How to support the liver in summer?

  Traditionally speaking, liver is wood, so spring is the best season to nourish the liver, and spring corresponds to the liver. Modern epidemiological surveys also suggest that spring is a season with a high incidence of liver disease, so attention should be paid to nourishing and protecting the liver. As spring turns to summer, how can we make the liver get the best care? Summer is hot and humid, and the heat of the weather reduces activity, leading to a decrease in appetite, insufficient nutrient intake, and a relatively low state of immune function. The improvement of modern living conditions, the use of long-term air conditioning, the consumption of food in the refrigerator, careless diet and living, triggering infections of the digestive tract and respiratory tract. This often leads to abnormal fluctuations in liver function in patients with pre-existing liver disease due to the combination of infections from other diseases.  In general, it is important to avoid overexertion in summer and to get enough sleep. Exertion can cause an imbalance in the body’s immune system, which increases the burden on the liver and can easily lead to a recurrence of chronic hepatitis. Secondly. It is not advisable to stay in the air-conditioned room for a long time, the air flow in the air-conditioned room is poor, the air is dirty, easy to breed germs, damage to the liver, so the room should be regularly ventilated to keep the air fresh. People who work in air-conditioned rooms for a long time or often use computers will have dry eyes, soreness, tears, myopia, blurriness, calf cramps, weakness of the waist and knees, weakness of the hands, inflexible fingers, skin spots, emotional instability, menstrual disorders and a series of symptoms. As the saying goes, “long-sightedness hurts the liver, long-sitting hurts the bones”, people who often look at the computer and read have the two conditions of long-sightedness and long-sitting. In addition to the hot weather outdoor activities to reduce, often computer, television has become a way of recreation for many people, often sleep at night after 12 o’clock, always physical labor as tired, but do not know that the eyes do not have a good rest, the liver also did not have a good rest. And 23:00-3:00 is the most vigorous stage of the human bile and liver internal organs, at this time, is the liver to play its best stage of blood collection, detoxification role, the liver and gallbladder in the sleep state of the blood for detoxification after delivery to the body, stay up late without sleep, the blood can not be returned to the liver and gallbladder, so that the liver did not get sufficient rest. At the same time, maintaining a good mood is also an important guarantee for the recovery of liver diseases, “The liver in the will is anger.” That is, in the emotions and will manifest as anger, liver imbalance will affect the mood, making people irritable; conversely, the hot summer is already irritable, if not regulated will also affect the function of the liver.  Hepatitis patients diet is also a matter of concern, the diet should be light, nutrient-rich food, eat more freshly digested food, avoid eating more greasy, fried, spicy food. Hot weather beer is a great temptation, we may think that the alcohol content of beer is very low, eat some no problem, in fact, otherwise for liver disease patients to avoid gluttony, alcohol mainly contains ethanol and acetaldehyde, both substances have a direct stimulation, injury to liver cells toxic effects, chronic hepatitis patients (such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, cirrhosis), drinking alcohol is even worse, that is even beer is also damaging to the liver, with Alcoholic beverages are also not drinkable. Hot weather bacteria are easy to breed, especially the food in the refrigerator, can not be stored for too long, the food taken out of the refrigerator do not rush to eat, should be at room temperature for a while before eating, and once do not eat too much, take out the food can be heated must be heated through, to avoid diarrhea after eating. Special attention should be paid to the consumption of breakfast, hot weather or after sleeping in air-conditioned rooms, the human spleen sleepy and stagnant in the morning, often make people appetite, poor appetite, the elderly is even more so. Therefore, breakfast should not be eaten greasy, fried.  Traditionally speaking, liver is wood, so spring is the best season to nourish the liver, and spring is corresponding to the liver. Modern epidemiological surveys also suggest that spring is a season with a high incidence of liver disease, so attention should be paid to nourishing the liver and protecting it. As spring turns to summer, how can we make the liver get the best care? Summer is hot and humid, and the heat of the weather reduces activity, leading to a decrease in appetite, insufficient nutrient intake, and a relatively low state of immune function. The improvement of modern living conditions, the use of long-term air conditioning, the consumption of food in the refrigerator, careless diet and living, triggering infections of the digestive tract and respiratory tract. This often leads to abnormal fluctuations in liver function in patients with pre-existing liver disease due to the combination of infections from other diseases.  In general, it is important to avoid overexertion in summer and to get enough sleep. Exertion can cause an imbalance in the body’s immune system, which increases the burden on the liver and can easily lead to a recurrence of chronic hepatitis. Secondly. It is not advisable to stay in the air-conditioned room for a long time, the air flow in the air-conditioned room is poor, the air is dirty, easy to breed germs, damage to the liver, so the room should be regularly ventilated to keep the air fresh. People who work in air-conditioned rooms for a long time or often use computers will have dry eyes, soreness, tears, myopia, blurriness, calf cramps, weakness of the waist and knees, weakness of the hands, inflexible fingers, skin spots, emotional instability, menstrual disorders and a series of symptoms. As the saying goes, “long-sightedness hurts the liver, long-sitting hurts the bones”, people who often look at the computer and read have the two conditions of long-sightedness and long-sitting. In addition to the hot weather outdoor activities to reduce, often computer, television has become a way of recreation for many people, often sleep at night after 12 o’clock, always physical labor as tired, but do not know that the eyes do not have a good rest, the liver also did not have a good rest. And 23:00-3:00 is the most vigorous stage of the human bile and liver internal organs, at this time, is the liver to play its best stage of blood collection, detoxification role, the liver and gallbladder in the sleep state of the blood for detoxification after delivery to the body, stay up late without sleep, the blood can not be returned to the liver and gallbladder, so that the liver did not get sufficient rest. At the same time, maintaining a good mood is also an important guarantee for the recovery of liver diseases, “The liver in the will is anger.” That is, in the emotions and will manifest as anger, liver imbalance will affect the mood, making people irritable; conversely, the hot summer is already irritable, if not regulated will also affect the function of the liver.  Hepatitis patients diet is also a matter of concern, the diet should be light, nutrient-rich food, eat more freshly digested food, avoid eating more greasy, fried, spicy food. Hot weather beer is a great temptation, we may think that the alcohol content of beer is very low, eat some no problem, in fact, otherwise for liver disease patients to avoid gluttony, alcohol mainly contains ethanol and acetaldehyde, both substances have a direct stimulation, injury to liver cells toxic effects, chronic hepatitis patients (such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, cirrhosis), drinking alcohol is even worse, that is even beer is also damaging to the liver, with Alcoholic beverages are also not drinkable. Hot weather bacteria are easy to breed, especially the food in the refrigerator, can not be stored for too long, the food taken out of the refrigerator do not rush to eat, should be at room temperature for a while before eating, and once do not eat too much, take out the food can be heated must be heated through, to avoid diarrhea after eating. Special attention should be paid to the consumption of breakfast, hot weather or after sleeping in air-conditioned rooms, the human spleen in the morning sleepy and stagnant, often make people appetite, appetite is not good, the elderly is more so. Therefore, breakfast should not eat greasy, fried, dry and hard and irritating food, otherwise it will easily lead to indigestion. It is advisable to eat warm, soft food that is easy to digest, such as milk, soy milk, noodles, ravioli, etc. It is better to have some porridge for breakfast. In addition to a clean and light diet, you should also pay attention to some nutrients. Supplement sufficient vitamins, such as eating more fresh fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, green peppers, winter melon, watermelon, prunes, etc.; supplement water and inorganic salts, especially pay attention to the supplement of potassium, beans or soy products, mushrooms, fruits and vegetables are good sources of potassium. Eat more foods that clear heat and dampness, such as watermelon, bitter melon, umeboshi, tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, etc. have a better effect on the summer heat; also appropriate amounts of protein, such as fish, lean meat, eggs, milk and beans are the best quality protein.  People may also be concerned about whether the summer can be supplemented? In fact, you can take tonic in any season, different from winter, summer tonic can not be rigidly applied to winter tonic model. The first feature of summer tonic is to clear the tonic and not to nourish. This is because in the hot summer season, if you use nourishing and warm tonic Chinese medicine, it will “add fuel to the fire”, which is counterproductive. It is better to choose tonic products that benefit the qi and nourish the yin, such as prince’s ginseng, wolfberry, northern ginseng, maitake, and American ginseng. The general principle is that liver function must be normal for more than half a year before taking the above mentioned tonic products. In the tonic at the same time can be added with some herbs or food to strengthen the spleen and stomach, this can play a “half the effect”, commonly used are lentils, yam, atractylodes, Chen Pi, etc.. In the tonic should also pay attention to the early summer plum season or after the cold often have a loss of appetite, bad breath, thick tongue moss and other “wet heavy” phenomenon, at this time need to “remove dampness” that is to clean up the gastrointestinal tract, commonly used patchouli, thick park, rice kernel, Chen Pi, Huang Lian, Atractylodes and other Chinese herbs, to be wet after the removal of the appropriate tonic. It is not advisable to use cream form in summer because it is easy to deteriorate when the ambient temperature is high, even in the refrigerator may not be safe, which is not conducive to long-term use. In fact, in summer, dietary supplements are better than medicinal supplements, and they are also economical and convenient. If you can use rice, mung beans, lily of the valley, cooked porridge, has the effect of tonic, stomach, damp; watermelon skin, winter melon skin, rutabaga, decoction to drink, thirst, heat, diuretic effect; duck, wolfberry, cooked meat and drink soup, has a clear tonic, the role of liver and kidney.  In the food therapy at the same time also pay attention to physical exercise can take a walk, jogging, taijiquan, five birds play and other items. Sunbathing, air bath is also indispensable. But we should pay attention to the choice of time and avoid exercising in the hot sun. In short, reasonable adjustment of life is the guarantee for liver disease patients to spend the summer peacefully.