The principles of spring health can be summarized in three sentences: one is to sleep early and get up early to raise the spirit, the second is to embark on the exchange of qi and blood, and the third is to use acid and sweet to nourish the liver and spleen. 1, early to bed and early to rise to raise the spirit Adequate sleep is the basis for maintaining a good state of mind, and early to bed and early to rise since ancient times is a good habit of life. The ancient people “day in and rest, sunrise and work. The Suwen? The “sleep at night and get up early” as mentioned in the “Four Qi Tuning Shen Da Lun” should also refer to the “early rise” based on sufficient sleep. The fundamental purpose of sleeping at night and waking up early is to overcome laziness and laziness, and to invigorate the spirit, so that it is conducive to the development of Yang energy in the human body and the smooth regulation of liver energy. About the relationship between sleep and liver, Suwen? The five viscera generation chapter said: “so people sleep blood to the liver”, the Tang Dynasty Wang Bing in the commentary said: “the liver collects blood, the heart of the line, people move the blood in the meridians, people quiet blood to the liver”, blood to the liver, not only to play the function of the liver to collect blood, but also to better nourish The return of blood to the liver not only fulfills the function of the liver in collecting blood, but also plays the role of better nourishing the liver. Of course, in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, there are also records of the 24-hour day in which the body’s Ying and Wei Qi flow through the twelve meridians, for example, from 11 p.m. to 3 p.m. the next day, which is the zi-ugly hour, dominated by the liver and gallbladder meridians. These theories need to be studied in depth, but maintaining good habits and getting enough sleep is definitely beneficial to the recovery of human body functions, including liver functions. On the other hand, poor sleep is not conducive to the recovery of liver function. Clinically, we can often see some liver disease patients with abnormal liver function indicators due to poor sleep. 2. The liver collects blood, is the master of drainage, and is happy to be organized, with a Yin body and a Yang body. Spring is the time when the liver is in season, and the spring energy rises, which is most likely to affect the liver’s nature. Therefore, clinically, we can find that in spring, especially when rape blossoms, there are most recurrences of mental illnesses. In spring, there are two main types of disorders that affect the nature of the liver: one is emotional exuberance, which leads to too much liver qi rising and hurting the liver, manifested as irritability and anger; the other is emotional depression, which causes liver qi stagnation, manifested as mental depression and sighing. Both types can affect the flow of liver qi, damage the liver and affect health. In spring, the most important thing is to regulate your emotions and maintain an optimistic attitude towards life, so as to promote the flow of liver qi and maintain your health. Firstly, you can take a spring trip, which is a spring activity with a long history. From the physiological point of view, trekking is good for human health. In spring, when the sun rises, the air in the woods, fields and riverside is fresh and full of oxygen ions, so people go outdoors and return to nature, which is most conducive to the draining of liver qi, exhaling the old and taking in the new, invigorating the spirit, clearing fatigue and temperament. “, about his feelings after the spring tour of Hangzhou West Lake, and even in his “Spring Tour” poem also issued a “spring does not play, but I’m afraid it is a fool” lament. The second is to pay attention to more communication with friends and family. The Southern Song Dynasty lyricist Xin Qiji said “life, things that are not as good as they should be, ten often eight or nine”, indicating that a person in the process of working life will inevitably encounter things that do not go well. This can not be a person smothered in the heart of the bull’s-eye, sulking all day, but should take the initiative to find friends and relatives to exchange and confide in, as long as the heart is open, communicate with people, brainstorming, open the knot, liver qi can be drained strips up, often will not cure. 3, acid and sweet and nourish the liver and spleen for the spring liver should use what flavor of food there are different views. Some advocate the use of sour, some do not agree with the use of sour, and some advocate the use of pungent and sweet products, how should we look at this? First of all, there is a relationship between the five tastes and the five organs, and acid is opposite to liver, so it is beneficial to take some sour food or medicine to nourish the liver. This is clearly recorded in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine. Su Wen? Xuanming Five Qi” says “acid enters the liver” and “Suwen? The “Five Organs” says that “the liver wants acid”. Secondly, eating sour food should not be too much. Su Wen? The book of the Five Organs of Life says that “Yin is born in the five tastes, and the five palaces of Yin are injured in the five tastes”. Su Wen? The “Sour Taste is too acidic, the liver is suffering from a loss of spleen”, the “Ling Shu? The Five Flavors, “Acid goes away from the tendons, eat more of it, people retention of urine” all indicate that over-eating sour taste is harmful to the body rather than beneficial. Third, in the consumption of sour food, pay attention to the appropriate consumption of sweet and pungent food. The five tastes of Chinese medicine, in addition to the consideration of the target organs, but also need to pay attention to the relationship between the organs and organs, the balance between the organs. Tang? Sun Simiao’s “Prepared Emergency Thousand Gold Essential Formula” mentions that in spring, we should “save acid and increase sweetness”, which is about this reason. In order to prevent this, on the one hand, we should reduce the intake of sour food and on the other hand, we should increase the intake of sweet food in order to enrich the function of the spleen and keep the liver and spleen in balance. Then, why should we also pay attention to taking pungent foods? Because the spring qi rises, pungent food can play the role of pungent dispersal and qi management, which is conducive to the strip of liver qi, and is compatible with the characteristics of spring climate, and with the principle of spring and summer nourishing yang in Chinese medicine. It can be seen that the basic requirement of the five flavors for spring health is: while taking sour foods appropriately, we can increase the taking of sweet and pungent foods. Specific ingredients and herbs are introduced below 5: (1) papaya papaya is both a fruit and a medicinal herb, “Chinese Pharmacopoeia” said that its taste is sour and warm, into the liver and spleen meridian, has a calming effect on the liver and soothe the tendons, and stomach and dampness. Eating papaya can nourish the liver, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and soothe the tendons. Similarly, mulberry seeds and wolfberries have the same effect of nourishing the liver and protecting the liver. (2) leek Li Shizhen in the “Compendium of Materia Medica” said: “leek, leaves hot root warm, the same function, raw is pungent and disperses blood, cooked is sweet and tonic, into the foot sympathetic Yin meridian, is the liver of the dish also.” Ming? Miao Xiyong, “The Materia Medica Jing Shu” also speaks of leeks “with its sour taste, so into the liver and the main blood Ruoxi, pungent and warm to disperse the knots, where the blood stagnation, are able to move, is the blood in the gas medicine also.” These are the instructions to eat some leeks in spring, can play a pungent and rational qi, dredge the liver and stomach. Similar foods are onion, garlic and ginger, all of which can play the function of raising Yang Qi. (3) White chrysanthemum White chrysanthemum is sweet and bitter, pungent and flat, and enters the lung and liver meridians. The herb “justice” said “all flowers are mainly to promote the drainage, the only chrysanthemum is the intake and descent, can calm the liver fire, extinguish the internal wind”. The spring energy rises, which can easily trigger the liver energy and liver yang, resulting in dizziness and headache. Using white chrysanthemum to make tea can not only regulate liver qi, but also calm down the rebellious liver yang or liver fire, which is most suitable for liver health in spring. If you can use the unopened flower buds of chrysanthemum – fetal chrysanthemum, the effect is even better. (4) Huai yam The Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine says yam, sweet and flat with five poisons, enters the lung, spleen, kidney and stomach meridians, has the effect of strengthening the spleen, thickening the intestines and stomach, tonifying the lungs and benefiting the kidneys, and is often used in diseases such as spleen deficiency and diarrhea. Taking yam in spring is in line with Sun Simiao’s “A Thousand Gold Essentials”, which states that “save acid and increase sweetness to nourish the spleen”, in order to maintain the balance and coordination of the functions of the liver, spleen and the five organs. Yam can be made into a dish or cooked with japonica rice to make yam porridge, which is effective in strengthening the spleen and nourishing the body. Similar medicinal and dietary products include rice kernel and jujube. (5) Lingzhi Lingzhi is a porous fungus of the genus Ganoderma. The ancients regarded Lingzhi as the essence of herbs, endowed with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so Lingzhi is also known as “immortal grass”. The Shennong Ben Cao Jing lists Lingzhi as a top-grade product, saying that “if taken for a long time, it will lighten the body and keep it from aging”, so it has long been used as an important food or medicine to nourish and strengthen the body and prolong life. Ganoderma lucidum “benefits the heart and soul, increases wisdom”, not only has a good effect on improving sleep, but also has a good effect on protecting the liver. Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital has reported that 50 cases of hepatitis patients were treated with Lingzhi syrup oral solution, of which 49 cases were effective, with a total efficiency of 98%. So spring liver can be Ganoderma lucidum 15g chrysanthemum 10g japonica rice 100g cooked into Ganoderma lucidum chrysanthemum porridge, taking can play a role in dispersing wind-heat, clearing liver fire, lowering blood pressure. Spring liver care points of attention 1, the main basis of Chinese medicine health is the human physique or evidence, mainly for the physique, evidence, followed by the appropriate climate, seasonal, environmental and other factors. 2, Chinese medicine theory has five organs and five tastes, five colors, etc. have a corresponding relationship, which mainly indicates that the natural world and the human body are closely related, and there are certain rules, but can not be absolutized.