5 valuable remedies from pig liver

According to modern medicine, pork liver is a nutritious food, providing plenty of energy and nutrients.

Vitamin B12, vitamin A, riboflavin, and folate in pork liver are good for brain function, improve eyesight, brighten the eyes, relieve eye strain and dry eyes, and maintain normal heart and kidney function.

In addition, pork liver is rich in iron, copper, and choline, which are beneficial for blood and liver absorption. Pork liver also contains high levels of vitamin C and selenium, which help fight oxidation; along with its abundant collagen, pork liver can help slow down the aging process of the skin, making it smoother and firmer.

Pork liver is also a source of protein and several types of amino acids that the body cannot synthesize on its own.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, pig liver, also known as "zhu gan," has a sweet and bitter taste, a warm nature, and enters the liver meridian. Pig liver has the effects of nourishing the liver, enriching the blood, improving eyesight, tonifying qi, and strengthening the spleen. It is often used to treat blurred vision due to liver deficiency, night blindness, eye infections, infantile malnutrition, spleen and stomach weakness, beriberi edema, hydrocephalus, rectal prolapse, and leucorrhea.

According to the Chinese herbal medicine book, liver can be used for medicinal purposes as a food, added to decoctions, or in the form of pills or powders.

Below are five traditional Chinese medicine remedies using pig liver to treat illnesses, as recorded in ancient texts.

1. The herbal remedy 'Trư can hoàn' contains pig liver.

Uses: Treats chronic fatigue syndrome accompanied by heat accumulation in the heart and lungs, characterized by alternating hot and cold sensations in the late afternoon, palpitations, and restlessness, often accompanied by thirst.

Ingredients: Use 2 pig livers (sliced ​​thinly like willow leaves), 600g of licorice root (fresh powder).

Instructions: Place the two herbs (one layer of pig liver, one layer of licorice root) in a pan, add about 1 liter of children's urine, boil until all the urine evaporates, then remove the herbs and grind them into a fine powder, about the size of a tung tree seed.

Take 20 tablets daily on an empty stomach with rice water, gradually increasing the dose to 30 tablets per day.

Thinly sliced ​​pork liver is used in the herbal remedy "Trư Can Hoàn" (Pork Liver Pill).

2. The 'Pig Liver Soup' Remedy

Uses: Treats liver deficiency and impaired vision.

Ingredients: Use 1 pig liver (sliced ​​thinly, remove tendons and white membrane), 1 handful of scallions (remove roots, chop finely), 3 chicken eggs.

Instructions: Place the herbs in the fermented soybean paste, cook into a soup, and when almost done, crack an egg and mix it in to eat.

3. The 'Tuoc Manh Tan' herbal remedy

Uses: Treats night blindness.

Ingredients: Use one male pig liver (cut with a bamboo knife), 12g of feng fen (i.e., finely ground clam shell; if unavailable, ye ming shank can be substituted).

Instructions: Place the powdered leaves inside the pig's liver, tie it with hemp string, and cook it with rice water until it is about 70% cooked. Dip the pig's liver in the powdered leaves, chew it thoroughly, and wash it down with the broth.

The herb *Dạ minh sa* can be combined with pig liver in the *Tước manh tán* herbal remedy.

4. A medicinal recipe containing pig liver in the Compendium of Materia Medica

Uses: Treats edema and painful urination.

Ingredients and preparation: Use 3 pointed pieces of pig liver, 4 handfuls of mung beans, and 1 cup (about 180ml) of rice, cook together to make porridge.

5. The 'Pig Liver Pill' Remedy

Uses: Treats loose, watery stools where food and medicine are passed out without being absorbed.

Ingredients: Use 600g of pork liver (stewed until dry), Coptis chinensis, dried plums, donkey hide gelatin, and 7 chess pieces of cinnabar powder.

Instructions: Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix with honey and form into pills the size of a tung tree seed. Take 20 pills with wine three times a day. Alternatively, you can grind them into a powder and take it.

Although pork liver has health benefits, like many other foods derived from animal offal, it should not be consumed in excessive amounts or too frequently. In particular, people with pre-existing conditions such as hypertension, gout, lipid metabolism disorders, and pregnant women should avoid this food.

Dr. Nguyen Huy Hoang

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