Liver belongs to wood in the five elements and wind in the five qi. Su Wen・Yin and Yang Ying Xiang Da Lun: “In the sky it is wind, in the earth it is wood, in the body it is tendon, and in the organs it is liver.” Spring is the time of the year when newness and life emerge. Heaven and earth are naturally vibrant, and everything is thriving. The metabolism of the human body is greatly related to the liver. Chinese medicine believes that the liver is similar to the growth of wood, to flourish, to stretch, spring liver qi is vigorous and rising, people’s spirits glow. Only by maintaining the vigorous physiological functions of the liver can we adapt to the vibrant changes in nature. Into the spring, some patients with liver disease, often liver disease aggravation or relapse, hepatitis virus replication began to be active, liver outpatient clinic patients increased significantly, in addition to hepatitis E, hepatitis A, there are a lot of chronic hepatitis B, hepatitis B virus carriers at this time also appeared to aggravate the condition of the doctor. This is all a reaction to the seasonal influence on the body. So how to nourish the liver in spring? Zhang Zhaolan, Department of Spleen, Gastroenterology, Hepatobiliary Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine The liver is the main store of blood, and it needs to be nourished with yin and blood to fulfill the function of the liver, and to regulate the flow of qi. For the liver, good treatment is better than good nourishment. There are three main rules to nourish the liver, which are not only very beneficial to patients with liver disease, but also have a better effect on the general population. First, pay attention to exercise, live and let live sometimes Exercise: “a year’s plan is in the spring”, the spring air is clear, the most conducive to the old and the new. More exercise in spring can enhance immunity and disease resistance. According to the theory of the unity of man and nature, people should carry out appropriate exercises in spring, such as walking, jogging, gymnastics, tai chi, etc., to maintain the vitality of the body. It is believed that the liver is the main store of blood, people lie down blood to the liver, if you can go to bed on time, get proper and sufficient sleep, blood can be stored in the liver, liver blood, so that you are in good spirits every day, vitality; if you are a family of “night owls”, the liver blood can not be nourished, the liver is easy to inflammation, dry mouth and tongue, and other discomforts will be produced. Second, the mood is smooth and optimistic to make people healthy. Emotions should be optimistic, happy, should not be depressed or angry, mood, open, cheerful, calm, frank, liver can be comfortable, the gas is strong and blood, blood and health, can help the recovery of liver function. People with liver disease should be “broad-minded” and “quiet-minded”. A “broad heart” means treating people and things generously and not being calculating; a “quiet heart” refers to inner peace, which is the tranquility, quietness, comfort and ease of the mind. Stillness of mind, not wanting nothing, but “do not think of sound and color, do not think of victory or defeat, do not think of gain or loss, do not think of honor or disgrace, the heart is not worried, no fatigue,” a spiritual realm. The most avoidance of anger, the liver for the just viscera, like the strip (smooth) and the evil of depression, anger hurts the liver, depression for a long time or sudden, strong anger can lead to liver qi and blood imbalance, affecting the liver’s function of detoxification, triggering the aggravation of liver disease. Avoid overthinking, worrying injures the spleen, and when the spleen is injured, the transportation of food and water is out of order, and dampness and turbidity are generated within the body, which is most likely to lead to the combination of internal dampness and dampness-heat-epidemic toxin and aggravate or recur the liver disease. Third, reasonable diet 1, drink more water, because of the early spring cold, windy, home heating, dry climate is easy to lack of water, drink more water can replenish body fluids, enhance blood circulation, promote metabolism, drink more water can also promote the glands, especially digestive glands and pancreatic fluid, bile secretion, in order to facilitate digestion, absorption and elimination of wastes, to reduce metabolism and toxins damage to the liver. However, patients with cirrhosis accompanied by ascites must drink water under the guidance of the doctor. 2. Supplement high quality protein: because of the spring temperature changes, hot and cold stimulation can make the body’s protein decomposition accelerated, resulting in reduced body resistance, thus easily infected or recurrence of disease. This time you need to supplement high-quality protein foods, such as eggs, fish, chicken and soy products. 3. Intake of adequate vitamins and inorganic salts: cabbage, greens, tomatoes and citrus, lemon and other fresh fruits and vegetables, rich in vitamin C, with antiviral effect; carrots, amaranth and other yellow-green vegetables, rich in vitamin A, with the protection and enhancement of the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract and respiratory organs of the epithelial cells of the function of the vitamin E-rich sesame seeds, green cabbage, cauliflower, etc., can improve the immune function and enhance the body to fight diseases. Function, enhance the body’s ability to resist disease. 4. Choose light food: Liver qi is the most powerful in spring, and liver qi will affect the spleen, which is prone to spleen and stomach weakness. If you eat more acidic food, it will make the liver function hyperactivity, so the spring diet is suitable for choosing pungent, sweet, warm products, avoid sour and astringent food. Diet should be light and tasty, eat less greasy, cold and stimulating food, should eat more food rich in protein, minerals, vitamins, especially a variety of yellow-green vegetables, such as lean meat, soy products, eggs, carrots cauliflower, cabbage, persimmon pepper, celery, spinach, leeks and so on. Hepatitis patients avoid eating egg yolk. Because egg yolk contains a lot of fat and cholesterol, and fat and cholesterol need to be metabolized in the liver, so that the burden on the liver is increased, and is extremely detrimental to the recovery of liver function. Foods that need to be avoided include spicy and stimulating foods, fried and barbecued foods, rough foods, raw and cold foods, and hard foods. Hot and spicy stimulating food, such as chili, onion, pepper, coffee, strong tea, etc., such food is hot, belongs to Yang, easy to help heat and dampness after entering the body, aggravating the condition; frying and stir-frying and other cooking process, fat oxidation produces acrolein, stimulating damage to the liver parenchymal cells through the blood circulation and aggravate liver disease; fibers are coarse, hard things, such as cabbage, squid, etc., often cause cirrhosis patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding of an important Triggers. Finally, do not drink. Chinese medicine believes that wine is easy to help dampness and generate heat, drinking alcohol is also a contraindication for patients with chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis. It is advisable to consume herbs and foods that nourish liver yin, such as wolfberry, dendrobium, shouwu, sasanqua, maitake and so on. Fourth, wind and cold: spring at first cold and warm, three changes a day, people should pay special attention to wind and cold, do not arbitrarily increase or decrease clothes. As the saying goes: “cold from the feet”, so in the spring to adhere to the night before going to bed with warm water to wash your feet, promote blood circulation in the feet. At the same time to adhere to the night before going to bed, drink a bowl of ginger, peppercorns, garlic boiled health soup, both can evacuate the cold, prevent colds, but also conducive to sleep, so that patients with liver disorders to eat well, wear warm, sleep well, and promote the health of patients with liver disease recovery.