1、 Shepherd's purse: clearing heat, calming liver, reducing swelling and diuresis
Shepherd's purse has a cool nature, a sweet taste, and belongs to the liver, lungs, and spleen meridians. It has the effects of calming the liver, clearing heat, promoting diuresis, and reducing swelling and bleeding. The vitamin B, vitamin C, niacin, and inorganic salts in shepherd's purse can help patients with fatty liver to remove fat, reduce inflammation, and enhance immunity. It has a good therapeutic effect on nosebleeds and gingival bleeding caused by chronic liver disease.
2、 Pumpkin: detoxifying and nourishing qi, improving liver function
Pumpkin has a warm nature, a sweet taste, and benefits the spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effects of tonifying the middle and nourishing qi, anti-inflammatory and pain relieving, detoxifying and killing insects. The vitamins and pectin in pumpkin can clean up bacteria, toxins, and other harmful substances. Pumpkin can eliminate nitrite mutations, have anti-cancer effects, and help restore liver function, enhancing liver cell regeneration ability.
3、 Yam: Double tonifying liver and kidney
Yam contains rich nutrients such as protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins, amylase, choline, mucinase, and dioscin. It has the effects of lowering blood sugar, anti-aging, enhancing immunity, and improving sexual function. It has a therapeutic effect on indigestion, loss of appetite, and spleen deficiency diarrhea caused by liver and kidney deficiency.
4、 Celery: Clearing liver heat and lowering blood pressure
Regular consumption of celery by men can clear heat and detoxify, which is beneficial for preventing fatty liver. Moderate consumption of celery by middle-aged and elderly people can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, moisten the intestines and relieve constipation, as well as calm the liver and lower blood pressure.
5、 Chives: Helps to elevate liver qi
Li Shizhen, a famous pharmacologist in the Ming Dynasty, believed that Chinese chives "have hot leaves and warm roots, and have the same functions. When raw, they are spicy and disperse blood, while when cooked, they are sweet and replenish the middle." Chinese chives are rich in vitamin C, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin, carotene, carbohydrates, and minerals, and have effects such as warming the middle and tonifying the kidney, calming the liver and yang, promoting qi and blood circulation, and moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements.