The liver is a huge "chemical factory" of the human body.
It has six functions: one, metabolic function, two, bile production and excretion, three, detoxification, four, immune function, five, coagulation function, six human blood volume regulation;
So, how to determine whether their liver is still healthy?
May as well look at the following aspects!
The first place: look at the mouth
Many people have had such an experience experience, always especially easy to dry mouth, and the mouth does not taste, and even feel very bitter, sometimes accompanied by bad breath.
These make people uncomfortable and embarrassing body symptoms, are reminding you, liver fire is too strong, the liver to go to the fire.
The second place: look at the skin
May as well observe their own skin color, if the color is dark, black around the eyes, remove the possibility of staying up all night, it should be the liver produced lesions, resulting in melanin metabolism difficulties; if the skin color is yellow, you may have hepatitis.
The third place: look at the index finger
Hand is a lot of meridians of the starting point, from the fingers and palms of the body can be seen whether the internal health. The index finger, on the other hand, corresponds to the liver.
If the index finger is elastic, straightened and rounded without a finger gap, indicating that the liver is well-functioning; or the index finger is pale, or even curved, with a large finger gap, it indicates that the liver is poorly functioning.
The fourth place: look at the tongue coating
The thickening of the tongue coating is also an indicator of liver health.
A healthy tongue should be light red, which is a sign of sufficient qi and blood, and can also indicate the health of the organs to a large extent.
If the tongue is thickened and white, it means that the liver and stomach are on fire and need to be detoxified.
How to nourish and protect the liver?
1, drink less alcohol
Drinking alcohol hurts the liver, everyone knows, so, must drink less, the best is not to drink!
2, moderate exercise
No matter what the season, you should exercise more to promote blood circulation and accelerate metabolism. This is also a way to help the body detoxify, which can reduce the burden on the liver.
3, balanced nutrition
On a regular basis in the diet should pay attention to nutritional balance, do not overeat, which would have been able to reduce the burden on the liver. If you eat more liver food is better, such as green food, is a good choice for liver protection!
4, homemade liver tea
Braccoli chicory tea: detoxification of the liver, prevention of alcoholic liver injury. Roasted Brahmi root and chicory root in accordance with the ratio of 1:1, daily infusion and drink.
Dandelion, into the liver meridian. It protects the liver, clears liver toxins and prevents liver damage. Dandelion is not dissimilar to milk thistle in terms of function, and both are most commonly used in patients who need to detoxify the liver. Dandelion root, in particular, is the most important natural nutrient in the prevention of hepatitis C in many cases. European chicory, a specialty ingredient introduced to China from Europe, is included in China's Pharmacopoeia and is known idiomatically in Chinese as chicory. Chicory root has a very good protective effect on the liver. Its extract accelerates the presence of choline for phospholipid synthesis and thus accelerates the rate of cell repair, which has a significant protective effect on liver cells. Both fat-soluble and water-soluble components of chicory root extracts have significant protective effects against chemical or alcoholic liver injury.
Golden dandelion chrysanthemum tea: removing liver fire, clearing heat and removing toxins. Dandelion root 2.2g, tire chrysanthemum 0.5g, honeysuckle 0.3g made of gold dandelion chrysanthemum tea bags, hot water brewing tea can be.
Dandelion is known as a natural "fire grass", anti-inflammatory effect is excellent, and dandelion into the liver, stomach meridian, good at clearing the liver and stomach heat, and can help the liver detoxification detoxification, and promote its self-repair; and fetal chrysanthemum, honeysuckle is also a liver and eyesight, clearing the heat to remove the fire, cough phlegm good medicine. The three together, can play a good role in the maintenance of the liver to remove the fire anti-inflammatory.
5, keep a beautiful mood
Research shows that some liver disease and one of the reasons for the delay is bad mood, including anxiety, anger, fear, frustration, sadness, dissatisfaction, depression, nervousness and so on. The medical treatment of bad moods is called "negative emotions", so good emotions are conducive to the health of the liver.
6, press the liver detoxification point
This is the Taichong point, the location of the back of the foot before the first, the second metatarsal bone combination in the depression. Use your thumb to press and knead for 3 to 5 minutes, and feel a slight soreness. Don't use too much force and alternate pressing on both feet.
7, go to bed early
11 p.m. to 1 a.m., is the detoxification time of the liver, this time, if you still stay up late, it will prevent the liver's normal work.
To nourish the liver, you must take a nap. After lunch, sit quietly and rest for 10 to 30 minutes of time, you should go to nap, which is very necessary for the maintenance of the liver, especially for people with liver disease. The liver is an important organ for blood production and blood use in the body, and nutrients in the body are transported to the liver with the help of blood through the intestines and through the veins. There are data to show that when the body from lying down to stand, the blood flow into the liver will be reduced by 30%, if then walking, exercise, blood will be part of the flow to the hands and feet, at this time, the blood flow into the liver will be reduced by more than 50%. If the liver is in a situation of insufficient blood supply, its normal metabolic activities will be affected, resulting in different degrees of damage to the liver. So you have to close your eyes for 10 to 30 minutes after eating a full meal, through the nap, so that more blood flow to the liver, supplying liver cells with nutrients.