1. Sour food

In traditional Chinese medicine, sour food enters the liver, so eating more sour food every day can achieve the purpose of nourishing the liver. Hawthorn, grapes and other sour foods can be used. It is not advisable to eat more sour food in the season with strong liver qi, which is likely to cause the problem of excessive liver qi. Autumn is the season when you can eat more sour food to nourish your liver.

Take hawthorn, the most common sour food, as an example. Hawthorn is sweet and slightly sour, and enters the spleen, stomach and liver meridians. The ingredients contained in it have the functions of promoting digestion, invigorating stomach, promoting qi circulation, removing blood stasis, dilating coronary artery, relaxing blood vessels, reducing blood fat and strengthening heart. November is the time when hawthorn is fresh on the market. It is full, sweet and sour. Old people can drink tea with 1-2 fresh hawthorn fruits every day. You can also make hawthorn sauce, which is washed, cut, seeded, cooked with rock sugar and refrigerated in the refrigerator as an appetizer after meals.

fruit vinegar is also a good choice. For example, apple vinegar beverage contains a lot of potassium ions, which can offset the excessive sodium salt in the body, thus reducing the content of low sodium salt; The acidic components of apple vinegar can also dredge and soften blood vessels and help expel toxins from the blood. An easier way is for the elderly to make some sour soup at home, such as tomato and egg soup. Tomatoes have the functions of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, and are very suitable for the elderly with poor digestive function. Or eat more sour fruits, such as oranges and grapefruit. It should be noted that two types of elderly people should not eat too much acid. First, elderly people with anemia, spleen and stomach weakness and stomach problems may lead to gastrointestinal diseases such as gastric obstruction and indigestion; Second, the elderly with bad teeth, who eat too much acid, may have a feeling of falling teeth, and even have excessive liver qi. Once you feel uncomfortable symptoms in your stomach and teeth, you should temporarily stop eating.

2. The clam

assists the circulation of body tissue fluid, thus protecting the five internal organs, benefiting the gallbladder and smoothing the liver, and supplying the liver with necessary nutrients.

3. Rape

protects cell collagen and blood vessel health, and its tender buds and new stems and leaves are rich in nutrition, which is most beneficial to nourishing the liver.

4. Cabbage

contains a variety of anticancer components, which can promote gastrointestinal digestion and accelerate the excretion of waste in the body.

5. Chinese yam

relieves mild diabetes, prevents fatty liver, enhances resistance and defends against invasion of liver virus.

6. Purple rice

is rich in various nutrients, which is a good grain with high protein, high fiber and low fat, and has excellent liver nourishing effect.

7. Jujube

can alleviate the medicinal properties, relieve spasm, have sedative and diuretic effects, and have certain effects on soothing the liver, relieving depression and regulating the spleen and stomach.

8. Tribulus terrestris seeds

can improve dizziness caused by hyperactivity of liver yang, relieve chest and hypochondrium caused by stagnation of liver qi

9. Soybean sprouts

can provide high-quality high-density lipoprotein, maintain blood vessel health, prevent arteriosclerosis and benefit the metabolism of liver cells.

1. Aloe vera

can purge liver fire and improve headache, dizziness, mania, irritability and convulsions, but it is contraindicated for pregnant women.

11. Hawthorn

can eliminate greasy and indigestion caused by eating too much meat and fat, and prevent fatty liver and hyperlipidemia.

12. Radix Paeoniae Alba

has the effects of softening liver, relieving pain, nourishing blood, regulating menstruation, and stopping sweating, and improves chest and hypochondriac pain caused by disharmony between liver and qi.

13. Astragalus membranaceus

can protect the liver, prevent the decrease of liver sugar, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis to prevent stroke, and promote diuresis to eliminate edema and beriberi.

methods of nourishing liver

ensure enough sleep time every day

the rest time of human body every day affects the health of liver. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that during the period from 11: pm to 3: am, blood will flow through the liver and gallbladder, and the body should be in a state of complete rest, so that the metabolism and repair of the liver can proceed smoothly. People who have insufficient sleep time for a long time are likely to lead to the problem of rising liver fire.

experts suggest that you should get ready to go to bed at about 1 o'clock every night and ensure that you have 8 hours of sleep every day. It is not recommended to do too much mental work at night, and excessive exertion will easily affect the quality of sleep. In addition to having enough rest at night, you should also have a proper and timely rest during the day. When you are tired, it is best to adjust at any time, such as taking a nap at noon.

Keep an optimistic and cheerful attitude

People's emotions have a great influence on the liver. The liver likes to be depressed, angry and sulking, and other bad emotions will lead to stagnation of blood and blood in the liver. Therefore, when nourishing the liver, we must pay attention to learning to control our temper. Don't always get angry and angry for no reason. Even if you are angry, you should control the time, which should not exceed 3 minutes.

Stick to moderate exercise

Sticking to moderate exercise every day can achieve the purpose of nourishing the liver, but it should be noted that the selected exercise items should be full-body low-intensity dynamic exercise, such as jogging, fast walking, cycling, going up and down stairs, playing badminton, dancing, swimming, skipping rope, Tai Chi, etc., for about 3 minutes every day.

Keep good eating habits

Keep good eating habits, don't overeat, stick to a regular diet, and don't eat until you are hungry or be excessively hungry. Eating habits with irregular hunger will cause abnormal secretion of digestive juice and lead to disorder of liver function. In addition, you need to keep a balanced diet, ingest a certain amount of protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, minerals, etc., eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, and eat as little spicy food as possible. It is not advisable to eat too much at every meal, just 7% full, not to eat too much at dinner, and not to eat snacks before going to bed.

eat less greasy food. Among junk food, fried food is full of our diet, and Chinese fried dough sticks and fried chicken pieces are typical representatives. These foods will not be swallowed after chewing in the mouth for more than a few minutes, that is to say, the pleasure of eating such foods is only a few minutes, and if it is fried dough sticks, it is pitifully short-lived, generally not more than 6 seconds, but the fried food after swallowing takes three hours for the liver to decompose.

Regular physical examination

No one can fully understand the activities of their internal organs, just as you may not always feel the blood flowing, especially the performance of the liver. Although we can basically confirm it through face-to-face examination, we suggest that you still know the changes of your body through regular physical examination. Your body has a small cycle every three months and a big cycle every six months, so you can have a physical examination every six months after you enter middle age, at least one year.