Chinese and Western medicine "liver" is very different, liver understanding of the seven principles, liver medicine useful?

In China's traditional concept of health care, liver is a very important content, but in most people's consciousness of health care to protect the liver is traditional medicine, that is, traditional Chinese medicine, "liver", which is the "liver" of modern medicine, there will be fatty liver, Hepatitis, cirrhosis, and even deadly liver cancer is different, but due to less understanding, as well as the influence of some false advertising or publicity, often people will be equated with the two, which may lead to protect the liver but to protect the problem.

Mr. Liu stayed up late some time ago, eye discomfort, went to see a traditional Chinese medicine, the results that the liver fire, you can use dietary therapy and other methods of lowering the liver fire to regulate. As it happens, his sister-in-law works at the Western Hospital, and he took the opportunity to see his sister-in-law to do a liver-related checkup and an abdominal ultrasound, which resulted in the doctor saying that his liver is quite good and there is no problem. Mr. Liu was puzzled: Chinese medicine practitioners say that the liver is not good, but Western doctors say that it is fine, I should listen to who?

And Ms. Zhang previously suffered from hepatitis, had done treatment, liver function is normal and then did not care, and did not go to the review, last year began to have a vague pain in the liver area, she felt that there is a problem with the liver, she went to the pharmacy to buy a number of drugs to protect the liver to take the results of some time ago to eat a meal when the sudden pain in the abdomen is intolerable, and rushed to the hospital to check the results, the results were found to be Ms. Zhang has developed to the stage of cirrhosis, triggering a blood vessel rupture, which is not the case if it is not sent to the hospital. The result is that Ms. Zhang has developed to the stage of liver cirrhosis, triggering the rupture of blood vessels, if not sent to the doctor in time, the consequences are unimaginable, Ms. Zhang does not understand: Ming has been eating liver protection drugs it?

The above two clinical cases, in fact, is to help us raise a question, Chinese medicine and Western medicine "liver" why the difference is so big?

As a whole, the liver in Chinese medicine refers to the "liver" (wood) in the TCM doctrine of yin and yang, which is an abstract concept referring to the different physiological systems and mental and emotional phenomena dominated by the liver, equivalent to the endocrine system, the blood system, and the liver in modern medicine. The endocrine system, the blood system, the reproductive system, and the nervous system are some of the functions of modern medicine.

The liver in modern medicine refers to the human organ, located in the right side of the rib cage, is the larger solid organ in the abdominal cavity, it is responsible for detoxification, auxiliary digestion, sugar metabolism, and defense against disease and other functions, is one of the most important organs of the human body detoxification, is the body's largest digestive glands, the liver in the human body, even in the embryonic stage of the human body has a certain degree of hematopoietic function.

So, the overall look at the liver in Chinese and Western medicine seems to have the same, but the differences are more, so it can not be equal to seem, so what are the specific differences?

The "liver" in Chinese medicine

The liver in Chinese medicine refers to a theory derived from ancient philosophy in its traditional medical theory, and this liver we are more utilized in its function:

1, The liver is the main store of blood , which refers to the role of the liver to store blood, this aspect is similar to modern medicine, this is based on the principles of anatomy, therefore, the liver here refers to the physical liver, but in fact, mainly related to the function of the blood system.　　

2, the liver is the main excretion , here the liver is more of an abstract concept, refers to the liver can be excretion of human qi and blood, is the regulation of qi and blood circulation of the important organs, if the liver problems, will lead to excretion of function is also abnormal, and thus the qi and blood circulation problems, further leading to abnormal function, such as liver fire, there will be palpitation, insomnia, dry eyes, face, and so on. The first thing you need to do is to get your eyes dry and astringent, and your face is full of pimples, but according to modern medicine, it's more of an autonomic nervous system disorder.

Western medicine refers to the "liver"

Western medicine said that the liver and Chinese medicine gap is relatively large, and the function is also a big difference, generally speaking, the Western medicine that the liver has the following kinds of functions:

1, synthetic function: The liver is the body's main and most important chemical factory, which will synthesize the nutrients absorbed by the body into a variety of substances necessary for the human body, including sugars, fats, proteins and so on.

2. Decomposition and transformation function: The liver can transform and decompose the food and drugs that enter the human body, which helps to avoid the damage caused by the ingested toxic substances to the human body.

3. Sugar metabolism function: The liver can convert the excess glucose ingested into hepatic glucose, and turn the excess fat into lipids to be stored, and then turn the hepatic glucose and lipids into glucose or fatty acids to cope with the cellular energy needs when the human body lacks energy.

4, blood function: equivalent to the traditional medicine of blood, indeed, the liver within the liver cells and cells in the empty space can store a lot of blood. At normal times about 10% of the body's blood is in the liver, so the liver can also regulate the amount of blood in the body.

5, promote digestion: The liver is the largest gland in the human body, secretes a variety of liquids to help digestion, of which everyone understands is the bile, bile is due to the transformation of hemoglobin into bilirubin, its reaction in the liver cells, generating bile, flow into the bile ducts, play a role in digestion, help the digestion of fat.

From the perspective of Western medicine, there are three main types of liver disease that have a greater impact on people's health, viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer, and the treatment of these three types of liver disease to see the traditional medicine has a certain degree of deficiency, so the face of these three types of liver disease, it should be prioritized to modern medicine to avoid delaying the time of treatment.

1, regular liver examination

We mentioned earlier that there is a difference between the Chinese and Western medicine of the liver, the first to recognize this, then understand, through the pulse, look and smell to understand the "liver" is not the real liver, and to understand the visceral liver, you need to carry out a liver examination. The first thing you need to do is to check the liver.

These tests include: liver function, hepatitis tests, alpha-fetoprotein index, and abdominal ultrasound, etc. By performing these tests on a regular basis, you can get a better idea of the actual condition of the liver.

2. Don't hurt your liver

Combine the principles of Chinese and Western medicine, don't drink, don't smoke, don't eat chemically treated or pickled food, don't eat unproven remedies, don't mess with Western medicine, and don't eat all kinds of health care products.

3, a balanced diet

Both Chinese and Western medicine have the same requirements for the diet, taking natural fresh food, a variety of nutrients should not be missing, low-salt, low-sugar, high-fiber, with a good oil.

4, life and work should be normal

Adopt the habit of normal work and rest, do not stay up late, stay up late will lead to an imbalance of the endocrine system, the immune system is reduced, but also will affect the health of the liver.

5, hepatitis B vaccination

If the examination does not have hepatitis B, and there is no antibody, we should take the vaccine early, so as not to be infected by the hepatitis B virus.

6, regular review

If you have been infected with viral hepatitis, in addition to regular treatment, but also regular review.

7, do not casually injection, tattoo, tattoo or ear piercing

Viral hepatitis through the blood, sexual behavior, mother and child transmission, so all the body skin mucous membrane wounds in the behavior should be avoided.

There are many kinds of Chinese medicine to protect the liver, and most of the liver drugs currently on the market have a certain basis, many of which are based on the classical medical records and made, but due to the Chinese medicine, "liver" and Western medicine, "liver" is not the same, so the If you are diagnosed with a liver disease by a Western doctor, you can't prevent it by taking hepatoprotective drugs on your own.

If you need to take hepatoprotective drugs, first of all, you should go to a Chinese medicine practitioner, if the doctor thinks that you can take it before you eat it, so that on the one hand, the drug is symptomatic, and on the other hand, you can also avoid the damage of the drug to the liver.

If someone recommended to protect the liver of the prescription, do not use, because the origin of the unknown prescription, secret recipe, etc., nominally to protect the Chinese medicine of the "liver", but may be harmed by the Western medicine of the "liver", because the Western medicine of the liver is detoxification function, the Western medicine of the liver. The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the actual product and see if it's a good one.

We often hear people say that 11 pm to 2 am is the blood flow to the liver, the liver meridian patrol time, so in this period must go to bed, in order to be good for the liver, this argument is right?

This is actually a theory of Chinese medicine, which refers to the liver as the liver that regulates qi, meaning that the body's qi and blood circulate to the "liver" during the period from 11pm to 2am every day, but in fact it has nothing to do with the real liver.

But modern medical research shows that the blood flow to the liver is greater when the body is lying down, and less when it is standing up, so it makes sense to rest in bed at the right time for the liver. In fact, going to bed early and getting up early to get enough sleep and rest is not only good for the liver, but for all the organs of the human body.

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