Chapter 12 (11)

How do we common people describe spring? "A year's plan lies in spring"!As the five internal organs of our human beings, does the key to health lie in the liver?Therefore, everyone must understand the role of the "liver" and pay attention to nourishing the liver. Now let’s talk about the corresponding relationship between liver and emotion.If a person is often angry or depressed, he will inhibit the catharsis and hair growth functions of the liver, and he will suffer from qi stagnation; qi is the commander of blood, and stagnation of qi will lead to poor blood flow, which will lead to serious consequences.

In terms of emotion and intelligence, what is the "liver" afraid of?Afraid of "angry"!The common people know that being angry hurts the body, "anger hurts the liver".What is the liver for?It's air-conditioned!As an example, like a gas tank, if there is too much pressure in it, something is wrong.I once asked everyone, which organ is the most important?Someone said the heart, I was wrong, it should be the liver. Think about it, everyone, does this kind of thing often happen in our life, these two people are arguing and arguing, lying there, having a heart attack, a cerebral infarction... Have you seen that, when you get angry, your liver is ruined? Yes, the reaction is on the heart.Now there are many examples of this kind. Yesterday he looked fine, but today he was hospitalized again. Let’s go to see him and ask what’s going on? "I got angry yesterday."So please remember, anger hurts the liver, the liver is the most important organ of the human body, so don't always get angry in the future.

Let's take a case here: Many people are afraid of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, so we will focus on this case.Let me ask you, is it a heart attack?Or do you just stay ahead?It must be the heart attack, the heart will stop after the heart attack; if the heart is not blocked, it will not stop!Why a heart attack?Is the blood vessel blocked?Is there a problem with blood? What is the physiological function of the liver?Western medicine talks about "detoxification"; Chinese medicine says that the liver is the "drainage mechanism"; according to the common people's theory, the liver is used to filter the blood and clean the body.Because we are too angry and destroy the liver, will the ability to clean the blood and sanitation be reduced?Blood comes out of the liver, and if it contains a lot of dirt, it will gradually accumulate in the blood vessels; after a long time, will the blood vessels become narrower?Blockage is easy to happen naturally!

Let's talk about the corresponding relationship between the liver and the five colors.In food, what is nourishing the liver?Liver is to eat green food.Another question comes to mind here, does the quality of the natural ecological environment depend on greening?Does our human health depend on the "liver"? There is also a corresponding relationship between the liver and the five flavors.In taste, acid is liver-nourishing.People often say that "vinegar softens blood vessels", but in fact it does not soften blood vessels, it nourishes the liver and blood, and then softens blood vessels.Turning a corner, vinegar does not directly soften blood vessels.

So what is the relationship between the liver and the trunk?Chinese medicine believes that "the liver governs tendons", which is called nerves in Western medicine and tendons in Chinese medicine.When the tendons lose their elasticity, there will be problems, such as impotence (Chinese medicine believes that the male genitalia is the largest tendon in the human body).There are also some symptoms, such as hemorrhoids, dry mouth, leg cramps at night, and chest tightness and shortness of breath, etc. These are all liver problems. There is also a corresponding relationship between the liver and the five sense organs.If the liver is sick, the reaction to the five sense organs is the problem of the eyes.Myopia, cataracts, floaters, etc. are all problems of the liver.We often say that wolfberry nourishes the liver and improves eyesight. This is a typical example. When the liver is healthy, the eyes are healthy.

Next, let's talk about the corresponding relationship between the liver, the zodiac and the time of day.From 1:00 to 3:00 at night, what time is it?Ugly.The ugly zodiac sign is Ox, and we often use "Ox temper" to describe a person with a big temper.Ugly is the time when our human body - "liver" is most active. The ancients believed that the liver is in charge of strategy, and the liver qi is upward.Tell us that if the light goes up but doesn't go down, there will be problems too.Applying this point of view to "liver qi", if a person's liver qi only rises but does not fall, if a person's anger is too high, then this person's health will suffer serious problems!

So what is another manifestation of "exuberant anger"?It’s dry mouth. As I said before, many people have dry mouth at this time of night. They don’t feel dry after talking all day during the day, but they feel dry at this time every day.From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, all human organs are connected, and only when they maintain a certain balance can they be healthy. "The general's official, strategy comes out." "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" believes that the liver is the general's official, and it is in charge of strategy.If your liver qi is sufficient, your response will be very quick and smart.Wood produces fire, and fire corresponds to the heart; when wood is prosperous, fire is prosperous, and only then can "strategies come out."In the view of Chinese medicine, the liver stores blood, in fact, the liver is the warehouse of blood.Think about it, everyone, is it necessary to have a good warehouse to produce products in any field, so that the quality of this product can be guaranteed?If this product is produced without a good warehouse, is it easy to be damaged?The liver stores blood, so the quality of the liver directly affects the quality of your "blood".Our Chinese medicine says that "people live by Qi and blood", where blood refers to our liver.

What are the symptoms caused by poor liver?First of all, we need to figure out what a "disease" is. Let's first look at the relationship between "disease" and "disease". I would like to ask you a question first. Everyone knows that the word "disease" is a phrase.Nowadays, "prescribing the right medicine" is being promoted everywhere. Let me ask you a question. Why do you go to the hospital? I went to "see a doctor", but no one said "see a doctor", right?But now the vast majority of hospitals only look at "symptoms"!

Is the phrase "prescribe the right medicine" wrong?Very right!It's a pity that there is another sentence on it, which is called "differential diagnosis and treatment", and the following sentence is called "prescribe the right medicine to the case".Inflammation of the gums is a symptom, while qi and blood and the large intestine are the real disease.There is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that "the disease appears in the limbs and five sense organs, and the disease exists in the internal organs".Diagnosis and treatment is a basic method of TCM diagnosis and treatment. Physicians should use reasoning methods to find the root cause of the disease based on the patient's symptoms and their own understanding and experience of medicine.But now all I see are symptoms. After the symptoms are cured, there are more and more diseases.Think about the people around us, who didn't start off by taking a pill, and then turned into a lot?Look at the hospitals around the world now, which hospital is not overcrowded? "Seeing a doctor is difficult and expensive" has become a problem that needs to be faced by the whole society.

Looking back, let's look again, is the "disease" the disease in the front and the disease in the back?If there is a disease, there is a symptom, and if there is no disease, there is no symptom.Who is sick?The internal organs are sick.It has symptoms.If you want to understand the knowledge of health preservation in traditional Chinese medicine, for example, if I have any symptoms, you can find out which viscera is sick, and I will quickly adjust it with diet. Think about it, do you still need to go to the hospital?Therefore, prescribing the right medicine is not as healthy as "regulating the disease".

If the five internal organs are sick, how will it be reflected on the trunk? If there is a disease on the "liver", the reaction is on the tendons, which are called tendons in Chinese medicine and nerves in Western medicine; There is a disease in the "heart", which is reflected in the blood vessels; If the "spleen" is sick, it will be reflected in the flesh; There is something wrong with the "lung", and the reaction is on the skin; The "kidney" is sick and the reaction is on the bones. The five viscera are sick. Let’s see how it reacts in the five sense organs: