1. Tea and Chinese medicine nourish the liver

People can drink tea such as green tea, chrysanthemum tea and rose tea. Among them, green tea clears away heat and detoxifies, digests food and relieves fatigue, chrysanthemum soothes the liver and improves eyesight, and rose soothes the liver and relieves depression. Drinking this kind of tea regularly is beneficial to nourishing and protecting the liver. In addition, Chinese wolfberry nourishes the liver and kidneys, nourishes the liver and improves eyesight, and can be used to make tea, stew soup, or make porridge. Eat nuts such as walnuts and pistachios regularly to soothe the liver, regulate qi and relieve anxiety.

2. Nourishing the liver with acid

Taking acid into the liver means that eating sour food or medicine can nourish the liver. In your daily diet, you can eat some sour foods, such as hawthorn, oranges, grapes, etc. Hawthorn contains ursolic acid, which can reduce the deposition of animal fat on blood vessel walls and has a certain effect in preventing or reducing arteriosclerosis.

If you usually eat fresh hawthorn, soak dried hawthorn in water to drink, or add hawthorn when stewing meat, it is not only seasoning, but also helps digestion. However, it should be noted that sour foods are not suitable to be eaten all year round. For example, when liver qi is strong in spring, you should not eat too many sour foods, otherwise it will cause excessive liver qi and affect human health.

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Vegetables that nourish and protect the liver

1. Garlic: It is a plant in the Liliaceae family. It is pungent, warm and spicy in taste. Patients with liver disease should take it with ease. It contains vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin C, etc. Its extract has antibacterial, antiviral, blood vessel softening and other effects.

2. Water spinach: Also known as water spinach, it is sweet and flat in nature. It contains protein, fat, inorganic salts, nicotinic acid, carotene, etc. It has the functions of detoxification, clearing away heat and cooling blood.

3. Shepherd's purse: It is a cruciferous plant with a mild nature and sweet taste. It contains vitamin B, vitamin C, carotene, niacin and inorganic salts. Animal experiments show that it can shorten the coagulation time and has hemostatic effect, and is suitable for chronic liver diseases such as nose bleeding and gum bleeding.

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