Liver belongs to wood in five elements and wind in five qi. Su Wen's Yin and Yang should be like a big theory: "The wind is in the sky, the wood is on the ground, the tendons are in the body, and the liver is dirty." Spring is the season to bring forth the old and bring forth the new and give birth to life. Nature is full of vitality, and everything is thriving. The metabolism of the human body has a great relationship with the liver. Chinese medicine believes that the growth of the liver is similar to that of wood, and it needs swelling and stretching. In spring, the liver qi is vigorous and rising, and people's spirit does it one brace up. Only by maintaining the vigorous physiological function of the liver can we adapt to the vigorous changes in nature. In spring, some patients with liver diseases often get worse or relapse, hepatitis virus replication becomes active, and the number of outpatients with liver diseases increases significantly. In addition to hepatitis E and hepatitis A, many chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis B virus carriers also got worse at this time and came to see a doctor. This is all a response to the influence of the season on the body. So how to raise the liver in spring? Department of Spleen, Stomach, Hepatobiliary Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhang Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is in charge of storing blood, which needs Yin blood to nourish, so as to play the role of soothing the liver and regulating qi. For the liver, good management is better than good care. There are three main principles for nourishing the liver, which are not only very beneficial to patients with liver diseases, but also have a good effect on nourishing the liver for the general population. First, pay attention to exercise, and sometimes exercise in daily life: "A year's plan lies in spring", and the fresh air in spring is most conducive to going to the old and welcoming the new. More exercise in spring can enhance immunity and disease resistance. According to the theory of harmony between man and nature, people should take appropriate exercises in spring, such as walking, jogging, gymnastics, Tai Ji Chuan and so on. To keep their vitality in the body. The liver governs the storage of blood, and blood belongs to the liver when people lie down. If you can sleep on time and get enough sleep, blood can be stored in the liver, nourishing liver blood and making you energetic and energetic every day. If you are a "night owl" family, liver blood can't be nursed back to health, liver fire is prone to inflammation, and there will be discomfort such as dry mouth. Second, feel comfortable, feel comfortable, and optimism makes people healthy. Emotionally, you should be optimistic and happy, not depressed and furious. If you are open-minded, cheerful, calm, comfortable in liver qi and harmonious in qi and blood, it will help the recovery of liver function. Patients with liver disease should be "open-minded" and "calm" "Broad-minded", generous to people and things, not haggle over every ounce; "Peace of mind" refers to inner peace, which is peace, serenity, comfort and freedom in the depths of the soul. Peace of mind is not nothing, but a spiritual realm of "no emotion, no victory or defeat, no gain or loss, no honor or disgrace, no worry or fatigue". Most taboo rage, liver just dirty, depressed, anger hurts the liver. Long-term mental depression or sudden and intense rage will lead to the imbalance of liver qi and blood, affect the excretion function of liver and induce the aggravation of liver disease. Don't think too much, and worry will hurt the spleen, which will lead to abnormal transportation of water and grains and endogenous dampness, which will most easily lead to the combination of internal dampness and damp-heat epidemic virus, and aggravate or recur liver disease. Third, a reasonable diet 1, drink plenty of water, because it is cold and windy in early spring, heating is provided at home, and the climate is dry and easy to lack water. Drinking plenty of water can replenish body fluids, enhance blood circulation and promote metabolism. Drinking plenty of water can also promote the secretion of glands, especially digestive glands, pancreatic juice and bile, so as to facilitate digestion, absorption and waste elimination and reduce the damage of metabolites and toxins to the liver. However, patients with ascites due to cirrhosis must drink water under the guidance of a doctor. 2. Supplementing high-quality protein: As the temperature changes greatly in spring, hot and cold stimulation can accelerate the decomposition of protein in the human body, leading to the decline of the body's resistance and easy infection or recurrence. At this time, it is necessary to supplement high-quality protein food, such as eggs, fish, chicken and bean products. 3. Take enough vitamins and inorganic salts: Chinese cabbage, rape, tomatoes, oranges, lemons and other fresh fruits and vegetables, which are rich in vitamin C and have antiviral effects; Yellow-green vegetables such as carrots and amaranth are rich in vitamin A, which can protect and strengthen epithelial cells of upper respiratory mucosa and respiratory organs. Sesame, blue cabbage, cauliflower, etc. , which is rich in vitamin E, can improve human immune function and enhance human disease resistance. 4. Choose light food: liver qi is the strongest in spring, and liver qi will affect the spleen, which is prone to spleen and stomach weakness. If you eat more sour food, your liver function will be high, so you should choose spicy, sweet and warm food in spring diet and avoid sour food. The diet should be light and delicious, eat less greasy, cold and irritating foods, and eat more foods rich in protein, minerals and vitamins, especially all kinds of yellow-green vegetables, such as lean meat, bean products, eggs, carrot cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, bell pepper, celery, spinach and leek. Patients with hepatitis should avoid eating egg yolk. Because egg yolk contains a lot of fat and cholesterol, which need to be metabolized in the liver, the burden on the liver increases, which is extremely unfavorable to the recovery of liver function. Foods that need to be taboo include spicy food, fried barbecue food, coarse food, raw and cold food, hard food and so on. Spicy food, such as pepper, onion, pepper, coffee, strong tea, etc. It belongs to heat and yang, and it is easy to help damp heat and aggravate the condition after entering the human body; In the cooking process such as frying, fat oxidation produces acrolein, which damages liver parenchymal cells through blood circulation stimulation and aggravates liver disease; Things with thick and hard fibers, such as Chinese cabbage and squid, are often an important cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis. Finally, avoid drinking alcohol. Chinese medicine believes that alcohol is easy to help damp heat, and drinking alcohol is also a taboo for patients with chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. It is advisable to eat herbs and foods that nourish liver yin, such as Lycium barbarum, Dendrobium nobile, Polygonum multiflorum, Adenophora adenophora, Ophiopogon japonicus and so on. Fourth, cold: spring is cold and warm, and it changes three times a day. People should pay special attention to the cold and don't add or subtract clothes at will. As the saying goes, "cold starts from the feet", so we should insist on washing our feet with warm water every night before going to bed in spring to promote blood circulation in our feet. At the same time, before going to bed at night, we should insist on drinking a bowl of health soup made of ginger, pepper and garlic, which can not only dispel cold and prevent colds, but also help sleep, let patients with liver disease eat well, wear warm clothes and get enough sleep, and promote the healthy recovery of patients with liver disease.