There is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine: "The liver is the main muscle, and its beauty lies in the claws", "The liver nourishes the tendons, which is a glory", and "claws" can be understood as our hands and nails. A person's liver function is good, and the external performance of nails is smooth, shiny and pink; Once our liver is weak, it will lead to muscle weakness, slow hands and feet, easy nails to break or droop, lack of luster and blood color.

Second, emotions.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the liver is full of joy" and "anger hurts the liver", and anger and depression often affect the function of the liver.

Being depressed for a long time inhibits the function of regulating qi in the liver, resulting in symptoms of liver depression and qi stagnation. When people encounter things, they often don't think about tea, food, or even cry and grieve, which will also form depression; For those who have a smooth liver-qi, they will adjust faster, and their mentality will be more optimistic and positive. Alcohol hurts the liver, and alcoholics are often grumpy.

Third, hair.

Traditional Chinese medicine regards hair as "the flower of removing blood from kidney", and the quality of hair is closely related to spleen and stomach, liver and kidney.

Hair is dry and easily broken, which may be caused by yin deficiency of liver and kidney and deficiency of qi and blood. Hair is greasy, easy to fall off, and skin loves acne, which may be caused by liver poison and liver fire. Therefore, people whose hair is always oily need to take care of their liver. White hair on temples is mainly caused by blood deficiency, liver depression and blood heat.

Fourth, the eyes

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, "the liver begins to improve eyesight", and the essence of the five internal organs is injected into the eyes, such as excessive liver fire, premature liver and kidney failure, obvious yellowing of the whites of the eyes, or black eyes and yellowing of the surrounding skin, all of which are obvious characteristics of liver disease, commonly known as jaundice.

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The liver has the function of regulating qi. If the liver is depressed and the qi is not smooth, the metabolism of water and fluid in the human body will also be affected, and various nodules will appear over time.

For example, breast hyperplasia, premenstrual breast pain increased significantly. Mammary gland belongs to the fortress on the route of liver meridian. Stagnation of liver qi and hyperplasia of mammary glands will appear immediately, especially when menstrual blood is about to be discharged, which will become obvious due to the filling of qi and blood.

First, medlar: nourishing liver and kidney, improving eyesight and moistening lung.

Lycium barbarum contains carotene, betaine, vitamin A, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and iron. It has the effects of enhancing leukocyte activity, inhibiting fat deposition in liver cells and promoting liver cell regeneration, and has obvious curative effects on chronic hepatitis, central retinitis and optic atrophy.

Lycium barbarum should be placed at the end of cooking or soup to avoid the loss of nutrients.

Second, angelica: nourishing the liver and enriching the blood, regulating menstruation and relieving pain.

Chinese medicine believes that angelica enters the heart, spleen and liver and has the effect of enriching blood and promoting blood circulation. Angelica sinensis is mainly used to regulate symptoms such as sallow complexion, dizziness, palpitation and numbness of limbs caused by deficiency of heart, liver and blood, and can also regulate irregular menstruation caused by stagnation of liver qi.

Can be decocted in water for future generations to drink tea, or cooked with mutton, red dates and black beans.

Third, chrysanthemum: soothing the liver and relieving depression, clearing away heat and detoxifying.

Chrysanthemum is a commonly used Chinese medicine, which was called "longevity-prolonging guest" by the ancients. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that chrysanthemum has the effects of dispelling wind and clearing heat, improving eyesight and detoxifying, so it is favored by health lovers.

When drinking chrysanthemum tea, you can put a few crystal sugar in the cup, which can better reflect the efficacy and role of chrysanthemum tea.

Fourth, cassia seed: clearing the liver and improving eyesight, lowering blood pressure.

Cassia seed is a dry and mature seed of Millet in Leguminosae, so it is named because of its eyesight improving effect. It is often used for liver fire, red eyes, swelling and pain, red eyes, constipation and other diseases.

Cassia seed can be used together with other herbal teas to replace tea leaves, which has the effect of detoxifying and relieving boredom.

Five, mulberry leaves: wind and heat, liver and lung.

Mulberry leaves have the functions of dispelling wind, clearing lung, calming liver and improving eyesight, and are often used to treat blurred vision, lung injury caused by dry heat, hyperactivity of liver yang and deficiency of liver yin caused by wind-heat cold. In addition, mulberry leaves have the effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding.

Put the dried mulberry leaves into a tea bag, brew with boiling water, slow fire 1 min, then pour out the water and brew again, slow fire1min. 65438+ 0~2 cups a day for making tea.