1, keep cheerful and smile more.
Try to be cheerful, especially avoid anger. Scientific research has found that happiness can increase liver blood flow and activate liver cells. Anger not only hurts the liver, but also is the most taboo emotion of ancient health-preserving families: "Anger leads to prosperity, and rebellion leads to spirit." People who want to lose their temper easily are classified as "liver fire rising" in traditional Chinese medicine, indicating that there is something wrong with the autonomic nerve under the jurisdiction of the liver, and Longdan Xiegan Decoction is generally used to calm the liver.
By venting and transferring, you can also eliminate anger and keep your spirit happy. New scientific research shows that if you often relive some interesting things, it will also increase the secretion of endorphins in your brain and make you happy physically and mentally.
2. Pay proper attention to diet
In spring, the liver qi is strong, which relatively affects the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach, so the diet is still light. Green vegetables are the best spring food. Vegetables contain vitamins and trace elements, which can just supplement the lack of winter intake. For example, spinach produced in spring is tender and delicious, and it also has the effect of enriching blood, which is a good choice.
There is no need for special tonic in spring, because warming will aggravate the internal heat of the body as the temperature rises. People with poor health can generally choose foods with a flat nature, such as lotus seeds, gordon euryales, coix seed, peanuts, walnuts, bird's nest and pig liver. Tremella fuciformis containing polysaccharide also has anti-inflammatory effect and can promote the synthesis of protein in liver. Usually, asthma allergy is caused by the phenomenon of "qi deficiency" mentioned by Chinese medicine. You can drink it with Radix Astragali, Ginseng (white ginseng) and Poria stewed chicken soup. People who are prone to get angry can switch to ginseng beard or American ginseng.
3, pay attention to keep warm
Although the weather is getting warmer, it is important to keep warm. In spring, due to the great climate change and sunny weather, the variability and cold in early spring are often ignored. So it's best to wear it slowly, and don't change it into short-sleeved shorts in summer. Cold pathogens can hurt the lungs and easily lead to nasal congestion, cough and cold, especially for middle-aged and elderly people.
Step 4 Exercise moderately
In winter, human metabolism slows down and yang drops. When bloom is warm in spring, it can just replenish the body's yang. Getting up early to exercise, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals is also one of the ways to maintain the liver.
Practicing Qigong can relax the neuromuscular system and balance the autonomic nervous system. Try the simplest breathing adjustment method: sit still or stand still, concentrate on breathing adjustment, inhale and exhale slowly through the nose bit by bit, and repeat several times. Simple deep breathing can eliminate the accumulated heat in the body and let the body regain energy.
5. Experience the new feeling of spring
Travel is a way to find three or five friends for an outing, so that the spiritual senses that have rested for a long time can be rejuvenated in the natural environment. In rural America, people are used to collecting fresh lemons in spring and soaking them in a big jar of honey lemon juice as a drink to purify their bodies. Flavonoids in lemons can help the body slow down allergic reactions and prevent viruses from invading. You can also buy a handful of sweet daffodils and hyacinthus orientalis to go home and bring the information of spring indoors.
Seven kinds of nutrition protect liver health
1, fat is not the enemy of the liver.
Looking at more and more fatty liver patients around us, many people think that fat is the enemy of the liver. In fact, regardless of fatty liver, fat is an indispensable nutrient for the liver. Without it, the liver can't work normally.
Intake tip: "Some patients start to eat only vegetables and fruits after detecting fatty liver, which is a big misunderstanding." Even if you have fatty liver, you don't have to say goodbye to meat completely. To nourish and protect the liver, the proportion of fat and protein in the food you eat every day should be 20% respectively, and the remaining 60% should be carbohydrates, that is, staple food. Liver needs fat, but it doesn't mean it needs too much fat, so lean meat, low-fat milk, shrimp and other low-fat foods are preferred.
2. protein can repair the liver
Eggs, tofu, milk, fish, chicken, sesame seeds, pine nuts and other "high protein, low calorie" foods are the favorite of the liver. Protein's role: protein, which is rich in these foods, is like a "maintenance worker" of the liver, which can repair liver cells and promote liver cell regeneration.
Intake Tip: Normal people should consume more than 90g of high-quality protein every day. For people with impaired or weakened liver function, eating more high-protein foods is more conducive to the recovery of liver health and preventing further damage. Patients with acute hepatitis should not consume less than 80 grams of protein every day; Patients with liver cirrhosis should not be less than 100g.
3. Sugar is an important substance to protect the liver.
Each gram of glucose can provide about 70% of the energy needed by the human body. If a person is in a state of lack of energy for a long time, it will affect the liver function. Sugar can also synthesize a substance called hepatic glycogen, which is stored in the liver to prevent the damage of toxins ingested into the body to liver cells.
Intake tip: Except for diabetics, ordinary people can calculate how much sugar they should eat every day according to their weight. Per kilogram of body weight 1 gram of sugar, adults weighing 60 kilograms should not consume more than 60 grams of sugar every day. According to this standard, not only will the life span not be shortened, but it will also be beneficial to health. Generally speaking, the main sources of sugar are rice, pasta, sugar, honey, juice, fruit and so on. A spoonful of jam contains about 15g of sugar, 1 can of cola contains about 37g of sugar, 3 small pieces of chocolate contain about 9g of sugar, and 1 can of ice cream contains about 10g of sugar.
4. Vitamin A can resist liver cancer.
Studies have shown that vitamin A can protect the liver and prevent and inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells in the liver. It can restore normal tissue function and help chemotherapy patients reduce the recurrence rate of cancer.
Intake tip: The daily intake of vitamin A is 800 micrograms for men and 750 micrograms for women. Never exceed 3000 micrograms to avoid damaging the liver. Eating a carrot, 65 grams of chicken liver, 200 grams of canned tuna or a glass of milk every day is enough. Tomatoes, carrots, spinach, animal liver, cod liver oil and dairy products also contain a lot of vitamin A.
B vitamins are the "gas station" of the liver.
B vitamins are like "oil depots" in the body. They can accelerate the metabolism of substances and convert them into energy, which can not only "refuel" the liver, but also repair the liver function and prevent fatty liver, thus playing a role in preventing fatty liver. People who love drinking especially need more supplements, because research shows that B vitamins can enhance the liver's tolerance to alcohol, thus playing a role in protecting the liver. Because B vitamins can be dissolved in water and stay in the body for only a few hours, they must be supplemented every day.
Intake tip: People with liver disease should take 10 mg-30 mg daily, and the maximum intake should not exceed 30 mg. Pork, soybean, rice, mushrooms and other foods are rich in B vitamins, but if it is difficult to take them all, you can choose some supplements appropriately.
6. Vitamin E is a new weapon to protect the liver.
Scientists at Queen Sofia University Hospital in Spain said not long ago that vitamin E can prevent liver tissue from aging. Patricia, Senior Advisor, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive Diseases and Nephropathy? Robic also pointed out: "Vitamin E will become a new weapon to treat nonalcoholic fatty liver." Malt, soybean, vegetable oil, nuts and green leafy vegetables are all rich in vitamin E.
Intake Tip: Healthy people can take vitamin e 12mg every day, which is equivalent to 2 spoonfuls of sunflower oil and 30-50g nuts such as almonds, walnuts and peanuts. If you have liver disease, you need to supplement at least 100 mg every day to meet the needs of the liver.
7. The liver likes green food.
Green, white and light blue are beneficial to relieve the psychological tension and fear of diseases of patients with liver diseases. Outdoor green lawn, calm lake water and elegant green environment can all promote the rehabilitation of patients with liver disease.
Tips for intake: putting a pot of green plants on your desk, choosing elegant wall color when decorating, and even wearing light green clothes will help nourish your liver. Chinese medicine says: "Blue enters the liver meridian". Green food is beneficial to the circulation and metabolism of liver qi, relieving fatigue and liver depression. Eating more dark or green foods can nourish and protect the liver, such as broccoli, spinach and green apples.
People with different constitutions have different ways to nourish the liver.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, according to individual defects, liver function can be mainly divided into yin deficiency constitution and yang deficiency constitution.
Yin deficiency constitution refers to liver yin deficiency, which easily leads to hyperactivity of liver yang, increased blood pressure, aggravated hypertension and even complicated with cerebrovascular diseases. Yang Sheng's physique is mainly due to his anger. The weather gradually turns hot in spring, which aggravates the residual heat in the human body, thus affecting the diarrhea of the liver, causing the residual heat and fire of the liver essence, which is prone to depression or irritability and temper tantrums. This is an empirical study of Chinese medicine. Yang-rising physique is more common in young people, middle-aged, obese and overnourished.
The distinction between strengthening the body and nourishing the liver must be targeted. For people with yin deficiency constitution, the principle of nourishing the liver is to nourish yin and subdue yang, so that kang yang can be reduced. Eat more animal ingredients, such as animal liver, clams and so on. Vegetables can choose lettuce and kohlrabi. For people with yang deficiency, the principle of nourishing the liver is to soothe the liver and remove blood stasis, and clear away heat and reduce fire. Eat more celery and drink more chrysanthemum tea. Chrysanthemum can clear liver, improve eyesight, reduce fire and prevent dizziness.
When the winter and spring seasons change, it is necessary to prevent the occurrence of latent gas epidemics. That is, the residual heat of a winter is induced by the common cold in spring, such as aphtha, fever, hemorrhoids and so on. It can be prevented by taking heat-clearing ointment.