4 foods and drinks that help improve liver disease

The liver is an essential organ with many functions including metabolism, excretion and detoxification, aiding in the digestion and metabolism of food, storing vitamins and minerals, clearing toxins from the blood and synthesizing proteins.

When the liver is weakened, it leads to liver diseases such as fatty liver, hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer...

1. Foods to eat and avoid for people with liver disease

- Foods to eat:Vegetables: Taro, bean sprouts, chives, eggplant, squash.Cereals: Rye flour, rice bran powder, beans.Mushrooms: Shiitake mushrooms, black fungus.Others: Castor oil, rapeseed oil, tea tree oil.

- Foods to avoid:Meats: Animal organs, grilled meat, fatty meat, chicken thighs, pork legs...Seafood: Fish eggs, squid, black carp, sawfish, octopus.Beverages: Coffee, soda, strong tea, alcohol.

2. Foods and drinks that improve liver function

People with liver disease should maintain a balanced diet, limit the intake of foods with high calories, helping the fat in liver cells to gradually oxidize; limit the intake of fats and carbon compounds (foods containing carbon such as rice, starch in general or burnt grilled foods...).

In addition, you should eat a lot of protein and green vegetables; you should not eat before going to bed.

Some foods and drinks should be applied to help protect the liver and improve liver disease:

2.1. Carp cooked with red beans

Ingredient:1000g carp, 120g red beans, 06g tangerine peel (tangerine peel).

Processing:Scale the fish, remove the gills and intestines, wash the red beans and tangerine peel and stuff them into the fish's belly. Add enough water and spices to cover the fish. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and cook until the water thickens.

Uses:Clear heat, detoxify, diuretic and anti-inflammatory.

Scope of use:Cirrhosis of the liver, abdominal fluid, jaundice hepatitis, cholecystitis.

Use: Use 2 times a week.

2.2. Pork bones cooked with white peony root

Ingredient:200g pork spine, 90g dried white peony root, salt to taste.

Processing:Wash the pork bones, chop them into small pieces and put them in a clay pot with the washed white peony root. Add 2 liters of water and boil until there is 400ml left, filter out the residue, and add enough spices.

Uses:Eliminate dampness, nourish the liver, promote blood circulation and generate new body fluids.

Scope of use:Cure chronic hepatitis.

Use:1-2 times a week, for 1-2 months.

2.3. Sour apple juice (sour apple)

Ingredient:50g sour apple, enough white sugar.

Processing:Put apples in a pot of 500ml water, simmer for about 1 hour, add enough white sugar.

Uses:Cooling, detoxifying, sedative.

Scope of use:Acute and chronic hepatitis, anxiety.

Use:Dosage as desired, once a day, Drink for 15-20 consecutive days.

2.4. Dandelion and artichoke water

Ingredient:100g of Chinese clematis root, 50g of dandelion, 30g of white sugar.

Processing:Put the artichoke and dandelion in a pot of 500ml of water, boil until there is 400ml left, add sugar and it's done.

Uses:Clear heat, detoxify, promote bile, reduce jaundice.

Scope of use:Treatment of acute hepatitis and jaundice.

Use:Take 2-4 times a day with the above dose, for 15-20 consecutive days.

In addition, to protect the liver, it is necessary to take the following measures well:Maintain a healthy weightHave a balanced dietExercise regularlyAvoid exposure to toxins such as mold from food…Limit alcohol useWash your hands oftenUse medication as directed, practice safe sex, get vaccinated, get regular health check-ups...