First, spring focuses on nourishing the liver.

Chinese medicine believes that the liver belongs to wood, and wood flourishes in spring. In nature, spring is the season when everything recovers and is full of vitality, and it is a good opportunity for plants to grow. Zhang Jingyue, a medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, once said that "the liver should be raised in spring", which means that the liver should be raised in spring, and the main health care in spring is to raise the liver.

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So, what does the liver like best?

The liver likes green food best. Most green foods are rich in chlorophyll, carotene, vitamin C, magnesium, zinc and iron. It can promote the regeneration of liver cells, keep the digestive tract unblocked, balance acid and alkali, and detoxify. Such as spirulina, spinach, celery, broccoli, chrysanthemum, rape, lettuce, shepherd's purse, green pepper, cucumber, bitter gourd, loofah, bergamot, kiwi, green tea, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, mung bean and so on. Most of them are the favorite food of the liver.

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Second, how to raise the liver in spring

1, pay attention to rest and exercise moderately.

People are prone to drowsiness in spring, and patients with liver disease should keep enough sleep according to their physical needs. Modern people have a fast pace of life and great work pressure, so staying up late has become a common practice. In fact, this life habit of reversing yin and yang is particularly harmful to the liver.

Although sleep is good for the liver, the more sleep, the better. We should do moderate exercise. Everyone should choose suitable sports according to their physical condition, such as walking, jogging, swimming and so on. In the early morning, evening and holidays, you can stroll along the grass path, dance boxing and make swords in the forest by the river, or go for an outing in the suburbs, visit mountains and water, enjoy flowers and sing songs, climb high and look far, and integrate your body and mind into nature, which invisibly enhances your physical and mental health.

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2. Pay attention to strengthening diet regulation.

In spring, you should eat more vegetables and wild vegetables, such as soybean sprouts, mung bean sprouts, coriander, spring bamboo shoots, lettuce, spinach, Toona sinensis, shepherd's purse, celery, rape and willow buds. It can not only supplement vitamins, inorganic salts and trace elements, but also clear away heat and moisten dryness, which is conducive to the discharge of accumulated heat in the body. Try to avoid eating greasy, cold and sticky food in spring, so as not to hurt the liver and spleen, but to supplement protein, you can drink a glass of milk in the morning and evening, or eat 1-2 eggs every day, which is beneficial to the repair of the liver.

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Chinese medicine believes that jujube and yam are most suitable for spring consumption. Yam is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and has the effects of strengthening the spleen, nourishing the liver, tonifying the lung, benefiting qi, tonifying the kidney and solidifying essence. Jujube and yam can be eaten in porridge with rice, millet and cowpea, which can strengthen the spleen, nourish the liver and stomach, nourish yin and moisten dryness. Onion and leek are also two kinds of vegetables respected by Chinese medicine for protecting liver in spring. Eating some warm leeks in spring can supplement the yang of the human body and enhance the functions of the liver and spleen and stomach.

3. Pay attention to regulating emotions and keep a good mood.

People often say that "fire hurts the liver", "anger hurts the liver" and "excessive liver fire" are actually saying that excessive emotional stimulation will destroy the balance and coordination of qi in the five internal organs. In spring, people often have two kinds of negative emotions. First, the rising of yang in spring can easily lead to hyperactivity of liver fire, emotional excitement and bad temper. The other is that spring can easily lead to depression, pessimism and disappointment, and even give up on yourself.

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4. Prevent the occurrence of diseases.

The sudden change of temperature in spring makes people's immune and defense functions decline, and pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses will take the opportunity to wreak havoc, so the occurrence and prevalence of influenza, meningitis, mumps, scarlet fever, chickenpox and rubella are most likely to occur in spring, so patients with liver disease in spring should stay away from crowds and crowded public places; In spring, people go out frequently, and the chances of eating out increase, which easily leads to intestinal infectious diseases, especially hepatitis A and hepatitis E, which are more harmful to the liver. Pay attention to food hygiene.