stagnation of QI due to depression of the liver
Symptoms are frequent sighing, chest pain or string pain. The causes of liver depression and qi stagnation are depression, mental stimulation or a history of mental injury.
Countermeasures: First of all, we should adjust our consciousness and emotions through psychological health preservation and adopt persuasion to treat the cause. Eat more foods that can soothe the liver and regulate qi, such as celery, wormwood, tomatoes, radishes, oranges, grapefruit, citrus, citron, bergamot and so on.
flaming-up of the liver-fire
Symptoms are dreamy sleep, red eyes, swelling and pain, bitter mouth and thirst. Most of the causes are long-term stagnation of liver qi, or excessive smoking and drinking, or eating sweet, fat and spicy things.
Countermeasures: In addition to quitting smoking and limiting alcohol, we should avoid eating sweet, fat and spicy foods, and eat more foods that clear liver and heat, such as bitter gourd, bitter vegetable, tomato, mung bean, mung bean sprout, soybean sprout, celery, cabbage, cabbage, day lily, rape, loofah, plum, plum, hawthorn and citrus.
Spleen deficiency and liver excess
Symptoms include fatigue, anorexia, abdominal distension, bilateral pain and loose stool. The etiology is mostly due to spleen deficiency and excessive liver qi, which affects the operation function of spleen.
To strengthen the spleen and regulate qi, you should eat more foods with the functions of strengthening the spleen and benefiting qi, such as lentils, sorghum rice, coix seed, buckwheat, chestnuts, lotus seeds, euryales seeds, yams, jujubes, carrots, Chinese cabbage, pumpkins, oranges and other foods.