China has a long history of taking medicated porridge for health care in spring, which is deeply loved by people. This is because medicinal porridge has the characteristics of decoction, liquid and semi-liquid, which is not only sweet and delicious, but also easy to absorb, and can nourish stomach and qi, help liver yang and treat chronic diseases. Compared with pill powder ointment, it can be taken for a long time without side effects, and can be added or subtracted as needed. However, taking medicated porridge must be chosen according to different physical conditions, living habits and health care purposes, and at the same time, it must be flexibly mastered according to the changes in temperature and warmth in spring. The spring health porridge series introduced below can be drunk by middle-aged and elderly people.

First, spring nourishing liver porridge therapy

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "Yang is nourished in spring and summer, and Yin is nourished in autumn and winter". Nourishing the liver in spring can avoid yin deficiency in summer, but nourishing the liver too much is afraid of excessive liver fire. Therefore, it is advisable to drink porridge to nourish the liver in spring. Here are six kinds of liver-nourishing porridge. You might as well try it.

1. Pork liver and mung bean porridge Fresh pork liver100g, mung bean 60g, rice100g, salt and monosodium glutamate. First, wash mung beans and rice and cook them together, then cook them with low fire until they are 80% cooked, then put sliced or striped pork liver in a pot and cook them together, and then add seasonings. This porridge has the functions of nourishing liver and blood, clearing away heat and improving eyesight, beautifying and moistening skin, and can make people radiant, especially suitable for the weak with sallow complexion and blurred vision.

2. Cassia porridge is fried with 10g (available in Chinese medicine shops), 60g rice and a small amount of rock sugar. First, cassia seed is boiled in water to get proper juice. Then cook it with its juice and rice, and add rock sugar after porridge. The porridge has the effects of clearing away liver heat, improving eyesight and relaxing bowels. It has obvious effects on conjunctival congestion, photophobia and tearfulness, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and habitual constipation.

3. 30 grams of medlar porridge and 60 grams of rice. Cook the rice until it is half cooked, and then add Lycium barbarum to cook it. It is especially suitable for patients with dizziness, tinnitus, nocturnal emission and soreness of waist and knees. Taking wolfberry porridge for hepatitis patients has a good effect on protecting liver and promoting hepatocyte regeneration.

4. Mulberry porridge 30 grams of mulberry (60 grams of fresh mulberry), 60 grams of glutinous rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Wash the mulberry, cook it with glutinous rice, and add rock sugar when it is cooked. The porridge has the effects of nourishing liver yin, nourishing blood and improving eyesight. It is suitable for dizziness, insomnia, dreaminess, tinnitus, backache, premature gray hair, etc. caused by liver and kidney deficiency.

5. Sesame glutinous rice porridge 50 grams of sesame seeds are fried and ground into powder. 100 gram of glutinous rice is cooked into porridge, and then mixed with sesame seeds for eating. This porridge has a good curative effect on diseases such as liver and kidney deficiency and habitual constipation.

6. Celery glutinous rice porridge Celery 100 g, root-removed, washed, boiled, juice and glutinous rice 100 g, boiled into porridge, and eaten in the morning and evening. Liver yang is easy to move in spring, which often causes headache, dizziness and red eyes. Eating this porridge often can calm the liver and lower blood pressure.