How is your liver?
Whether the liver is good or not depends mainly on these four points:
① Dry skin and dim eyes: poor liver metabolism leads to dry skin and hair.
② It is easy to suffer from insomnia at night 1-3: it is easy to be bored, dreamy and insomnia. Staying up late with dry eyes is also because blood deficiency can't be hidden.
③ Easy to be impatient and irritable: Especially when a girl comes to her period, she is more irritable when she is angry in liver blood deficiency.
4 a splitting headache after drunkenness: the liver can't remove acetaldehyde from alcohol, leading to dizziness, bitter taste and dry mouth.
If you have the above situation, you should take good care of your liver this spring. Today, I will tell you about acupoint massage and diet therapy for nourishing the liver in spring.
Stagnation of liver qi
In spring, the liver qi is vigorous and rising, and people's spirit does it one brace up. But if the liver qi rises too much or stagnates, it is easy to damage the liver.
Emotional exhaustion, hyperactivity of liver yang, elevated blood pressure, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are prone to stroke; Moreover, emotional discomfort and excessive depression will also hurt liver qi, which will induce liver disease or aggravate the original liver disease over time.
Chinese medicine recommends a set of health exercises to relieve stagnation of liver-qi, which can relax bones and muscles and guide qi and blood circulation.
Three methods of soothing the liver and relieving depression
First, push and press the Zhongshan point.
If there is pain, nodules and cord-like appearance when pressing the middle cup, it may be liver depression and qi stagnation.
Massage method: press your thumb against your skin (preferably through a thin layer of clothes) and push it up and down. You can do it for about 2 minutes for the first time, and you can stick to it for 5 minutes often.
Second, push Qimen point.
If you feel high skin or nodules when pushing Qimen point, it may be liver depression and qi stagnation.
Massage method: palms crossed, from inside to outside.
Third, push the gallbladder meridian.
Liver and gallbladder are exterior and interior, and pushing gallbladder meridian can also play the role of soothing liver and regulating qi.
Massage method: Push from top to bottom.
Liver depression transforming into fire
Excessive liver activity will lead to high blood pressure, which will lead to a series of cerebrovascular diseases, such as cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral embolism and coronary heart disease.
Massage Acupoints to Eliminate Liver Fire —— Rubbing Taichong Acupoint
Massage method: Push from top to bottom, you can apply a little moisturizing oil for 2 minutes at a time, and push your feet together for better effect.
Liver depression and headache
Headaches can occur all year round, but for friends with depressed liver, headaches are most obvious in spring. This kind of headache is mostly manifested as swelling and pain, and even a splitting headache. Headaches are usually located on both sides of the head or on the forehead and top of the head.
Grasping Five Meridians to Relieve Headache
Massage method: press the five fingers along the five meridians, release them, press them forward again, and then release them.
Push your head to relieve headache
Massage method: wrap the therapeutic towel around the ear from the brow ridge, hold the patient's head with the chest, and push it along the side of the brain with thenar, 5- 10 times on one side, or 10-20 times in severe cases.
Spring nourishing liver porridge
Diet therapy is also a good way to nourish the liver in spring. Today, several kinds of liver-nourishing porridge suitable for spring consumption are introduced.
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Gouqi porridge
Ingredients: Lycium barbarum 30g, appropriate amount of rice.
Practice: cook the rice until it is half cooked, then add the medlar and cook it.
Efficacy: nourishing liver and kidney and improving eyesight. Suitable for people who are often dizzy, tired and weak.
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Lycium barbarum and red jujube yam porridge
Ingredients: 20 grams of Lycium barbarum, 30 grams of Chinese yam, 6-8 red dates, and appropriate amount of rice.
Practice: Cook the rice until it is half cooked, then add other raw materials and cook it. Pay attention to frequent stirring to prevent the yam from burning.
Efficacy: nourishing liver and blood, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness. Suitable for women with bad complexion, insomnia, bad mood, loss of appetite and loose stools.
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Pork liver and mung bean porridge
Ingredients: fresh pig liver 100g (sheep liver is better), 60g mung bean, rice and salt.
Practice: First, wash mung beans and rice and cook them together, then cook them with low fire until they are 80% mature, then put sliced or striped pork liver into a pot and cook them together, and then add seasonings.
Efficacy: nourishing liver and blood, clearing away heat and improving eyesight, caring skin and moistening skin. Suitable for people with sallow complexion, poor eyesight and blurred vision.
A year's plan lies in spring, which is the time to nourish the liver. Eat, exercise and take care of our liver.