How to treat liver deficiency? Diet therapy is the most effective

The most obvious symptom of liver deficiency is dry eyes, and at the same time, tinnitus, irritability, and weakness in the waist and knees may also occur. Liver deficiency can be treated through diet therapy, especially for men with liver deficiency who should eat less greasy food, drink less alcohol, stay up late less, and develop a regular life.

Dietary treatment for liver yin deficiency

1. Mulberry porridge

Ingredients: 30 grams of mulberries (60 grams of fresh mulberries), 60 grams of glutinous rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Method: Wash the mulberries, cook them with glutinous rice, and add rock sugar after they are cooked.

Efficacy: Mulberry porridge can nourish liver yin, nourish blood and improve eyesight. It is suitable for symptoms such as dizziness, insomnia, tinnitus, back pain, and premature graying of hair caused by liver and kidney deficiency.

2. Black beans and walnuts with milk

Ingredients: 1 spoon of black bean powder, 1 spoon of walnut kernel paste, 1 packet of milk, 1 spoon of honey.

Method: Fry 500 grams of black beans, let them cool, and grind them into powder. 500 grams of walnut kernels, fry until slightly charred, remove the skin, and mash into a paste after cooling. Take 1 spoon of each of the above two foods, mix into 1 cup of boiled milk and add 1 spoon of honey, take it every morning or after breakfast, or take it with breakfast.

Efficacy: In traditional Chinese medicine, black beans and walnuts are both good for nourishing the kidneys, and people with liver deficiency usually suffer from kidney deficiency. Black beans are rich in protein and vitamin B1 and have high nutritional value. Because black foods enter the kidneys, they can increase the kidney-tonifying power when combined with walnut kernels. Add milk and honey, these foods contain more vitamin B1, calcium, phosphorus, etc., which can enhance the intraocular muscle strength, strengthen the regulatory function, and improve the symptoms of eye fatigue.

3. Shredded pork with raw earth and wolfberry

Ingredients: 100 grams each of wolfberry, green bamboo shoots, and cooked lard, 500 grams of lean pork, 30 grams of raw earth slices, and appropriate amounts of sugar, soy sauce, salt, MSG, sesame oil, and cooking wine.

Preparation: Wash the lean pork and cut into long strips; cut the green bamboo shoots into thin strips; cut the raw land into strips; wash the wolfberries and set aside. Heat lard in a wok, then add shredded pork, bamboo shoots and rehmannia glutinosa at the same time, add cooking wine, sugar, soy sauce, salt and MSG, mix well, add wolfberry, stir-fry for a few times, drizzle with sesame oil and fry until cooked.

Efficacy: Nourishes yin and kidney, improves eyesight and strengthens body. It is suitable for symptoms such as weakness, decreased vision, dry eyes, hot hands and feet, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, and dry stools caused by liver yin deficiency.

4. Chinese wolfberry and yam porridge

Ingredients: 20 grams of wolfberry, 30 grams of yam, 50 grams of glutinous rice, and a small amount of white sugar.

Preparation method: Put wolfberry, yam and glutinous rice in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for half an hour until the rice is cooked, then serve while warm.

Efficacy: Wolfberry nourishes yin, benefits the kidney and softens the liver, yam strengthens the spleen and benefits the kidney, glutinous rice nourishes the stomach. Together they nourish yin, soften the liver, benefit the kidney and strengthen the spleen, and are suitable for liver and kidney yin deficiency type hepatitis.

5. Yam and Meat Balls

Ingredients: 50 grams each of yam and black sesame, 400 grams of pork, 200 grams of white sugar, 3 eggs, and appropriate amounts of peanut oil and refined salt.

Method: Slice the yam and bake until crispy, grind into fine powder, fry black sesame seeds until fragrant, and set aside. Wash the pork, cook it, soak it in cold water, cut it into dices, beat the eggs, add yam powder, refined salt, wet starch, mix well into a thick paste, and set aside. Put the diced meat into a bowl, add the egg mixture to coat it, and set aside. Place the wok on medium heat, add peanut oil and heat until 80% hot. Use chopsticks to put the meat into the wok one by one. When the batter solidifies, remove from the wok, break off the edges and corners, and fry them again until they turn yellow, then remove from the oil. Put the wok back on the heat, add a small amount of water and sugar, and when the sugar juice turns golden brown, add the fried meatballs, remove from the heat, sprinkle with sesame seeds, and let cool.

Efficacy: Nourishes yin and blood, nourishes liver and kidneys. It is suitable for symptoms such as weight loss, soreness of waist and knees, dizziness, tinnitus, memory loss, dry skin, and dry stools caused by liver yin and blood deficiency.