What do you know about spring liver care?

In the five elements of Chinese medicine theory attributes, spring is wood, trees after a long winter of hiding, to the spring will begin to sprout, rise, vibrant, at this time, such as watering the trees, fertilizer, the trees will naturally grow more healthy, lush; as the “Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Nei Jing”, said: “Spring in March, this is called the hair of the Chen, heaven and earth are born, all things in order to flourish. ” The human liver also belongs to the wood, this time of year, the liver like trees, the benefits of the time of year, the smooth rise and spread, blood abundant; but at the same time is also the delicate beginning of the buds, buds of the state, at this time, if you can adapt to the season, with the help of the spring yang qi born of the day force, our liver times to care, will be able to make its blood and qi robust, for the liver’s health to provide a strong guarantee. Therefore, in the theory of the four seasons of health, spring is the best season to nourish the liver. So, how to take care of our liver in spring? Here I will briefly introduce a little knowledge in this regard. First, adjust the mood, liver qi Liver qi, is the liver’s vitality; liver qi is to comply with the liver of this vitality and nourishment; liver main excretion, like the strip. This means that the liver has the important function of maintaining the coordination of all internal organs and tissues. “Drainage” is the meaning of unclogging, harmonizing and ordering. That is to say, the liver’s normal function of excretion, the human organs can be organized to work properly. The meaning of “organized” is to stretch smoothly and not to be suppressed, that is to say, the liver likes to work in a pleasant and relaxed environment, which tells us to maintain an optimistic mood and create a state of “organized” for the liver to be able to help the liver to play its detoxification function and make the liver qi work better for the liver. This tells us that maintaining an optimistic mood and creating an “organized” state for the liver will help the liver to perform its function of detoxification and enable the liver qi to better serve the activities of life in order to maintain the health of the human body. Therefore, the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine said: “Spring March ……, night lying early, wide walk in the court, was hair slow shape, in order to make Zhisheng, born and do not kill, give and do not take away, reward and do not punish, this spring gas should be, the way of life also.” Means that, in the spring to raise the liver should be late to bed and early to rise, wearing hair, loose sash (free and casual), relaxing the body and mind to walk in the wild, in the middle of nature, so that the liver through the weather, the unity of man and nature, in order to make their spirit happy, open-minded, as vibrant as everything; so we go out more in the spring, trekking, climbing the mountain, take a walk, into the green of the plants and trees, to give Life is a loose, give thought to an indulgence, so that gains and losses in the indifferent; so that the liver unrestricted stretch, is undoubtedly given to our liver the best nourishment, the spring of the essence of liver implied in this. Second, the appropriate temperature and cold, protect the liver yang Chinese medicine believes that “the liver body yin and yang”, meaning that the liver itself is the blood (blood is yin), responsible for regulating the distribution of blood in the body; but its functional characteristics are rising, stretching upward, masculine unyielding, the most evil depression; but this characteristic is affected by the outside world, it is easy to liver function abnormalities; the spring climate is changing, hot and cold, hot and cold, and the spring is the best nourishment for the liver, which is implied in this. The spring climate changes, cold and hot, sunny and rainy, people’s emotions are also sometimes relaxed and sometimes depressed, fluctuating greatly; a little inattention, the spring cold into the interior, it is easy to damage the liver yang; therefore, at this time, pay special attention to adapt to changes in the climate, and increase or decrease in a timely manner of clothing and blankets, folk have “frozen nine cover three” said, meaning that in September, the temperature changes from hot to cold, can not be added to the clothes too quickly, to make the body slowly adapt to the cold, and to make the body to the cold, and to make the body to the cold. To enable the body to slowly adapt to the cold temperatures; March temperatures from cold to hot, not too fast to reduce clothing, the same to enable the body to have a slow adaptation process, only so responsive to the changes in the season, do not make the cold loss of liver yang, in order to enable the liver to better play its “with” function. Third, diet, liver blood, the liver hides blood, blood also nourishes the liver, liver blood is the material basis for the liver to play its normal function, liver blood is sufficient, then gas, eyes, ears, eyes, bright, happy mood, the liver function is normal. Spring is the season of liver qi rise, liver blood supplementation, at this time, such as proper nutrition, can make the healthy liver vitality, so that the sick organs can be repaired, such as improper nutrition, often make the healthy liver disease, sick liver disease attack or aggravation, so every year in the spring of the Department of Liver Diseases, the increase in the number of patients, this is the reason. At this time, if you want to keep the liver healthy, especially pay attention to diet, liver blood. “Section” has two meanings, one is to choose, choose more beneficial foods for the liver such as spinach, red beans, jujube, silver ear, black fungus, red meat, carrots, etc. In fact, most of the green food in season are beneficial to the liver, liver in the five colors of the green, green food can be into the liver to nourish the liver, so should be the green vegetables, fruits and vegetables for the liver are good, should be eaten more, that is to say, the liver in the five colors of the green food can enter the liver and nourish the liver. Therefore, seasonal green vegetables, fruits and melons are good for the liver and should be eaten more often, that is to say, in the spring, we should both play green (trekking) and eat green. Eat less or do not eat on the liver is detrimental to food such as wine, coffee, smoked meat, pickled products, fried fast food, excessive sweets, high-fat food; for should not be anti-seasonal vegetables, fruits and melons should be eaten sparingly; due to this type of vegetables, fruits and melons, contrary to the laws of nature, the sex of the confusion, cold and heat is not in tune with the human body’s rhythm of life may be disturbed to the health of the adverse effects. Secondly, moderation, spring is often rainy, dampness is heavy, dampness is most likely to impede the liver and the spleen and stomach transport, Chinese medicine has a “see liver disease know liver spread spleen” classic theory; liver is wood, spleen is earth, wood and earth the closest relationship between the fat, sweet and thick flavors of dampness and wet, the spleen is most hate wet, so the diet should be light, food but not full, drink not Therefore, the diet should be light, food is not too full, drink is not excessive, the stomach and intestines to maintain a certain degree of emptiness, so that the liver and spleen to run freely, the essence of the material can be converted into liver blood, liver nourishment. Effective nutritional supplementation of the liver, disease-resistant ability to enhance the health will be guaranteed. Four, careful use of drugs, liver body protection As I said earlier, spring is the liver qi, liver blood season, the liver at this time not only free to rise and spread, abundant blood, but also the delicate beginning of the buds, buds at the beginning of the stage, especially should be doubly cared for. But spring because of the climate change, disease, often take some drugs to treat spring diseases such as colds, coughs, diarrhea and so on. Almost all of the drugs have to go through the liver metabolism, some drugs have direct or indirect toxic effects on the liver, some drugs, although non-toxic, but the liver in the decomposition and metabolism process, consume a lot of energy, aggravate the burden of the liver. Therefore, when you are sick and can not do without medication, you must remember the following principles: 1, adhere to the doctor’s guidance of the medication; some of the drugs, such as anti-tuberculosis drugs, you should also consult a doctor specializing in liver disease 2, as little as possible, can be treated with a drug for the disease do not have to use two kinds of drugs; the more complex the drug, the heavier the burden on the liver, the greater the chances of damage, and some drugs in the body interact with each other and also make the toxicity increase. 3, Stop medication in time, such as cold medicine is best not to exceed three days; no drug is absolutely safe, even if the relative toxicity of the drug, but the drug time is too long, but also will poison the liver, the medical called “accumulation” poisoning. 4, strict control of the dosage of the drug, do not overdose; the effective dose of each kind of medicine are after strict scientific research, some of the effective dose of the drug and the amount of the drug, and the amount of the drug, and the amount of the drug. The effective dosage of some drugs and the toxic agent is very close to a little overdose may also cause serious poisoning. 5, remember their own experience of adverse reactions to medication, tell the doctor, people’s physique is very different, the same kind of drugs used in different people’s bodies may produce different reactions, your past experience of adverse reactions to medication, your body’s adaptability and tolerance has a very good reference significance, we must bear in mind! 6, try not to use drugs that are damaging to the liver, especially if you have liver disease, you should pay special attention to it. In short, the essence of traditional Chinese medicine to see the high and deep, in fact, is the four words: “follow nature”, is the unity of man and nature, people are but a part of nature, like trees and plants, with the gas of heaven and earth and survival, growth and blight, not by the sun and the moon dominate; so as long as we understand the reasoning, will be the body, mind and soul! So as long as we understand the truth, body, mind and soul in nature, the rhythm of life and heaven and earth as one, you can be healthy and happy, enjoy the end of life.