Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the climate characteristics in spring are closely related to the liver of our body, so protecting the liver is the main way of keeping in good health in spring. The liver is characterized by being fond of expression but disgusted with depression, so keeping in good health in spring is the main principle, because it starts from nourishing and protecting the liver. On the premise of paying attention to emotional regulation and moderate exercise, it is a general principle to keep sour and sweeten the diet, but it varies from person to person in different groups.

First, eat less acid and increase sweetness.

In daily life, many people will have this experience. If you are in a bad mood or angry, you will have bloating and loss of appetite, especially in spring. This is mainly caused by anger hurting the liver and liver blocking the spleen. Liver and spleen are closely connected. According to the theory of five elements of Chinese medicine, liver belongs to wood, spleen belongs to soil, and wood can overcome soil, and spleen soil is easily restricted by liver wood. If the liver wood is too strong, it will damage the spleen soil, affect the digestion and absorption function of the spleen, and cause gastrointestinal dysfunction and weakening.

In spring, our liver qi is on the high side. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that five flavors enter the five internal organs, sour taste enters the liver and sweet taste enters the spleen. So eat less acidic food in spring. If we eat a lot, it will further increase the growth of liver qi, make the already high liver qi become excited and damage the function of spleen. Excessive liver qi directly affects the function of spleen, so we should pay special attention to the problems of spleen and stomach while conditioning the liver. Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, also recorded in his "Thousand Golden Recipes": "It is advisable to keep sour and sweet in spring to nourish the temper", which means that in order to supplement the qi of the spleen and stomach, we should eat less sour food and more sweet diet.

As for the taste of food, we can judge it according to the taste of food after entrance. Common sweets for strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach are jujube, yam, rice, millet, soybean, pumpkin, cinnamon and chestnut. In addition, the diet in spring should be light, not too greasy, otherwise it will further damage the spleen and stomach, make the liver qi unable to move up and down, affect the rising of the liver, lead to stagnation and stagnation of the liver qi, easily produce phlegm and dampness, and produce diseases.

Second, liver depression and fire are easy to hurt yin.

Generally, the climate in spring is mainly dry and windy, and the common cold belongs to yang evil, which is the easiest to consume the liver and yin of the human body. On the other hand, liver depression turns into fire, which is easy to hurt yin. Pay attention to nourishing yin in spring diet. Therefore, in the daily diet summary, we should eat more nourishing food, such as lily, medlar, lotus root, yam, longan and so on. However, you should also pay attention to balance when eating. For example, medlar chrysanthemum tea and medlar nourishing liver yin can cause excessive internal heat, and matching with chrysanthemum or wild chrysanthemum with fire-reducing effect can play a good role in curbing excessive internal heat of medlar. "

Different from the spring in the south, the spring in the north is dry and windy, and the wind will take away water, so people are prone to get angry, and symptoms such as dry mouth, jealousy and itchy skin appear. The solution is to drink plenty of water, or soak in water such as green tea and chrysanthemum tea.

Third, seasonal health care should follow the golden mean.

Although it is good to pay attention to health care, we must pay attention to the way of health care, especially the diet.

(1), one side of the soil and water to raise one side, eating habits should be combined with regional characteristics.

② Choose food according to personal physique and symptoms.

At present, Chinese medicine divides the human body into nine constitutions, of which healthy and peaceful constitutions account for only 33%, and the other eight partial constitutions (qi deficiency constitution, yang deficiency constitution, yin deficiency constitution, phlegm-dampness constitution, damp heat constitution constitution, qi stagnation constitution, blood stasis constitution and special constitution) account for 67%.

If a person is always angry in spring, bad mood will lead to chest tightness, upset, red eyes, toothache or swollen gums, tinnitus, dry mouth and other symptoms. This is caused by "qi stagnation and fire". Such people should have a light diet, eat more fruits and vegetables, not spicy food and alcohol, eat more celery, bitter gourd and wild vegetables, and drink more green tea, chrysanthemum tea and lotus seed tea to clear the fire.

If there are symptoms such as fever in hands and feet, hot flashes, night sweats, dry mouth and throat, it is "liver yin deficiency". Such people should eat more nourishing food to nourish liver yin.

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