Liver and gallbladder damp-heat can easily cause abdominal pain, bloating, bitter taste in the mouth, and bad breath, which not only affects the body but also impacts one's appearance and social interactions. So how can liver and gallbladder damp-heat be regulated?
Dietary Regulation
People with liver and gallbladder damp-heat should pay attention to hygiene and have a light diet. They should avoid consuming spicy, fatty, and sweet foods, as well as alcoholic beverages. They should eat more foods that have the effect of clearing and benefiting the liver and gallbladder, such as Yin Chen, dandelion, bitter melon, cucumber, winter melon, celery, mung beans, lotus roots, duck meat, and crucian carp.
Lifestyle Regulation
Those with liver and gallbladder damp-heat should pay attention to liver protection. The liver is the body's blood-producing and detoxifying organ, so it is important to ensure that the liver has enough rest time. Therefore, it is advisable to try to go to bed before 11 pm every night, have regular sleep patterns, and avoid long-term staying up late or excessive fatigue. It is also important to maintain regular bowel movements, preferably after breakfast, so that over time, it becomes a habit to have regular bowel movements, preventing the accumulation of damp-heat.
Exercise Regulation
People with liver and gallbladder damp-heat can choose exercises such as running, hiking, playing badminton, swimming, etc. These exercises can make you sweat without being too intense, helping to eliminate excess energy and remove dampness from the body, thus alleviating liver and gallbladder damp-heat.
Emotional Regulation
People with liver and gallbladder damp-heat tend to have an irritable temperament and are easily annoyed. This, in turn, affects and exacerbates the symptoms of liver and gallbladder damp-heat. Therefore, it is important to regulate emotions, maintain a pleasant and optimistic mood, and have a calm and stable mindset.
Meridian Regulation
People with liver and gallbladder damp-heat can try methods such as cupping, scraping, and steam therapy to regulate the meridians. These methods can to some extent remove damp-heat from the body and improve the symptoms of liver and gallbladder damp-heat.
Medication Treatment
For people with underlying liver and gallbladder diseases that cause liver and gallbladder damp-heat, it is important to adhere to medication treatment for the underlying diseases. With good treatment of the underlying diseases, combined with dietary and lifestyle adjustments, liver and gallbladder damp-heat can naturally be gradually eliminated.
Dietary Therapy for Liver and Gallbladder Damp-Heat
Yin Chen and Glutinous Rice Porridge
Ingredients: 30g Yin Chen, 50g glutinous rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Instructions: Wash Yin Chen and put it in a pot with an appropriate amount of water, boil and simmer for half an hour, remove the residue and take the liquid. Add glutinous rice to the Yin Chen juice and cook the porridge. Add rock sugar according to taste before consumption.
Benefits: Yin Chen has the effects of clearing and benefiting damp-heat and reducing jaundice, so Yin Chen and glutinous rice porridge can be used for liver and gallbladder damp-heat.
White Oat Root Stewed Pork
Ingredients: 50g fresh white oat root, 500g pork, a small amount of ginger and green onion.
Instructions: Wash the white oat root and pork, cut the pork into slices, cut the white oat root into sections, put them in a pot with green onion, ginger, and an appropriate amount of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until the meat is tender. Remove the onion, ginger, and white oat root, add salt and MSG, and consume the meat and soup.
Benefits: White oat root can clear and benefit the liver and gallbladder damp-heat, so white oat root stewed pork is suitable for liver and gallbladder damp-heat.
Yellow Flower Vegetable Tea
Ingredients: 15g yellow flower vegetable.
Instructions: Wash the yellow flower vegetable and boil it in an appropriate amount of water for half an hour. Remove the residue and drink the liquid as tea.
Benefits: Yellow flower vegetable can clear and benefit damp-heat and reduce jaundice.
