoors for a long time, and combine movement and stillness, so that the qi and blood will be smooth, the liver function will naturally be normal, and liver disease will not be entangled. .