Chinese medicine believes that the liver belongs to wood, and "wood flourishes in spring". In spring, the yang begins to rise, and people's liver also feels the breath of spring and begins to be active, which is unprecedented in a year.

However, in spring, liver yang often rises too much, and excessive liver fire or stagnation of liver qi will make people grumpy, depressed and bored, insomnia, spleen and stomach discomfort and so on. So spring is the most fragile time for the liver.

In the long run, it will accumulate into some refractory diseases. Therefore, it is very important to nourish the liver in spring, which is one of the important measures to ensure the smoothness of liver qi and blood.

Professor Huang Suiping, a famous traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in Guangdong Province and the administrative director of spleen and stomach science and technology department of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that the stronger the yang heat, the stronger the liver fire. When the liver fire is strong, people's emotions will also be affected, and there will often be hot and dry actions such as impulsiveness, impatience and irritability, which makes it difficult for people to control themselves, even out of control, even for people who are usually gentle. At this time, many people want to "put out the fire" for themselves, but they should also distinguish between the real and the false.

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How to distinguish between deficiency and excess of liver fire?

People who actually get angry have an absolute excess of yang heat in their bodies. In addition to temperament changes, it is often accompanied by headache, acne, tears, red and swollen eyes, bitter taste, nosebleeds, hypochondriac pain (refusal to press), Huang Chi's urine, constipation, red tongue, yellow fur, early menstruation in women or dark red menstruation in men, scrotal swelling and pain. It is characterized by "redness, swelling and pain", and this situation should adopt "excess diarrhea"

Deficiency of yin and blood in the body can not restrict yang, and relative excess of yang will lead to the symptoms of deficiency fire. For people with yin deficiency constitution, hyperactivity of liver fire is mainly deficiency fire. This type of temperament change is relatively mild, and it is not so hot compared with liver fire. In addition, dizziness, tinnitus, low fever, dry eyes, photophobia, hypochondriac pain (such as pressing), red tongue, less fur, delayed menstruation in women, and wet dream in men. Characterized by "deficiency", it is advisable to adopt the method of "tonifying deficiency" to nourish the yin blood of the liver in order to clear the deficiency fire.

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You should eat more of these two kinds of "green" when your liver is full of fire.

Chinese medicine believes that "five colors" enter the five internal organs of the human body, that is, green (green) enters the liver, red enters the heart, yellow enters the spleen, white enters the lung and black enters the kidney. Many green (green) foods enter and nourish the liver, among which there are many things that can clear the liver and purge fire, such as mulberry buds, spring spinach, mung bean sprouts, shepherd's purse, cucumber and so on. Today, I'm going to tell you about seasonal mulberry bud and spring spinach.

The Real Fire of Killing Liver: Mulberry Seedlings

Recently, there is a kind of fruit on the market that people can't help but swallow saliva when they see it-Mulberry, which is the fruit of Mulberry. Mulberry is a treasure. Mulberry leaves can be used to feed silkworms, or blindly use high-frequency Chinese medicine. The formula of herbal tea "Xiasangju" that Cantonese people often drink contains mulberry leaves, which can not only clear the liver and improve eyesight, but also clear away heat and heal sores.

Today, I would like to recommend another treasure about mulberries-Mulberry seedlings. Mulberry bud is the bud of mulberry, and it can only be picked when the mulberry grows fresh buds every spring. It is a kind of "green vegetable" with spring characteristics. There are many ways to make mulberry sprouts, such as cold salad, pasta, soup, etc., which are not only delicious, but also known as "healthy dishes".

The function of mulberry bud is similar to that of mulberry leaf, but it absorbs the breath of spring and reaches the liver more easily. Mulberry bud is cold, slightly bitter and slightly sweet, enters the liver meridian, and is especially good at clearing liver and activating fire. Has the effects of clearing away liver heat and improving eyesight, and can also be used for treating wind-heat headache. So friends who are really angry with the liver might as well make a few mulberry sprouts to clear the liver at the same time.

Clearing Liver and Deficiency of Fire: Spring Spinach

Spinach is available all year round, with high nutritional value, and its blood-enriching effect is well known by many people. Spinach rich in iron is indeed a veritable blood-nourishing dish, especially in spring.

Spinach in spring is flat, sweet, enters the liver meridian and nourishes liver blood. The liver stores blood, and the body uses both yin and yang. Those who suffer from deficiency of liver yin should nourish the blood of liver yin and play a role in reducing deficiency of fire. Spring spinach is a good choice.

It should be noted that spinach in spring contains oxalic acid. Before cooking, it should be scalded with boiling water to remove oxalic acid, so as to prevent it from forming calcium oxalate with calcium ions in the human body, causing stones or affecting the absorption and utilization of other mineral elements.

Medicinal diet recommendation

‖ Diet recommendation.

Mulberry bud Zhugan Decoction

Ingredients: 200g of fresh and tender mulberry bud, 250g of pork liver and 3 slices of ginger. (2 persons)

Practice: Wash the mulberry seedlings with clear water. Peel ginger and cut into 3 pieces. After slicing pig liver, add cooking oil and salt to marinate for later use. First, add proper amount of water to mulberry seedlings and ginger, and cook for about 15 minutes, then add pork liver and cook for 10 minutes, and season. Eat pork liver and mulberry buds to make soup.

Efficacy: clearing liver and purging fire, and improving eyesight.

Suitable for people: patients with liver fire, with symptoms of red eyes, swelling and pain, blurred vision, dry mouth and bitter taste, impatience and irritability, and red tongue with yellow fur.

Dietotherapy recommendation.

Spring spinach and pork liver soup

Ingredients: 200g of spring spinach, 20g of medlar, 250g of pork liver and 3 slices of ginger. (2 persons)

Practice: Wash the spring spinach with water; Wash and slice pig liver, add soy sauce and starch, mix well and marinate for 10 minute; Blanch spring spinach and pork liver in boiling water, remove and drain. Add water to the pot, bring to a boil, then turn to low heat for about 10 minute, and season with salt.

Efficacy: nourishing yin, nourishing blood and reducing fire.

Suitable for people: liver-blood deficiency, excessive internal heat, dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, numbness of limbs, red tongue, less fur and so on.