How to relieve liver fire

In daily life, some people are always prone to "heat" and "getting angry". What's going on? From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, this may be a symptom of excessive liver fire. So, what should we do if we have excessive liver fire? If you often experience symptoms such as blurred vision, tinnitus, red eyes, headaches, etc., it is recommended that you go to the hospital to check the health of your liver, because this is most likely caused by excessive liver fire. When liver fire is strong, it is necessary to "extinguish the fire" in time. Now let's learn how to relieve liver fire?

Why does liver fire occur? There are many factors that affect it, such as irregular lifestyle, eating too much fried food, staying up late to work overtime, depression, etc., which may all lead to liver fire. If you have already developed various uncomfortable symptoms of liver fire, come and see how Chinese medicine experts can teach you how to relieve liver fire.

A type of liver fire, real fire refers to the pathological phenomenon of liver hyperactivity. It is caused by liver failure to release qi, qi stagnation turning into fire or excessive liver heat, and is also related to excessive emotional excitement. Common clinical symptoms include red eyes, irritability, headache, flank pain, bitter taste in the mouth, vomiting blood, hemoptysis, and rapid and stringy pulse. Excessive liver fire is mainly caused by irregular life and depressed mood. Traditional Chinese medicine says that "the liver governs the eyes", so excessive liver fire often manifests itself as some eye symptoms, such as: blurred vision, excessive eye secretions, red eyes, dry eyes, tinnitus, etc.

In traditional Chinese medicine theory, "fire" is one of the six external evils: "wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire". It is caused by changes in external climate that cause "evil qi" in the human body. When you are angry, you will have symptoms such as dry mouth, bad breath, acne, swollen and painful gums, itchy skin, constipation, and bleeding hemorrhoids. For patients with acute and chronic hepatitis and liver disease, during the attack period of acute liver disease, due to the excessive dampness and heat in the liver and gallbladder, patients with liver disease will feel bitter and dry mouth, their breath will become noticeably heavier, their spirits will also become worse, and they will feel tired and weak all day long.

Other factors can also cause heatiness, such as: wind-heat cold, sleep disorders, eating cold, spicy, or fried foods, taking chronic disease medications, and the early stages of diabetes.

Symptoms of excessive liver fire in women

When women have excessive liver fire, they will also experience some unique symptoms.

1. Irregular menstruation. Excessive liver fire in women can cause oligomenorrhea, early or late menstruation, or even amenorrhea and premenstrual insomnia.

2. Evil obstruction. Its symptoms include vomiting bitter water, severe picky eating, loss of appetite, bitter taste in the mouth and dizziness, which often occur in women after pregnancy.

Symptoms of excessive liver fire in children

Children are more likely to get angry, and the "burning fire" is everywhere all year round. Excessive liver fire is a very common symptom of heat in children.

There are two types of liver fire in children: deficiency and excess. The symptoms of excess deficiency fire include irritability, dry mouth, low fever, night sweats, etc. Symptoms of excessive real fire include dry mouth, recurrent oral ulcers, short and dark urine, irritability, etc.

How to prevent excessive liver fire in daily life

1. Develop good eating and living habits, do not stay up late, and avoid eating cold and irritating foods.

2. Doing proper exercise, reducing stress, and maintaining a happy and relaxed mood can not only enhance immunity and prevent colds, but also reduce the formation of irritability.

3. Patients with chronic diseases should follow the doctor's advice and take medicine on time to stabilize their condition and avoid the disease from turning into heat or fire.

4. To treat the heat in the internal organs or different parts of the body, take heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs, such as Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, Phellodendron chinense, Gardenia jasminoides, etc. However, these Chinese medicines still need to be prescribed by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner before they can be taken to avoid accidental ingestion and causing adverse side effects.

Foods that relieve liver fire

1. Fruits that clear liver fire

Water chestnut: It is slightly cold in nature and rich in juice. It is very suitable for people with liver fire who have residual heat after a fever, such as irritability, thirst, mouth sores, dry stools and yellow urine, etc.

Grapefruit and pear: They are cold in nature and slightly sour in taste. In addition to clearing away heat, they are also able to moisten the lungs. They are very suitable for people with liver fire, such as lung heat, cough, yellow phlegm, dry and sore throat, etc.

2. Vegetables that clear liver heat

Lily: It is mild and slightly cold in nature, and has the effects of clearing heat, moistening the lungs and nourishing the liver. It is effective for residual heat after fever, sore throat, irritability and thirst.

Bitter melon: It is very cool in nature, bitter in taste, and can relieve the excessive fire in the six meridians. It is a bitter, cold, heat-clearing food.

Lotus root: It is mild and cold in nature. It is best eaten raw or mashed into juice. It has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting body fluid, nourishing the liver and moistening the lungs. The effect is better if taken with pear juice.

Water chestnut: It is cold in nature and suitable for people with symptoms of heat in the heart meridian, irritability, thirst, dry stool and yellow urine. It has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying.

Lettuce: It is slightly cold in nature, crisp and tender in texture, and rich in water. Its effects are clearing heat, relieving gas, and resolving phlegm. Suitable for people with heat in the liver and lungs.

Eggplant: It is cold in nature and can clear away heat and detoxify. When eating it, do not cook it with oil. You can steam it instead.

Celery: It is cold in nature, can remove liver fire and relieve heat in the lungs and stomach. People with excessive liver fire can benefit from eating it regularly.

Cabbage: It is slightly cold in nature, and has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving restlessness, and promoting bowel movements.

3. People with liver fire should drink more mung bean soup or mung bean porridge. Mung bean is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It can cool down and detoxify, clear away heat and relieve restlessness. It is most suitable for people with bad temper and upset.

Liver fire is also a pathological phenomenon. Patients who are prone to liver fire are advised to pay attention to conditioning their bodies in daily life. In terms of diet, it is recommended to eat more cool foods such as lotus seeds, pork liver, pears, mung beans, etc., and make sure to pay more attention to rest, insist on proper exercise, and keep a happy mood. In this way, I believe that the uncomfortable symptoms of liver fire will definitely disappear.