Drink Porridge to Protect the Liver in Spring

Spring is a season when all things grow vigorously, and the human organs become highly active. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that spring is the time of peak liver activity. Taking advantage of this season to nourish the liver can prevent yin deficiency in summer, but excessive liver tonification may lead to excessive liver fire. Therefore, it is advisable to drink porridge to nourish the liver in spring. Here are several liver-nourishing porridges worth trying based on your condition:
· Pork Liver Mung Bean Porridge: Fresh pork liver 100 grams, mung beans 60 grams, rice 100 grams, salt and monosodium glutamate as needed. First, wash mung beans and rice together, boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer until 80% done. Add sliced or shredded pork liver and cook until fully done, then season. This porridge nourishes the liver and blood, clears heat, improves eyesight, and beautifies skin, making one look radiant. Especially suitable for those with sallow complexion, declining vision, or blurred vision due to weakness.
· Cassia Seed Porridge: 10 grams of stir-fried cassia seeds, 60 grams of rice, small amount of rock sugar. Boil cassia seeds with water, extract the juice, then add rice and cook into porridge. Add rock sugar after cooking. This porridge clears liver heat, improves eyesight, and promotes bowel movements. Effective for redness and swelling of eyes, photophobia, excessive tears, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and habitual constipation.
· Goji Berry Porridge: 30 grams of goji berries, 60 grams of rice. First cook rice to half-done stage, then add goji berries and continue cooking until fully done. Ideal for those suffering from dizziness, eye fatigue, tinnitus, nocturnal emission, and weak knees. Patients with hepatitis benefit greatly from goji berry porridge—it helps protect and regenerate liver cells.
· Mulberry Porridge: 30 grams of mulberries (use 60 grams if fresh), 60 grams of glutinous rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar. Wash mulberries, cook with glutinous rice, add rock sugar after cooking. This porridge nourishes liver yin and blood, improves eyesight. Suitable for dizziness, blurred vision, insomnia, tinnitus, lower back pain, and premature graying hair due to liver-kidney deficiency.
· Plum Blossom Porridge: 5 grams of white plum blossoms, 80 grams of rice. First cook rice into porridge, then add plum blossoms and boil for 2–3 minutes. Eat one bowl per meal, continuously for 3–5 days. Plum blossoms are neutral in nature, helping to soothe the liver, regulate qi, and stimulate appetite. Particularly effective for poor appetite; healthy individuals will feel more energetic after consumption.