Food alone does not have medicinal effects. Some medicinal foods can relieve the liver and resolve depression (treating depression by unblocking the liver’s qi), such as peppermint and citron.
1. Mint is pungent, cool in nature, and belongs to the lung and liver meridians. It has the effects of dredging the liver and regulating qi (regulating the stagnation of liver qi), clearing the head and eyes, clearing the throat and penetrating rashes, and dispersing wind-heat, so it can be used for treating chest tightness caused by liver qi stagnation, dystocia (pain in the area of the coxae and ribs), tai xie, and emotional depression.
2. Citron is pungent, slightly bitter, sour, warm in nature, and belongs to the liver, spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effects of relieving liver stagnation and depression, drying dampness and resolving phlegm (removing phlegm in the body with dampness-drying medicines), and regulating qi and the middle (regulating the qi of the spleen and stomach to make the functions of the spleen and stomach smooth).
Citron can be used to treat the pain and distension of the coarseness and ribs, distension and pain in the epigastrium (abdomen) caused by liver depression and stagnation of qi (poor transportation of qi and blood in the liver and depression), belching (hiccups), acid swallowing (swallowing of acid in the stomach that rushes upward to the oropharynx), nausea, low food intake, phlegm and drink (the pathological products formed by the metabolism of the impaired metabolism of fluids and liquids), cough and other evidence.
Need to pay attention to the limited efficacy of food, can not replace the drug treatment, such as related symptoms, it is recommended to seek medical attention in a timely manner, standardized treatment.