People often say that "anger hurts the liver", meaning that excessive emotional stimulation can disrupt the balance of the five internal organs' energy. Especially in the spring, which is a good season for nourishing the liver, there are several foods that should not be missed.
【Three Foods to Eat for Liver Health in Spring】
1. Eat more dates
Studies have shown that drinking jujube water every day for one week can increase the serum protein in people with poor liver function, thus achieving the effect of protecting and detoxifying the liver. Take 7 red dates or 2 qian of dried longan, boil or steep in hot water to make a 500ml tea drink. Drinking a cup every day can nourish the liver and blood, promote metabolism, maintain intestinal health and peristalsis.
2. Eat more monkey head mushrooms
In addition to monkey head mushrooms, white fungus (snow fungus) is also a food that nourishes the liver. Stewing soup with white fungus and monkey head mushrooms has a good taste.
Soak the monkey head mushrooms in boiling water, rinse repeatedly, cut off the roots, then soak in warm water with some alkali until they become soft, remove them, rinse off the alkalinity, and drain.
Soak the white fungus in water until it is fully soaked, wash it, then put it in the pot with the monkey head mushrooms, add rock sugar, and simmer until cooked for soup.
3. Goji berries are essential
Goji berries are rich in vitamins, iron, phosphorus, and beneficial goji polysaccharides. Modern medical research has found that goji polysaccharides can reduce serum alanine aminotransferase, which is beneficial for repairing liver damage, and can also inhibit the deposition of fat in liver cells and promote liver cell regeneration.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, goji berries have a sweet and neutral taste, and belong to the liver and kidney meridians. They have the effect of nourishing the liver and improving eyesight. They are often used together with chrysanthemum and cooked rehmannia. Chewing dried goji berries or drinking goji berry water are both good ways to nourish the liver. Goji leaves also have the same effect as goji berries and can be used in cooking or making soup. A soup made with goji leaves and lean meat is the best food for nourishing the liver in spring.
【Recommended Liver Nourishing Congee for Spring】
1. Pork Liver and Mung Bean Congee
Ingredients: 100g fresh pork liver, 60g mung beans, 100g rice, salt, and monosodium glutamate to taste.
Instructions: Wash the mung beans and rice and cook them together. After boiling over high heat, simmer over low heat until they are 80% cooked. Then, add sliced or shredded pork liver and cook until done. Add seasoning.
Benefits: Nourishes the liver and blood, clears heat, improves eyesight, and enhances beauty and skin moisturization. It can make people look radiant, especially suitable for those who have a pale complexion, reduced vision, and blurred vision due to weakness.
2. Carrot and Pork Liver Congee
Ingredients: 50g carrots, 50g pork liver, 100g glutinous rice.
Instructions: Wash the carrots and pork liver, and cut them into small pieces. Cook them together with glutinous rice to make congee.
Benefits: It nourishes the liver and kidneys, nourishes blood, and improves eyesight. It is suitable for those with blurred vision and dry eyes caused by liver and kidney deficiency.
【Three Meal Combinations for Nourishing Blood】
The liver stores blood, and we eat various foods to absorb the nutrients in these foods, distribute them throughout the body through blood circulation, and supply our body.
In the morning, eat tomatoes; at noon, eat jujubes; in the evening, eat pork liver (or beef liver, lamb liver) and spinach.
Eat one fresh tomato every morning (don't eat it with rice, stir-fried tomatoes, and tomato soup are different). The size doesn't matter. Tomatoes are rich in various vitamins, which are beneficial for nourishing blood.
Drink some jujube soup at noon to nourish the blood.
You can also stir-fry spinach at night or make soup with it. It is best to add some pork liver, beef liver, or lamb liver to make soup.
In addition to the above-mentioned liver-nourishing foods, rubbing the palms also has the effect of nourishing the liver and promoting blood circulation. From the perspective of meridians, the Laogong acupoint in the palm is the main point for blood. Rubbing the palms can promote blood circulation.
Method: Stretch both hands, palms facing each other, rub up and down, knead back and forth, and then make the "embracing yin and embracing yang" movement - the right hand wrapped around the left hand.
