Three tips to teach you how to nourish your liver in spring

According to Chinese medicine, the five organs of the human body correspond to the five elements and seasons. Spring is a wood in the five elements, and the liver is also a wood among the five organs of the human body, therefore, spring health should be given priority to nourishing the liver. Chinese medicine refers to the seven human emotions such as happiness, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear and fright as emotions, also known as the seven emotions. The liver is the master of drainage, and abnormal drainage will affect one’s emotions, and conversely, good or bad mood will also affect the normal drainage and health of the liver. We often say that anger hurts the liver easily and liver fire is too strong, but in fact, it means that the balance in the body is disrupted by excessive stimulation of emotions. The essence of the liver is to maintain the flow of qi throughout the body and to regulate the normal functioning of the body’s essence, qi, spirit and blood. When you encounter unhappy things, it is easy to generate negative emotions, if you can not get timely guidance, it will make the liver qi stagnant, the liver can not function properly, thus affecting physical and mental health. The liver is a blood storage organ, and its detoxification and detoxification functions need to be driven by blood circulation, so an adequate supply of blood is a great improvement to the function of liver cells and liver health. However, modern people often stay up late, or use computers for a long time, or have poor sleep quality, which can easily lead to liver blood deficiency and make the function of the liver decrease. Liver blood deficiency can easily lead to symptoms such as dizziness, dry eyes and weakness. So what can be done to make the liver blood sufficient? It is said in “Zi Wu Liu Jie” that the liver and gallbladder are the busiest from Zi Zi to Ugly (2300 to 0300), and the blood from all the internal organs passes through the liver to complete the detoxification work. Therefore, it is recommended that adults should get 7 hours of sleep every day, especially the most important sleep time between 11pm and 3am. In addition, if conditions allow, we can also take a lunch break, because “ziwu sleep” is very beneficial to nourish the liver and blood. As the liver functions most efficiently at the time of the son (23:00~1:00) and noon (11:00~13:00), taking a nap between 11:00-13:00 can provide more blood to the liver for circulation. Diet for spleen and stomach Stimulating and spicy food, large fish and meat, and fried food will increase the burden on the liver, and overeating or eating in excess will affect the health of the spleen and stomach, which in turn will damage the liver. Spring liver diet should be light, you can eat more celery, lettuce, bean sprouts and other fresh vegetables, avoid spicy food, you can eat soybeans or tofu and other foods rich in protein, calcium, iron, phosphorus and so on. In addition, Chinese medicine believes that “in spring, it is advisable to save acid and increase the sweetness to nourish the spleen”. When spring comes, if you eat too much sour food, it will make the already strong liver energy even stronger, and it will easily harm the spleen and stomach energy. Therefore, people should eat less sour food and more sweet food, such as red dates and honey.