Since there is no particularly good treatment for chronic viral hepatitis, many people think of using herbal supplements to strengthen their resistance. This is indeed a good way, Chinese medicine has always been “medical food with the same source”, food therapy gives full play to the dual role of food and medicine, so that the patient in the delicious enjoyment of reasonable treatment, why not? However, dietary supplements should not be used during acute hepatitis. Because acute hepatitis will appear a series of damp-heat symptoms, such as jaundice, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, heavy body, mental depression, etc., if you blindly supplementation, increase nutrition, it will encourage the evil of damp-heat. At this time, diet should be based on clearing damp-heat, light and easy to digest, such as eating soy milk, thin porridge, fruits and vegetables. This can reduce the burden on the liver, so that the liver line to the right time to “rest”. Only after the transformation into chronic hepatitis can you slowly use medicinal food to make up for it. How to take dietary supplements for chronic hepatitis? If you think that you can use the same method of supplementation, it is called blind supplementation, not only is it not beneficial, but also harmful. It is necessary to follow the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, to distinguish the type of evidence, choose different methods of supplementation, in order to receive the effect of protecting the liver and strengthening the body. Chronic hepatitis is generally clinically divided into three types, which are described below. 1, the spleen and stomach weak type: mainly manifested as vague pain in the liver, nausea, belching, poor appetite, loose stools, wasting. Can be made of liver and spleen medicine into a medicinal dish “Huai Shan Chen Pi duck” to treat. Ingredients: one duck, 10 grams of peel, 30 grams of Chinese yam. Seasoning a little. Method: After slaughtering the duck, remove the hair and wash it, remove the internal organs, put 5 grams of ginger, 30 grams of Chinese yam, 10 grams of peel and 20 grams of coix seeds into the duck and steam it slowly. Then add soup appropriately and put in condiments such as ginger, onion, garlic, soy sauce, MSG, etc., and take. 2, dampness internal obstruction type: the main manifestations are abdominal distension, body weight, sleepiness and fatigue, poor appetite, heavy legs and feet, light tongue, white greasy coating, etc.. You can make a medicinal dish “Atractylodes sinensis soup” to treat the dampness. How to do it: Cut open a 400-gram Mandarin fish, remove the internal organs, put it into a casserole, add 15 grams of Atractylodes Macrocephala, 10 grams of ginger, 10 grams of Fu Ling, and then add appropriate seasonings, such as garlic, green onion, mushrooms, soy sauce, yellow wine, pepper, etc., and cook until it is cooked and ready to take. 3, liver and kidney yin deficiency type: the main manifestations are bitter mouth and dry throat, the heart of the hands and feet hot, rib and threatening pain, low fever, red tongue coating, lumbar acidity and leg weakness, etc.. Can make some liver and kidney, nourishing yin medicine into a medicinal dish “wolfberry maitong soup” to treat. How to do: 30 grams of lean pork, wash and cut fine, put it into a casserole, add 30 grams of Chinese wolfberry, 10 grams of maitake, 10 grams of longan flesh eyes, and boil together until cooked (Chinese wolfberry and maitake should be blanched first to remove the taste).