In spring, the liver is strong and the spleen is weak. The spleen was in a vigorous phase around Grain Rain 15 and 3 days after Qingming. Liver qi is full, and the heart is getting stronger. Spleen exuberance will make the stomach exuberant, and make the digestive function in an exuberant state, which is conducive to the absorption of nutrients. Therefore, this is a good time to make up the body. However, we should not take supplements like winter. Eat foods that are beneficial to liver and kidney, and foods that contain more B vitamins, such as wheat germ powder, standard flour, buckwheat flour, naked oats flour, millet, barley, soybeans and other beans, black sesame seeds, etc. So as to adapt to the changes of yin and yang and lay the foundation for a safe summer.

How does Grain Rain nourish and protect the liver?

After Grain Rain, it means that spring is coming to an end. According to the viewpoint of "nourishing liver in spring" in traditional Chinese medicine, we should seize the opportunity to regulate liver blood. At this time, the main points of diet therapy focus on nourishing liver and clearing liver, and nourishing eyesight. Among many vegetables, spinach is the most suitable for nourishing liver.

Chinese medicine believes that spinach is sweet, cool and enters the stomach. It has the effects of nourishing blood, stopping bleeding, benefiting the five internal organs, dredging blood vessels, quenching thirst, moistening intestines, nourishing yin, calming liver, helping digestion and clearing stomach heat and toxin, and is often effective in the adjuvant treatment of stomach diseases due to stagnation of liver qi. It has a good therapeutic effect on hypertension, headache, dizziness and anemia caused by liver yin deficiency in spring.