God has left you less than half a month to nourish your liver! Those who are experiencing these symptoms need to hurry!
In spring and March, heaven and earth are born, all things are glorious, the liver and wood are born, and it is the right time to nourish and protect the liver, but how to raise the liver, do you know?
In spring, everything recovers, yang energy rises, and it is the season when liver qi rises. However, many people have stagnation of liver qi at this time, which not only affects the mood, but also hinders the smooth flow of qi and blood throughout the body, causing a variety of diseases.
Patients with liver qi stagnation present with flank distension and pain, and the pain is easy to wander. If the liver qi invades the stomach, there will also be stomach pain and poor appetite.
For female patients, symptoms such as throat foreign bodies, breast tenderness, and menstrual irregularities may also occur.
In late spring, wind, cold, dampness and heat are uncertain, the liver qi rises too much or the liver qi is stagnant, which leads to the rise of liver fire and meridian blockage, especially after the valley rain solar term, which is the onset period of neuralgia, intercostal neuralgia, sciatica, trigeminal neuralgia, etc.
If the liver is drained and the liver qi stagnates, it is easy to affect emotional stability. It is manifested as mood swings, anger, or depression, and always sighing.
If the blood is deficient and the liver is depressed, the liver will lose sleep if it does not hide blood. It is manifested as difficulty falling asleep, waking up easily from dreams even when falling asleep, and poor sleep quality. And it can also cause chain reactions such as rough skin and dull complexion.
If the stagnation of liver qi is neglected for a long time and left unregulated, qi cannot promote the flow of blood and stagnate, and the body may also have more serious symptoms. For example, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, neurasthenia, anxiety, liver cancer, thyroid adenoma, insomnia, breast cancer, etc.
To continue to protect the liver and nourish the spleen, jasmine barley tea can be used.
Method: 10 grams of jasmine, 15 grams of fried coix seeds (powdered), rinsed with water, put in a teacup and brew with hot water for 5 minutes, and then drink after a little cooling.
Jasmine relieves qi and relieves pain, warms and neutralizes the stomach, clears the liver and brightens the eyes, and coix seed dehumidifies and strengthens the spleen, the two are combined, the taste is fragrant, and the effect of soothing the liver and strengthening the spleen is played, and the honey taste is sweet and delicious.
Traditional Chinese medicine says that "the liver opens up to the eyes", which means that the liver qi and the eyes are closely related, and the eyes of people with sufficient liver qi will be brighter, and correspondingly, the maintenance of the eyes is also conducive to protecting the health of the liver.
Excessive eye use and visual fatigue will aggravate and damage liver function, so you can do eye exercises to relieve fatigue and maintain your eyes.
Method: Close your eyes, turn your eyes at the same time, first slowly rotate 10 times in a clockwise direction, then turn 10 times in a counterclockwise direction, and repeat for about 10 minutes.
As the old saying goes: "All diseases are born from anger" and "anger hurts the liver", which shows that emotions are closely related to liver health.
If you are often in a state of irritability, excitement or depression, over time, it can lead to hyperactivity of liver yang or stagnation of liver qi.
Therefore, the first step in nourishing the liver in spring is to maintain a happy mood and a peaceful state of body and mind, then the liver's excretion function is normal, the qi and blood are harmonized, and the liver qi is smooth, and you can usually do more gentle and soothing exercises, such as walking, tai chi, etc.
Massage can also nourish our liver to a certain extent. So how do you massage?
Dadun Cave
The Da Dun acupoint is the first acupuncture point of the liver meridian, and it is located next to the toenail gap on the inside of the big toe.
This acupoint can be massaged, or moxa burning, can achieve the effect of clearing the liver and eyes, can make the mind clear, refreshed.
Zusanli acupoint
The Zusanli acupoint is 3 inches below the eye of the outer knee (i.e., four transverse fingers), 1 transverse finger from the anterior tibial crest, when the tibialis anterior muscle.
When taking the acupoint, measure 4 horizontal fingers from the outer knee eye, and between the fibula and the tibia, measure 1 horizontal finger from the side of the tibia.
Zusanli acupoint is one of the main acupuncture points of Zuyangming stomach meridian, which has the functions of regulating the spleen and stomach, nourishing the liver and invigorating qi, activating the meridians, dispelling wind and dampness, and strengthening the right and dispelling evil.
Inter-row acupoints
The inter-row point is between the big toe and the second toe, and it is a fire point. The liver belongs to wood, and wood makes fire, if the liver fire is too strong, it is necessary to pour out the fire in its heart. And the Xingjian acupoint is an acupuncture point that pours out the fire of the heart.
In spring, the liver is full of fire, and there will be toothache, swollen cheeks, mouth ulcers, nosebleeds, blisters on the tip of the tongue, etc., and more rubbing of the acupoints between the lines can alleviate the above symptoms.
Taichong acupoint
The Taichong acupoint is 4 cm between the big toe and the instep of the foot. Some people compare it to the body's punching bag, because it is the original acupoint and acupoint of the liver meridian, and the fire point of the liver meridian, which can dissipate the liver qi and liver fire.
Therefore, by kneading the Taichong acupoint, the stagnant qi of the human body can be poured out to the greatest extent.
The method of taking the acupoint is to push the place where the big toe and the second toe meet on the instep to the ankle, and push it to the end of the connection between the two bones.
The kneading method is to carefully find the most painful point, and then push and knead from the Taichong acupoint to the direction of the Xingjian acupoint.
Three Yin Jiao Acupoints
The Sanyin intersection point is on the inner side of the calf, when the tip of the inner malleolus of the foot is 3 inches, behind the medial border of the tibia; Sit and bend your knees at right angles to take acupuncture points.
This acupuncture point is the intersection of the meridians of the liver, spleen and kidney, and it has a health care effect on the liver, spleen and kidney when often rubbed.
Liver Yu acupoint
The Liver Yu acupoint is located on the back and is the dorsal Yu acupoint of the liver. This acupoint is an indispensable health acupoint for nourishing the liver.
The combination of Liver Yu and Taichong belongs to the "Yu Yuan Acupoint" method in traditional Chinese medicine, which can replenish liver yin and nourish the liver and soften the liver.
It is taken in a prone position, under the spinous process of the ninth thoracic vertebra, and the acupoint is opened 1.5 inches next to the Du pulse.
Taixi Cave
The Taixi point is located on the inside of the foot, in the depression between the back of the medial malleolus and the tendon of the heel bone. That is, in the depression between the medial malleolus and the Achilles tendon of the foot. This acupoint is the original acupoint of the kidney, and it is the storehouse where the vitality of the kidney is stored.
The liver belongs to wood, the kidney belongs to water, and trees need water to grow healthily, so to nourish the liver, it must nourish yin. Using Taixi to mobilize the function of the kidneys can better nourish the water culvert.