"Cauliflower yellow, idiot busy". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spring is dominated by wind and wood, and liver qi is prone to rise too much or liver qi stagnation. Affected by this, people are also prone to bad emotions such as depression and anger, and even induce liver dysfunction, resulting in discomfort such as pain in the hypochondrium, and even affecting the heart and spleen.
Therefore, in spring, we should pay more attention to regulating emotions.
To regulate the liver and nourish the liver, you must be able to eat
Studies have shown that eating can relieve tension, and in fact, eating the right things can soothe liver qi and relieve stress.
Common foods that relieve the liver and regulate qi and are comfortable and nourishing are roughly as follows.
▶ Fruits and vegetables
1. Mixed vegetables
Spring leeks, chives, ginger, garlic sprouts, coriander, mint, nepeta, Su leaves, etc., these foods are warm and spicy, which helps the liver to excrete.
Suitable for people: those who have headache, fatigue, joint pain and other manifestations at the beginning of external sensations, appropriate collocation can evacuate external evils.
2. Clear away heat and annoyance
Vegetables such as celery, bitter gourd, tomatoes, loofahs, radish, cucumbers, eggplants, purslane, andrographis, lettuce, mango, grapefruit, bananas, sweet oranges, monk fruits, mulberries, kiwi and other fruits.
Suitable for people: people who are irritable, bitter mouth, dry mouth, bad breath, and dry stools can eat it regularly.
3. Nourish the spleen and stomach
Yams, lilies, carrots, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, shiitake mushrooms, cauliflower, soybean sprouts, apples, pineapples, figs, olives, sand fruits, hawthorns, etc.
Suitable for people: These foods can be eaten by regulating the spleen and stomach and taking care of the spleen and stomach, so as to prevent the spleen and stomach disharmony caused by liver depression and spleen, and protect the acquired nature.
▶ Grains
Sorghum, oats, whole wheat, brown rice, corn, millet, soybeans, mung beans, tempeh, lilies, lotus hearts, sunflower seeds, pine nuts, jujubes, chestnuts, walnuts, etc. These foods are either returned to the Liver Meridian to relieve the liver and regulate qi, or to the Heart Meridian to clear the heart and eliminate troubles, or to the Spleen and Stomach Meridian to protect the spleen and stomach from damage caused by excessive liver qi.
Suitable for people: people with symptoms such as abdominal distension, reluctance to eat, indigestion or constipation due to liver qi discomfort, spleen and stomach disharmony.
▶ Meat, eggs, fish
1. Fish meat
Crucian carp, carp, sea bass, salmon, sardines, trout, etc. These fish can replenish the deficiency and strengthen the spleen, and regulate the stomach, which has the effect of dredging the blood veins and reducing the stagnation of liver qi.
Because it contains a large amount of unsaturated fatty acids, it can reduce obesity and help lower blood pressure and blood lipids.
2. Dairy products
Dairy products such as cow's milk, goat's milk, etc. This type of food is rich in various nutrients needed by the human body, which provides a good nutritional basis for improving mood.
3. Eggs
Such as eggs, quail eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs. This type of food is beneficial for replenishing the deficiency of liver yin, calming the liver and latent yang, and preventing irritability caused by hyperactivity of liver yang.
3 to 4 eggs a week is good for maintaining balanced nutrition and regulating physical fitness.
Tips:
When you are in an irritable mood, you should reduce the intake of alcohol, coffee, fatty meat, animal offal and other foods, and try to diversify your food to ensure adequate nutrition and nutritional balance.
Emotional conditioning also has a good effect on channeling bad emotions, which can calm anger through self-cultivation and regulation, and calm emotions by delaying anger, diverting attention, and changing the environment.
When the mood fluctuates greatly, you can also vent by talking, taking deep breaths, jogging, etc., and at the same time, you should also seek medical diagnosis and treatment in time to avoid excessive damage to the body.
Maintaining an optimistic mood, participating in more group activities, and focusing on your own interests and hobbies can effectively regulate the liver qi and maintain a sunny and upward mental state.
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