The liver is the largest gland in the human body, just like a "chemical plant", which has the functions of metabolism, liver fluid secretion, detoxification, coagulation, immunity, heat production, water and electrolyte regulation and so on. Why emphasize the importance of nourishing liver in spring? According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the liver belongs to the five elements, and the spring wood is flourishing, so it is particularly important to protect the liver in spring.
Seize the opportunity to replenish the liver. The principle of "Four Seasons Emphasis" in traditional medical health care holds that the liver should be in season in spring, and nourishing the yang and benefiting the liver should be the first to prevent liver depression, and the method of nourishing the liver first and then nourishing the viscera in summer is advocated. Combined with this health-preserving feature, from the perspective of modern nutrition, the dietary principle should be a balanced diet with high protein, high vitamins and sufficient calories. The so-called high protein is to appropriately increase the intake of medium and high food in protein according to the individual's specific situation. Hot summer is a good time to recuperate the five internal organs. Here are some ways to nourish the liver in summer:
Feeding dirty chickens first belongs to the five elements, the orientation should be east, and the liver should be inside. Chicken liver is sweet and warm, and can nourish blood and liver. It is a good food for nourishing the liver, which has stronger liver nourishing effect than other animals' livers and can warm the stomach. The specific usage is: take 3 fresh chicken livers, rice 100g, and cook them into porridge. Can be used for treating middle-aged and elderly people with liver-blood deficiency, improper diet, dry eyes or tears. In addition, for the elderly with numbness of limbs, 5 pieces of chicken liver and 20 grams of gastrodia elata can also be steamed with the two flavors once a day 1 time for half a month, which can be effective.
Xiaoyi Wen flavor is the first choice for nourishing the liver, which has the functions of calming the liver, removing blood stasis, detoxicating and inhibiting bacteria. Yang Can, an elderly hypertensive patient with hyperactivity of liver yang, drinks 40 ml of vinegar every day, which is diluted with warm water. You can also use vinegar to soak eggs or vinegar to soak soybeans, and eat eggs or beans. The effect is quite good. People who suffer from liver pain due to tightness in the air at ordinary times can use 40 ml of vinegar and Chaihu powder 10 to overcome the pain, which can quickly relieve the pain.
Supplementing blood and liver to eat duck blood, duck blood is blood-enriching, rich in nutrition, and the liver governs the storage of blood, which is a common treatment method in traditional Chinese medicine. Duck blood 100g, crucian carp 100g, and white rice 100g are taken and boiled into porridge, which can nourish liver blood and help treat anemia, and is also one of the liver-protecting delicacies for patients with liver cancer.
Soothing liver and nourishing blood Spinach is a seasonal vegetable in spring, which has the functions of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, soothing liver and nourishing blood, and is often effective in the adjuvant treatment of liver qi stagnation and complex stomach diseases.
According to the theory of five elements in traditional Chinese medicine, spring belongs to the liver, and Shouwugan tablet is a commonly used medicated diet for tonic in spring. The specific method is: add water to Polygonum Multiflori Radix and boil it into thick liquid medicine, and take 20 ml from it for later use. Then, 250g fresh pig liver was peeled and washed, and then cut into thick slices. 15g ginger, onion and garlic are washed, the onion is shredded, the garlic is sliced and the ginger is diced. Add a little Polygonum multiflorum juice and salt to pork liver tablets, and mix with about 10g wet starch evenly for later use; Mixing Polygonum multiflorum Thunb juice, soy sauce, Chinese liquor 10g, salt 4g, vinegar 5g, wet starch 5g and soup into nourishing juice; Heat a wok with high fire, put oil in it, heat it to 70% to 80%, add the mixed liver slices, drain the remaining oil with a colander, add garlic slices and ginger slices, stir-fry liver slices and spinach for a few times, pour in purple juice, stir well, pour in a little bright oil and add shredded onion, and serve. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. This prescription is a famous anti-aging and longevity drug in ancient times.
Pig liver is rich in nutrition and has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing essence and blood, and nourishing the body. It has a good curative effect on dizziness, decreased vision, premature gray hair and weakness of waist and legs caused by deficiency of liver and kidney and essence and blood.
Liver-nourishing diet
Slices of herring with tomato sauce: herring tonifies liver, improves eyesight, nourishes stomach and strengthens spleen. Suitable for chronic diseases, neurasthenia, chronic hepatitis and chronic nephritis. Leek and pig liver soup: leek is warm and pungent, and it helps yang in summer, so pig liver is used to nourish liver and replenish blood. Suitable for patients with liver disease, night blindness and constipation.
Black rice porridge: Black rice is flat and sweet, containing 15 kinds of amino acids and vitamins, which can nourish the liver and spleen, nourish the stomach and nourish the kidney, and is a good tonic in spring. This porridge is suitable for liver and kidney deficiency and women's postpartum weakness.
Jujube porridge: Jujube supplements qi and blood, benefits the liver and spleen, and warms the stomach and yang. This porridge is suitable for anorexia loose stool, deficiency of qi and blood, thrombocytopenia, anemia, chronic hepatitis, malnutrition, etc. Caused by weakness of spleen and stomach.
Honey black tea: 5 grams of black tea, put in a thermos cup, brew with boiling water, cover and stew for a while; Mix proper amount of honey and brown sugar. Drinking 1 time before meals every day can warm and nourish the stomach. This tea is suitable for people with excessive liver qi and poor spleen and stomach function in summer.
Jiedu method of Gequan herbal tea
Exercise:
(1) Take 5g of kudzuvine root, 5g of medlar, 5g of chrysanthemum, 5g of mulberry leaf, 5g of cassia seed, 5g of double-petal red rose, 5g of kudzuvine root, 5g of buckwheat, 5g of roselle and 5g of liquorice, wash them, cut them into sections, dry them and stir-fry them to make tea;
(2) making the fried materials into teabags according to the ratio of 1: 1;
(3) Take one packet a day and brew it in boiling water for 3 minutes before drinking.
2. Function: clearing away heat and sterilizing, removing fire and removing acne, expelling liver toxin, preventing liver injury and improving liver detoxification ability.