Liver, as the body’s “antivirus software,” has the functions of detoxification and metabolism:
If the liver cannot metabolize toxins – the complexion becomes sallow and rough, with pigmentation and acne, making one look older than peers!
If the liver cannot metabolize fats – stubborn belly fat, thunder thighs, and a round face…no matter how hard you try to lose weight, the fat just won’t budge!
If toxins accumulate in the liver – mood swings, irritability…difficulty falling asleep at night, feeling restless
Apart from pigmentation, obesity, and insomnia, if your body shows the following 3 major signals, then your liver is really in trouble, pleading for help, so please don’t ignore it.
The body has 3 major signals, signaling liver distress, don’t ignore them:
1. Dull eyes, often dry
According to traditional Chinese medicine: the liver rules over the eyes. The simplest way to assess liver health is to look at a person’s eyes – are they bright and clear? When someone constantly has lifeless, dull eyes, including many office workers who experience dry eyes, it is related to insufficient liver blood and energy.
2. Dry and bitter mouth
In traditional Chinese medicine, the liver and gallbladder are closely related. If liver energy stagnates, it affects hair growth, leading to gallbladder dysfunction and bitterness in the mouth as a symptom of gallbladder energy reversal.
3. Stiff joints, walking with pain and weakness
The ancient medical text states, “When liver energy is weak, the tendons cannot function well.” Adequate liver blood allows tendons to provide strong support for limb movement. It’s said that as people age, their legs age first. When liver blood is insufficient in old age, resulting in poorly nourished tendons, it leads to stiff limbs, pain in the joints.
Signs of liver damage include:
– Unexplained fatigue, irritability, anxiety, and depression
– Oily hair and face
– Sticky, foul-smelling stools that are difficult to flush
– Indigestion, increased waist fat
– Drooling, snoring, bad breath, body odor
– Overall weakness, constant fatigue, lack of focus
– Pale complexion, loss of rosy cheeks
– Nervousness, decreased memory
– Headaches, leg and shoulder pain, backache
– The liver is a painless organ. If the body’s distress signals are ignored, combined with smoking, drinking, and late nights, once a problem arises, it may be too late!
Statistics show that approximately 330,000 people die from liver diseases in China each year, accounting for 33.3% of global deaths! Nearly every minute, someone dies from liver disease, truly making China a “Liver Disease Nation.”
The liver fears three things, so pay attention to them daily:
1. Liver fears exhaustion
In traditional Chinese medicine, it is said that blood returns to the liver during rest. When lying down, the liver is nourished and rested with blood, crucial for liver blood nourishment. Overtime and sleep deprivation from overworking not only weaken the body’s immune system but also disrupt the liver’s nighttime self-repair process. Liver repair occurs during deep sleep. Staying up late prevents the liver from detoxifying toxins, halts the generation of fresh blood and continues to worsen any already damaged liver cells, causing significant harm to the body.
2. Liver fears alcohol
Whether it’s red or white wine, as long as it contains alcohol, it damages the liver to some extent. When alcohol is absorbed by the body, only 10% is digested by the stomach, the remaining 90% is metabolized by the liver. Long-term excessive drinking can harm liver cells, leading to hepatitis, cirrhosis, and even liver cancer.
3. Liver fears anger
The liver has the function of dispersing and regulating. Prolonged depression or excessive psychological stress can injure the liver, disrupting blood flow, leading to internal damage due to stagnation. Therefore, it’s important to maintain a relaxed mindset on a daily basis to reduce stress on the liver.
Traditional Chinese medicine recommends the Liver-Nourishing Golden Recipe:
Ingredients: Honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, cassia seed, burdock root, osmanthus, and goji berry. These six medicinal foods with liver-nourishing properties combined with each other help eliminate liver toxins, boost liver cell vitality, enhance the liver’s virus resistance, prevent viral hepatitis, and safeguard liver health.
1. Honeysuckle: clears the liver, brightens the eyes, clears heat, and detoxifies;
2. Goji berry: warms and tonifies the liver and kidneys, clears the liver, brightens the eyes;
3. Chrysanthemum, cassia seed: the best liver-nourishing and eyesight-improving combination;
4. Osmanthus: moistens the lungs, nourishes the liver, relieves coughs and dispels phlegm;
5. Burdock root: liver’s protector, guards the liver, detoxifies, promotes bowel movements and moistens the intestines;
6. Cassia seed: the earliest eye-nourishing medicine
Brew these six liver-nourishing ingredients into a tea bag and drink two cups daily. It helps clear the liver, relieve agitation, and reduce liver toxins, making the liver feel lighter with each passing day.
