In spring, everything recovers and plants grow. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that liver belongs to wood. Therefore, spring is the time when liver Qi is most vigorous. How to nourish and protect liver in spring? What should we do to nourish the liver during the Spring Festival?
How to nourish and protect the liver in spring?
1. Keep smiling
Try to be cheerful, especially avoid anger. Scientific research has found that happiness can increase liver blood flow and activate liver cells. And anger not only hurt the liver, but also the most taboo emotion of ancient health preservation experts: 'when anger is aroused, the anger will turn against and not go well. People who want to lose their temper easily are classified as "liver fire rising" in traditional Chinese medicine, which means that there is a problem with the autonomic nerves within the jurisdiction of the liver, and they usually use Longdan Xiegan Decoction to calm and extinguish the liver fire.
By venting and transferring, you can also eliminate anger and keep your spirit happy. New scientific research shows that if you often aftertaste something fun and interesting, it will also increase the production of endorphins and make you happy physically and mentally.
2. Proper diet
In spring, the liver Qi is exuberant, which affects the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach, so the diet is still light. Green vegetables are the best food in spring. Vegetables contain vitamins and microelements, which can supplement the insufficient intake in winter. For example, spinach produced in spring is very tender and delicious. It also has the effect of nourishing blood. It is a good choice.
Spring does not need special tonic, because the temperature rises, tonic will aggravate the internal heat of the body instead. People with poor physique can choose lotus seed, euryale seed, job's tears, peanut, walnut, bird's nest, pig's liver and other flat foods. Tremella fuciformis with polysaccharide also has anti-inflammatory effect and can promote the synthesis of liver protein. Generally, asthma allergy is caused by the phenomenon of "Qi Deficiency" in traditional Chinese medicine. It can be drunk with the stewed chicken soup of Astragalus, ginseng (white ginseng) and poria. People who are easy to get angry can use ginseng or American ginseng instead.
3. Keep warm
In spite of the warmer weather, it's important to keep warm. Because of the great climate change and sunshine in spring, people often ignore the fickleness and coldness of early spring. Therefore, it's better to reduce the clothes slowly. Don't put on the short sleeved shorts in summer at once. Cold and evil will hurt the lungs. It's easy to cause nasal congestion, cough, cold, etc., especially for the middle-aged and old people who are not eager to reduce their clothes.
4. Moderate exercise
In winter, the metabolism of the human body slows down, and the Yang Qi drops. When the spring flowers bloom, it can replenish the Yang Qi of the body. It is also one of the ways to keep the liver.
Practicing Qigong can relax the nerves and muscles and balance the autonomic nervous system. Try the simplest method of breath regulation: sit or stand quietly, focus on breath regulation, inhale and exhale slowly, bit by bit, and repeat several times. Simple deep breathing can eliminate the accumulation of heat in the body and let the body regain energy.
5. Experience spring
Tourism is a way to find friends for outing, so that the spirit of the long-term rest of the senses, in the natural environment to revive. In the American countryside, it is customary to collect fresh lemons in spring and make them into a large pot of honey lemon juice as a drink to purify the body. Flavonoids in lemon can help the body slow down allergic reactions and prevent virus invasion. You can also buy a sweet Narcissus, hyacinth home, the spring information into the room.