Experts remind that some special people do have a strong liver fire in summer, and excessive liver fire often affects the transport and transformation function of the spleen. For people who love to lose their temper in summer, don't forget to strengthen the spleen in the process of reducing liver fire. In addition, because the stagnation of liver qi will turn into fire, people with bad temper should pay special attention to the influence of psychological factors on the body, and at the same time pay attention to soothing the liver and regulating qi, that is, adjust their psychological state.
Angry: It is easy to lose your temper.
"Some people are really angry in summer. In addition to feeling dry mouth and bitter mouth, the biggest feature of such people is irritability and easy to lose their temper. " Experts say that people who usually have a strong yang, such as young men with strong blood, or patients with liver diseases such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, fatty liver and liver cancer, are prone to show the characteristics of vigorous liver fire.
In addition, menopausal women and men are also prone to lose their temper. "Especially the elderly with arteriosclerosis or hypertension, heart disease, and patients with chronic cancer for a long time are more likely to lose confidence in life and their endurance will become worse."
Countermeasures: invigorating the spleen, soothing the liver and eliminating dampness.
Spleen strengthening: People with hyperactive liver fire tend to have spleen deficiency.
"Normal people have a red tongue and thin white fur. However, people with liver fire tend to have red tongue and yellow or greasy tongue coating. In addition, it is easy to urinate yellow and have a heavy breath. " Clinically, it is often found that many patients with hyperactivity of liver function are prone to some symptoms of spleen deficiency, such as pale mouth and unwillingness to eat. , also known as "anorexia". The tongue is pale or has teeth marks on the edge, and the tongue coating is white or greasy.
Experts explained that the liver and spleen affect each other and cause and effect each other. Liver disease often leads to poor spleen function, so strengthening the spleen is very important in this process. "There is a saying that' seeing the disease of the liver, knowing the liver and dispersing the spleen, strengthening the spleen first', which is also one of the classic theories of' treating the disease before it happens'. This is the truth."
Soothing the liver: stagnation of liver qi can turn fire.
In addition to strengthening the spleen, we should also pay attention to soothing the liver and regulating qi in the process of reducing liver fire. According to Yang's analysis, Chinese medicine believes that "qi is abundant and fire is abundant", and liver fire is caused by stagnation of liver qi. "Anger, depression, depression, sadness and other emotions will hurt the liver. Many people don't want to eat when they are exhausted. They often say that' qi sheng' is actually a manifestation of liver fire affecting the spleen and stomach. "
With the accelerated pace of life and the increase of social pressure, many people's spleen and stomach diseases can be said to be caused by psychological factors to a great extent. "Some people with excessive mental stress always feel bloating, hiccups and acid reflux, but they have done various tests such as gastroscopy and found no problems. This situation is often actually a liver-qi attack on the stomach. " Experts remind that the more some people fail to check out the problem, the more worried they are about what strange diseases they have. As a result, tension leads to a vicious circle and more symptoms of stomach discomfort.
Eliminating dampness: wet weight can affect the function of spleen and stomach.
It is the long summer season, and the climate and geographical environment in Guangdong determine that one of the characteristics of long summer is high humidity. After human body is infected with damp pathogen, it can further affect the function of spleen and stomach, and at the same time, it is prone to fatigue, fatigue, muscle soreness and other symptoms. Once the spleen has poor transport function, it will further affect the liver.
"As the old saying goes, a thousand cold is easy to get rid of, but it is difficult to get rid of when it is wet. Wet and sticky, such as oil entering the surface. " According to her analysis, the combination of dampness and cold leads to cold and dampness, combined with damp and heat, combined with rheumatism, combined with heat and dampness, combined with yin and evil, lingering is difficult to heal, and it is easy to hurt Yang Qi. Therefore, in the long summer, eliminating dampness is very important.
● menopausal women and men, young men and patients with liver disease are more likely to show the characteristics of vigorous liver fire.
● Patients with cirrhosis often have some symptoms of spleen deficiency in clinic, such as pale mouth and not wanting to eat.
Depression, sadness and other emotions will hurt the liver, and then affect the spleen. Spleen and stomach diseases are often related to psychological factors.
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Lotus seeds strengthen the spleen and nourish the heart.
For people with liver fire and patients with liver disease, a major task in summer is to strengthen the spleen. "My favorite drugs for invigorating the spleen and removing dampness are yam, lotus seeds and Euryale ferox. For some people with qi deficiency, you can also add some Radix Pseudostellariae. " Experts say that lotus seed is a very good medicinal material, because it is "full of treasure": lotus leaf can dispel dampness, lotus leaf can relieve summer heat, lotus seed can strengthen the spleen and nourish the heart, which is a very peaceful medicinal material, while lotus seed heart can clear heat and reduce fire.
In the process of purging liver fire, you can't use drugs that are too bitter and too cold, because "drugs that are too bitter and too cold will hurt the spleen and stomach". "Unless you are an outdoor working crowd such as construction workers, most people must drink herbal tea, even melon and glutinous rice can't eat it every day."
Reminder:
Proper sweating in summer can dispel dampness.
"Chinese medicine says:' spleen is yin and uses yang', and it also says' spleen likes dryness and hates dampness', which means that the function of spleen mainly depends on yang, and dampness is yin evil, which is easy to hurt yang, so people with heavy dampness will have spleen deficiency." As a member of nature, people should combine their health with seasons, and exercise outdoors in summer to meet the sunshine. "If you always blow air conditioning in an air-conditioned room, moisture will be trapped in your body more easily."
Moisture in the human body is mainly discharged through sweating and diuresis. In summer, people's skin is open, and proper sweating can drain water from the skin. Moreover, proper sweating can also make human qi flow smoothly, promote the transport function of spleen and stomach and the functions of various organs of human body.
In addition, in the long summer, yam, adzuki bean, coix seed, frangipani, kapok, etc. can be used as soup, which has the function of dehumidification, and bamboo rattan, cogongrass rhizome, lophatherum bambusae and carrot have the function of clearing heat.