Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to nourishing the liver in spring, nourishing the heart in summer, nourishing the lungs in autumn, and nourishing the kidneys in winter.

In spring, everything recovers. At this time, health care should be transformed from “winter storage” in winter to “spring birth”. In spring, the metabolism of the human body is relatively strong, and the yang qi rises, corresponding to the yang qi of spring. If you can seize this opportunity and regulate your liver properly, you can enhance immune function and improve your physique, especially for people with yang deficiency constitution.

So, how to nourish the liver in spring?

1. Eat “sour” food appropriately

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sour food can enter the liver. Certain liver function.

It should be noted that if you eat too much acid or too much, it will damage the liver.

For example, we can often drink some lemonade, tangerine peel water, these slightly acidic foods are rich in vitamins C, also known as “ascorbic acid”, is very good for the maintenance of the liver. Slightly acidic foods can also prompt the liver to produce bile to help the body detoxify.

2. Eat more cruciferous vegetables

There are many cruciferous vegetables on the market, including beets, radishes, cabbage and purple cabbage, etc. Or some other vegetables rich in sulfur, such as onions, garlic, cauliflower, they can help enhance our body’s detoxification function. These vegetables have a good liver nourishing effect, you can eat more appropriately.

3. Kneading acupoints such as Ganshu, Danshu, Taichong, etc.

The health care of meridian points is also an important part of Chinese medicine health care. We You can usually massage some acupoints to nourish the liver and protect the liver.

The acupoints for nourishing the liver are generally mainly Ganshu, Danshu, Taichong, Dadun and other acupoints. Before going to bed at night, we can lie down and gently rub these acupoints for nourishing the liver by ourselves, and stick to it, it can have a good effect of nourishing the liver.

4. Be less angry, avoid alcohol and tobacco

As the saying goes Illness comes from the mouth, tobacco and alcohol, and the damage to the liver is undoubted, and it can even be ranked in the top three factors. If you can quit smoking and drinking, I believe your liver will become more relaxed and gentle.

In addition, Chinese medicine believes that “anger hurts the liver”. Therefore, from the point of view of nourishing the liver, the mood should be happy and light, and avoid anger and anger.