It can be cured. If patients with liver disease want to recover, they should take medicine first, but treatment alone is not enough. As the saying goes, "three points of governance, seven points of support." Especially for patients with liver disease, the role of maintenance is particularly important. Generally speaking, the maintenance of patients with liver disease has three aspects, namely, rest, mood and diet. First, rest is very important in the maintenance of liver disease. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver stores blood, "static blood belongs to the liver, and moving blood is popular in the limbs", so lying still and resting, blood belongs to the liver, and the liver is nourished by blood, which is conducive to the recovery of liver disease. From the modern anatomical morphology, the liver is full of dirty space (hepatic blood sinus), which coincides with the understanding of the ancients. The liver is also the processing plant of human body, and the nutrients supplied by all functional activities are generated, transported, transformed and stored in the liver. With the increase of functional activities, the liver will work faster. Therefore, it is most important for patients with liver disease to rest. The best rest is sleep, and patients with liver disease should ensure adequate sleep. Rest on time at night, and it is best to go to bed no later than 10 at night. You should also stay in bed properly during the day. Patients with acute hepatitis should stay in bed completely. The sudden increase of transaminase in acute attack of chronic hepatitis. If it is above 150 units, in addition to adequate sleep, you should stay in bed for two or three hours every day and do as little activity as possible. When the transaminase drops to about 80 units, you can do some activities, such as walking. But you must save your strength. In short, we should take no fatigue as the principle. Patients with hepatitis and cirrhosis must not do strenuous activities, such as climbing mountains, running and playing ball games. I remember a patient with hepatitis C who was treated with traditional Chinese medicine for a period of time, and all the indexes of liver function reached normal level. At this time, he ran 200 meters in the unit sports meeting, and then he obviously felt uncomfortable. A test, transaminase reached more than 300. Maintenance of liver disease Second, the importance of people's mental state to liver disease. Huangdi Neijing pointed out that "all diseases are caused by qi", and it is not uncommon for people with excessive emotions to aggravate liver disease. "Anger leads to vomiting and diarrhea". Patients with liver cirrhosis can cause vomiting, vomiting blood and diarrhea, which are common in chronic diseases. Other patients with liver diseases get angry, which leads to abnormal liver function and even liver necrosis. In addition, getting angry in a hurry is also a taboo for patients with liver disease. About 1997, there was a patient with liver disease. At ordinary times, he just tested positive for virus and his liver function was basically normal. He himself has no obvious bad mood, nor does he take medicine on time. He is the party branch secretary of a village in Changtu County. Before he was hired, he thought he might be defeated this time, so he was anxious and worked hard, but he was defeated in the end. A fire broke out in a hurry, and suddenly the liver disease worsened. Later, I went to the hospital for examination. It was acute liver necrosis. He passed away soon. His younger brother was being treated in our hospital. At that time, he was in the middle and late stage of liver cirrhosis and often vomited blood. After his brother died, I was worried about his illness, and so were his wife and children. But he is very open-minded and humorous, and sometimes he can make his wife laugh through tears. After active treatment, the man's condition gradually improved and he is still living very well. For patients with liver disease, a good mental state is very important. Clinically, some patients with hepatitis C are often encountered. After taking the medicine, their condition has been improving, but after a while it suddenly deteriorated. When asked, some people are anxious, some are angry, and some are lovelorn. Some patients have liver disease and are on tenterhooks all day. Taking the same medicine, his curative effect is far less than others. Only when people relax and feel comfortable can the immune system be adjusted to a sound and stable state. As the Huangdi Neijing said: "Nothing is indifferent, and the true qi follows, and the spirit is hidden inside, and it is safe." Leisure and less desire, peace of mind without fear, tireless, obedient, each in his place. This passage in Neijing describes the folk customs of ancient harmonious society. Of course, there is no lack of ideals. In modern society, the pace of life is fast, the competition is fierce, and the pressure of survival is great. Some unreasonable things and life experiences in reality make all kinds of contradictions among society, families and individuals inevitable. This requires efforts to adjust the mentality and try to maintain a psychological balance in order to be beneficial to health. Patients with liver disease should try not to think too much, not to be anxious, not to be sad and not to worry. (Of course, it is not easy to really do it. There is a way, you might as well try to do it, that is, take a step back when things happen and try to underestimate the gains and losses, compared with those who are not as good as yourself. There is such a story: a man had an accident, his leg was broken and he limped. He felt that he was unfortunate and was unhappy from then on. Later, when he saw those people who were paraplegic, blind and lost their lives, he felt lucky compared with them. From then on, he became optimistic, loved life more and cherished life. Of course, I am not blindly saying "Ah Q". Of course, we must first find a way to solve the problem, but don't be too anxious to get angry. When all efforts fail, we should learn the method of spiritual victory in The True Story of Ah Q. The proverb "everything will be solved eventually" and the fable "a blessing in disguise, how to know it is not a blessing" also give us similar enlightenment. Of course, sometimes you may encounter things that can't be explained by emotion and reason, which is really unacceptable. It's hard to control your emotions at this time, but try to find a way to be calm. For example, have a warm and pleasant conversation with the parties, and you can sue the law if necessary. However, when all these measures fail, you might as well talk to your relatives and friends, talk to them about your grievances or talk to yourself, or write them down with a pen, which can alleviate your inner resentment and pain to some extent. Then, try to forget it early. Try to remember as many pleasant things as possible at ordinary times. In short, patients with liver disease should try to adjust their mentality, try to stay relaxed and optimistic, and at the same time, family and friends should try to care about them, understand them and create a good living atmosphere. Maintenance of liver disease. Diet of patients with liver disease. "Huangdi Neijing" said that "five flavors nourish the five internal organs". That is to advocate the diversity and balance of diet. This is consistent with the scientific concept of nutrition in modern medicine. Diversity and balance of diet are necessary conditions to ensure that the body does not lack all nutrients. Diversity refers to the common foods in our daily life: such as rice, noodles, cereals, beans, various vegetables, meat, eggs, milk, fish, etc. Balance refers to the reasonable collocation of various main and non-staple foods. China people's diet has been dominated by food and vegetables since ancient times, with a small amount of meat and eggs. Huangdi Neijing Nu Chuan Tian Li said that "Yin produces five flavors", which means that the formation of the material basis for maintaining human life activities can not be separated from the nourishment of five flavors (sour, bitter, sweet and salty). Therefore, ordinary people or patients with mild symptoms can eat five flavors, without strict taboos, but not too much. "The Emperor's Internal Classic: Anger in Heaven" also said: "Five Yin palaces (referring to five internal organs) have five flavors of injury". However, people who are sick should pay attention to harmonizing the five flavors of diet to make it conform to the characteristics of disease maintenance so as not to damage the five internal organs. This was highly valued by ancient physicians. Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage, said at the beginning of "Jingui Yaolue Zang Fu Meridian Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment Stages": "Liver disease should be supplemented with acid and coke, and should be conditioned with pungent drugs. This method is used for liver deficiency, but it is no longer used. "This points out the five principles of medication and diet for patients with liver disease from both virtual and real aspects. Therefore, we advocate that when prescribing drugs for chronic liver disease, we should pay attention to the nature and taste of traditional Chinese medicine. We also prescribe diet therapy for patients with liver diseases according to their specific conditions and steam vegetables in the kitchen. For example: 1, pork soup is resistant to heat and toxicity when it is used to treat high enzymes. Prescription: Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae 10 Radix Paeoniae Alba 12 Radix Gentianae 6 talc 12 Herba Artemisiae Scopariae 10 Fructus Gardeniae 6 Akebiae 6 (g). For the above seven flavors, 3-4 pieces of pork are cut into pieces, steamed in cages, gauze removed, slightly twisted, meat and soup. It has a good effect on treating hepatitis transaminase. 2. Steaming soft-shelled turtle has a good effect on supplementing protamine to treat recurrent ascites due to cirrhosis. Usage: Slaughter soft-shelled turtle, eviscerate and wash it, add 5- 10 garlic, steam it in a pot, then pour a little sesame oil and monosodium glutamate with little or no salt. Eat meat and drink soup. 3, stewed loach, has a good effect of eliminating jaundice. Practice: the big loach is cut open and the small loach is raised in clear water for a few days. After the dirty things are spit out, they are put together with tofu, that is, loach drills tofu. After stewing, add a little monosodium glutamate, ginger and refined salt. Eat meat and drink soup. Patients with recurrent chronic liver disease have some taboos that need strict attention. Based on the understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis of liver disease and the repeated verification of clinical experience in past dynasties, it is proved that the main causes of liver disease are stagnation of liver qi and damp-heat (or damp-heat, or damp-heat or damp-heat). Therefore, the dietary principle of patients with liver disease should be sparse and beneficial, not tonic. Therefore, patients with liver disease should not eat foods that contribute to damp-heat stagnation. Such as fatty, roasted, fried, sticky, spicy hot pot, mutton and so on. Ginseng and pilose antler are also not suitable for taking. The diet of patients with chronic liver disease should pay attention to the principles of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, dredging channels and activating collaterals. Many vegetables and fruits have the function of clearing away damp heat, such as watermelon, wax gourd, gourd (pumpkin and bitter gourd also treat diabetes caused by disorder of sugar metabolism in liver disease), Chinese cabbage and radish have the function of dredging, so you can eat more. From the perspective of modern medicine, protein is the basic substance that constitutes human life activities. Protein is produced in the liver, and the repair of liver tissue can not be separated from protein. Therefore, patients with liver diseases should take enough protein to ensure the physiological needs of the liver and the repair of pathological tissues. However, people who have suffered from liver disease for a long time have suffered from liver function damage to varying degrees. Excessive intake of protein, which can not be converted, may lead to an increase in blood ammonia, which is the cause of hepatic encephalopathy. Therefore, according to the specific situation, we should eat less protein foods when the liver function is not complete, and patients with hepatic encephalopathy should also fast protein foods. In the decompensated period of liver function, that is, patients with ascites due to liver cirrhosis, they should eat less salt (sodium chloride) because of water and sodium retention and ion disorder in the body. Eating too much salt at this time will lead to water retention and ascites aggravation. Patients with advanced cirrhosis should also be careful not to eat hard food, so as not to cut the esophagus and cause hematemesis in the digestive tract. Because in the middle and late stage, due to the increase of portal vein pressure, the pressure of esophageal vein, inferior epigastric vein and hemorrhoid vein connected with portal vein increases, and the vein wall becomes thinner, which can cause bleeding. Carrying heavy objects and trying to hold your breath can also lead to bleeding. In addition, alcohol should be avoided. Liquor and beer are both drugs harmful to the liver. Long-term drinking can cause alcoholic hepatitis and fatty liver, leading to the pathogenesis of lingering damp-heat, repeated illness and long-term treatment. So be sure to pay close attention. When liver disease causes symptoms such as bitter taste and dry eyes, you can eat more bitter vegetables, such as Herba Sonchifolii (Chinese medicine name is Patrinia), bitter gourd (dandelion), bitter gourd, Chinese cabbage, etc., which has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials. In short, treatment depends on doctors and maintenance depends on yourself.