Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to timely health preservation, "spring should nourish the liver" is one of the four seasons of Chinese medicine health preservation viewpoint, master the diet of liver nourishment and liver protection, help to replenish liver blood, nourish the liver.
Food options
Suitable foods: In spring, it is advisable to take advantage of the situation to nourish the liver, such as cereals, red dates, longan, walnuts, chestnuts and fish.
Unsuitable food: It is necessary to eat less cool fruits such as watermelon, melon, pear, water chestnut, and cold vegetables such as winter melon, loofah, spinach, callus white, bamboo shoots, and choy sum.
Taste choice
Avoid greasy and spicy: Greasy foods will cause changes in blood sugar and mood after meals, resulting in fatigue, such as mutton, red ginseng, onions, white wine, fried peanuts, etc.
Avoid sour food: Eating more sour food will cause excessive liver qi and damage the spleen and stomach, which violates the law that the spring diet should nourish the liver, so you should eat less sour food.
Goji berry porridge
Method: 30 grams of wolfberry, 60 grams of rice. The rice is first boiled until it is half-cooked, then the goji berries are added, and when cooked, it is ready to eat.
Efficacy: Goji berry is a good medicine for nourishing the liver, and wolfberry porridge is suitable for people with dizziness and soreness in the waist and knees.
Pork liver and mung bean porridge
Method: 100 grams of fresh pork liver, 60 grams of mung beans, 100 grams of rice, appropriate amount of salt and monosodium glutamate. Wash the mung beans and rice and boil them together, boil them over high heat, then change to low heat and boil them slowly, cook until they are eight ripe, and then put the pork liver cut into slices or strips into the pot and cook together, and then add condiments after cooking.
Efficacy: Pork liver has the effect of nourishing blood, pork liver mung bean porridge can nourish the liver and nourish blood, clear heat and brighten the eyes, suitable for people with sallow complexion and blurred vision.
Shiitake mushroom barley rice
Method: 250 grams of japonica rice, 50 grams of raw barley, 50 grams of shiitake mushrooms, 3 pieces of fried tofu, half a small bowl of green beans, appropriate amount of oil and salt. Put the above ingredients in a pot and steam them.
Efficacy: Japonica rice has the effect of strengthening the spleen and warming the liver, brightening the eyes and invigorating the blood, barley has high nutritional value and easy digestion and absorption, and shiitake mushroom barley has the effect of strengthening the spleen and promoting dampness, regulating qi and dissolving phlegm.