In the past, the old man in the family used to say: nourishing the liver is nourishing life! Liver good, everything is good! The liver is not good, before the old first fall! In fact, the theory of Chinese medicine is: women “liver” clean is beautiful! Men “liver” clean is strong! So in everyday life, how can you effectively nourish the liver and protect it? The body has these characteristics, indicating that your liver problems! 1, right upper abdominal pain; 2, yellow eyes or skin (jaundice); 3, emotional instability, easy depression, impatience, anger; 4, usually a lot of alcohol, however, now become a little drink after feeling “drunk”; 6, feel tired for no reason, fatigue drowsiness, lazy talk, energy is not concentrated; 6, small stomach bloating, waist Ao flesh increase, fat swelling; 7, pale, yellow, originally rosy cheeks are gone; 8, easy to oil hair, full of shine, also love acne; 9, poor sleep at night, insomnia and dreamy; If 1-2 of the above symptoms, it means that your liver has lit up the “red light”, it is necessary to start conditioning, long-term failure to Long-term failure to regulate may lead to the failure of your liver function, and even more serious symptoms, such as fatty liver, hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, liver cancer. Liver care is equal to life! The liver is not damaged in a day, and liver care is a long-term thing that needs to be adhered to! As the saying goes, “medicine is three parts poisonous, medicine is better than food”, liver can not take drugs, it is best to recognize the behavior of liver damage and do less, and then through dietary regulation for care. 1, these behaviors are most harmful to the liver, do not do it again! (1) often pessimistic depression, or often angry; (2) overworked or often stay up late; (3) long-term, heavy drinking; (4) love to eat high-fat food; (5) excessive use of eyes; (6) get up in the morning without timely urination; (7) often eat processed foods; (8) often eat greasy food; (9) indiscriminate medication. These 9 behaviors are very harmful to the liver, for the sake of liver health, change if you can, do less if you can! Emotional peace, stay away from smoking and alcohol, sleep well to detoxify, drink more water …… Nourish your liver and protect it, starting with your daily habits! 2, proper supplementation of fat and protein To nourish the liver and protect the liver, the proportion of fat and protein in the food eaten every day should ideally account for 20% respectively, with the remaining 60% being carbohydrates, i.e. staple foods, etc. The liver needs fat, but it doesn’t mean it needs too much fat, so lean meat, low-fat milk, shrimp and other low-fat foods are preferred. And protein is like a “repairman” that repairs damaged liver. A normal person should consume more than 60 grams of protein per day. Eggs, tofu, milk, fish, chicken and other high-protein, low-calorie foods are the liver’s favorite. 3, drink some flower tea Anger hurts the liver, when the liver fire some flower tea is a good choice, men and women are applicable. Flower tea to lower the fire to clear the liver, the effect of draining the liver is very good, such as wolfberry rose ginseng tea, chrysanthemum tea, osmanthus tea and jasmine tea and so on. Preferred [wolfberry rose ginseng tea] Ingredients: wolfberry, rose, American ginseng, maitake practice: boiling water to drink. Efficacy: nourish the liver and protect the liver. If you have symptoms of fire, you can also add some honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, licorice, etc. Expert comment: wolfberry protects the liver and eyes, is absolutely good food. Goji berries can be eaten directly or in water, and can also be made into medicinal meals and porridge. Rose protects the liver, American ginseng for qi, these four medicines together with water to drink, the effect of liver is very good. 4, eat more liver and qi food lotus root – lotus root can pass qi, can strengthen the spleen and stomach smooth qi. Radish – smooths the qi and strengthens the stomach, turbid cold and eliminates phlegm. Hawthorn – smooth the qi and invigorate the blood, dissolve food and eliminate stagnation. However, people with excessive stomach acid should eat less. If you have blood stasis, you can boil brown sugar water with hawthorn, which can nourish blood and relieve depression. Rose – dredge the liver and Qi, tranquilize the mind and calm the soul, usually you can drink more water with rose flowers. Acacia – relieves depression and tranquilizes the mind. It is used for restlessness, melancholy and insomnia. In addition, maitake, schisandra, wolfberry and lily boil water to nourish Yin and lower fire. Chinese wolfberry boiled porridge, fresh lily fried and eaten with good effect. Honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, fried cassia seeds soak green tea to reduce fire, also has a slight liver and Qi function. 5, press the point of protection of the liver point of the period – the key point to regulate the liver, known as “liver medicine” period of the point is located directly below the nipple, the sixth rib space, the front of the center line next to open 4 inches. When the liver is in trouble, it will come forward to help solve its problems, and has the effect of draining the liver and fire, and relieving qi and depression. Rub your palm against the Periodic Gate point for 5 minutes a day is a good way to relieve the liver and gallbladder. Taichong point – fire drainage liver, known as the “body’s gas cylinder” Taichong point in the back of the foot big toe seam first, second metatarsal joint depression, is the fire point of the liver meridian, can dissipate liver gas and liver fire, carefully find the most painful point to push and rub, help the liver fire drain hair. 6, eat more green food Chinese medicine said: “green into the liver meridian”, green food can be beneficial to liver circulation, metabolism, but also to eliminate fatigue, soothe liver depression, eat more dark or green food can play a role in nourishing the liver, such as broccoli, spinach, green apples, etc. 7, moderate consumption of acidic food liver through acid to collect astringent, so eat more acidic food can protect the liver and nourish the sex, such as vinegar, lemonade, yogurt, etc., and yogurt, lemonade and a certain role of alcohol. These liver protection methods above, I wonder how many you remember? From now on, change the bad habits that hurt your liver and practice the diet and methods to protect your liver!