What diet and remedies should be taken in spring season? Let’s see what traditional Chinese medicine tells us about Spring Remedies and Diet.
1. Take care of your liver in spring
Spring is the wood season in traditional Chinese medical system. There are five elements in traditional Chinese medicine, the spring season is associated with the Wood element, which governs the liver. The climate for the spring, Wood element and liver is characterized by wind. In spring, internal liver-wind is growing and moving. It is easy to cause a problem in the liver. The patients who already have liver diseases are often worse in spring. The symptoms of liver disorders include: dizziness, stroke, paralysis, hepatitis, nose bleeding, cough, thirsty, dry mouth, eye blurring, chest pain, allergy problems, itching eyes, sore throat, etc.
To prevent and treat liver diseases in spring, you can take the following liver friendly diet and the remedies that are beneficial to liver health:
Foods: grape, orange, apple, dates, celery, carrot, greens, leafy vegetables, egg, pork, etc.
Herbs: dandelion, chamomile, dang gui, etc.
2. Take care of your lungs and respiratory system in spring
Spring is the season, in which the weather changes back and forth between cold and warm. People are easy to get common colds, flus, coughs and respiratory diseases.
To prevent and treat these diseases, it is recommended to take the following remedies and foods:
Foods: orange, pear, green onion, garlic, almond, daikon, pepper, chicken, etc.
Herbs: ginger, mint, perilla (zi su), ginseng, huang qi, etc.
3. Take care of you joints, back and heart in spring
Spring is a wet season in most countries around the world. Snow melting and lots of rainfall, the humidity increases. Your body feels wet and less dry. Many people will have joint pains, back pains and heart problems due to the problems of rheumatism, such as rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic heart disease. In traditional Chinese medicine, Rheumatism is called “Wind-Damp diseases”, which become worse in wet season.
To prevent and treat the Wind-Damp diseases, foods and herbs that have warming, drying and blood-moving properties wil help to relieve the symptoms:
Foods: garlic, chili pepper, papaya, onion, potato, corn, beef, etc.
Herbs: ginger, turmeric, mustard, frankincense, myrrh, du zhong, horny goat weed, etc.
For more information about Chinese remedies, go to Natural Remedies Center: http://www.naturalremediescenter.com/treat/chinese-medicine/
