From the Chinese medicine health care about the spring chronic liver disease conditioning

  Chinese medicine advocates the holistic concept of “Heaven corresponds to man” and believes that the functional activities of human organs are closely related to the changes of yin and yang in the four seasons of nature. Spring is the season when the physiological functions of the liver are more vigorous, and it is also the season when liver diseases are more likely to occur, and it is also the golden season for liver disease patients to maintain their health.  The spring season, from January to March of the lunar calendar, includes six festivals: spring, rain, stirring, vernal equinox, clearing, and rainy season. During this season, appropriate health care methods to nourish and protect the liver, maintain and strengthen the balance of the body’s yin and yang, so that the body can achieve “yin and yang secret, the spirit is to cure”, to avoid the recurrence or aggravation of chronic liver disease. So how can patients with chronic liver disease do to “nourish the liver with the times” in spring? First of all, we need to nourish our spirits, keep our moods relaxed and our minds calm. The first thing you need to do is to take care of your liver disease mentally and spiritually. The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine says: “If you are calm and void, the true energy will come from it; if you keep your spirit inside, the disease will come from you?” It is to remind people to maintain a peaceful state of mind to prevent the occurrence and development of disease. People often say that “anger hurts the liver” and “liver fire is too vigorous”, anger and rage can easily lead to the loss of liver drainage, Qi disorder and induce disease.  Especially in the spring, the liver begins to develop, depression, which hinders the development of liver qi, affecting the draining function of the liver, which in turn affects the physiological functions of other internal organs, leading to disease, so in order to have a strong liver, we should pay attention to the emotional health, learn to control anger, but worry, try to achieve peace of mind, optimism and cheerfulness. In the mind, maintain optimism, face life with a generous and calm attitude, and establish confidence to overcome diseases. From a practical point of view, reasonable arrangements for their lives and work. Patients with chronic liver disease should not engage in heavy physical labor, nor should they drink alcohol or stay up late. You should be open-minded, do not compare yourself with others, be too competitive, and keep your mind at peace. Only after knowing these truths and learning to regulate and adapt to the emotions, can we lay the foundation stone for the maintenance of liver disease.  Secondly, a reasonable diet, preferably pungent and sweet and save acid. Chinese medicine theory has “five flavors”, namely acid, bitter, sweet, pungent and salty. For the diet is also the same, the general principle of spring liver diet is appropriate to choose pungent, sweet and warm, avoid sour and astringent. In the Nei Jing, “spring is March, this is hair Chen”, spring everything revives, pushing out new ideas, Yang Qi rises and develops, in order to adapt to the characteristics of spring Yang Qi rises and develops, in line with the nature of liver Qi, for the early spring should be moderate consumption of “pungent warm hair” products, such as onions, ginger, garlic, leeks and other foods. Garlic, leeks and other foods. Sun Simiao, a famous Tang Dynasty physician, pointed out in the “Thousand Gold Formula” that the spring diet should “save acid and increase sweetness to nourish the spleen”. Spring is a time when liver energy is strong, “sour taste into the liver, its nature is astringent”, eat more sour food will affect the spring Yang Qi and liver Qi drainage, and make the already vigorous liver energy more vigorous, take advantage of the spleen offend the stomach, causing more damage to the spleen and stomach, should eat some appropriate sweet food, sweet taste into the spleen, nourish the spleen earth, can effectively prevent liver fire, such as honey The most effective way to prevent liver fire is to eat sweet foods, such as honey, dates, yams, etc.  In addition, attention should be paid to eating more vegetables, fruits and other nourishing foods. You can also use spring seasonal wild vegetables that nourish the liver, strengthen the spleen, clear heat and detoxify the body, such as toon, lily of the valley, spring bamboo shoots, shepherd’s purse, amaranth, inchi, etc., to nourish the liver, strengthen the spleen, detoxify the body and benefit dampness. In late spring, the temperature is rising, the diet should be light, should not eat mutton, dog meat, hot pot and chili pepper, pepper, pepper and other large pungent and hot products, and not blindly use warm tonic drugs. Because the temperature rises, warm tonic medicine will aggravate the internal heat of the body, even for patients with weak constitution, should also be the principle of clear and flat tonic. Third, sleep at night and get up early, moderate exercise. The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine says: “In March, this is the month of spring. Heaven and earth are born, everything to glory, night sleep and early rise, wide walk in the court, was hair slow shape …… this spring gas should be, the way to nourish the body; contrary to it will hurt the liver, summer for the real cold change, Feng Chang less.” Chinese medicine believes that the liver is the main tendon. Adhere to the exercise will be able to relax the tendons, beneficial to liver health.  In the spring, people often appear “spring sleepy”, manifested as a lack of energy, sleepiness and drowsiness, can be eliminated through exercise, never sleep lazy, because Chinese medicine believes that “long sleep hurts gas”, long sleep will cause metabolism slowed, poor circulation of blood, tendons and bones Stiffness, fat accumulation, toxins can not be discharged from the body in a timely manner, resulting in physical weakness, disease breeding. And should get up earlier, more outdoor activities, each according to their own physical condition, choose the appropriate exercise program, activities should be gentle and gently, do not overwork, so that the mood is relaxed, limbs stretch, in order to adapt to the spring gas, so that the body and mind into the vibrant vitality of spring, not only to improve physical fitness, but also invisibly enhance the mind and body health. Finally, careful living, avoid wind and cold. In spring, the climate is changeable, with three changes a day, so we should pay special attention to the wind and cold, as “wind” is the longest of all diseases and the main pathogenic evil in spring. Therefore, in the spring, we should also pay attention to the liver, in accordance with the climate change, careful living, pay attention to the cold to keep warm, not to make the Yang Qi suppressed.  The “Regimen News Theory” also says: “spring weather cold and warm vary, do not go to the cotton clothes, the elderly weak bones sparse body timid, wind and cold easy to hurt the coup, when the preparation of thin clothes, warm and easy, a weight gradually reduce a weight, do not go violently.” Folk also have a proverb cloud: “spring cover autumn freezing, not miscellaneous diseases”, also said this reason. This scientific method of preventing cold and keeping warm is conducive to maintaining the body’s yang energy, which can effectively resist the invasion of wind and cold, prevent the infection of spring epidemics, and prevent the recurrence of liver disease season aggravation. As the “Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine” says, “living in a normal way, not delusional do labor”, “false evil thief wind, avoid the sometimes …… disease safe from”. The spring season is the season when chronic liver disease is prone to activity and recurrence, through the careful care in daily life, reasonable health care regimen to a certain extent can avoid its recurrence and aggravation, for patients with chronic liver disease, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner to follow up, to detect early lesions, to prevent problems before they occur.