Liver care Supplements and Tips to Improve Liver

The
liver is the largest single gland in the body. It is located on the
right side of the abdomen under the lower ribs and just under the
diaphragm which divides the chest from the abdomen. Liver performs a
number of important functions in the body. When the liver is healthy it
works very smoothly. But the liver can be affected by a number of
serious disorders, such as virus infections, parasites, disburtances of
the circulation, stone formation in the bile ducts, injuries due to
poisonous substances, and various kinds of tumours.

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Most
of the foods we eat are stored in the liver, after having been digested
and absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. The liver has another
very important function, that of detoxifying or destroying many harmful
poisons and even certain medicines that are taken into the body for
other purposes. When the liver is sick these functions are impaired and
soon the whole body suffers.

Not only does the
liver store food materials, it also produces bile, a golden-yellowish
liquid that is needed for the absorption of fat from the intestine.
Another important substance produced in the liver is cholesterol, part
of which passes into the bile. It may even form stones in the bile ducts
and gall bladder under certain conditions. Another important component
is prothrombin, which is needed for the clotting of the blood. Urea, an
important component of the urine, is also produced in the liver. The
production of all these substances may be changed under certain disease
conditions.

Jaundice is a disease marked by a
yellow discolouration in the skin or in the whites of the eye. This is
due to excessive amount of bile in the blood stream. Hepatitis is an
acute inflammation of the liver caused by some infectious or toxic
agent. The skin may be discoloured and the whites of the eyes turn
yellow. Various substances and organisms may be responsible for
hepatitis, including germs, viruses, and toxic agents.

Another
important disease of the liver is the cirrhosis of the liver. It is
mostly associated with alcoholism. Poor nutrition may be responsible for
this condition also. In some cases chronic poisoning with industrial
fluids, such as carbon tetrachloride, may also play a part. In the early
stages of the disease there may be frequent attacks of gas and
indigestion, with occassional nausea and vomiting and with abdominal
pain and weight loss.

Cancer may occur in
almost any organ of the body. When it begins in the stomach or large
bowel, the liver may soon be involved mainly because the blood flows
toward the liver from all the digestive organs including the pancreas
and gall bladder. This is known as metastatic carcinoma.

HOME REMEDIES FOR LIVER CARE

Papaya
has been found beneficial in the treatment of cirrhosis of the liver,
caused by alcoholism and malnutrition. Take a tablespoon of juice by
grinding the seeds, mix with ten drops of fresh limejuice, and take it
once or twice daily for about a month as a medicine for this disease.

The
herb trailing eclipta, botanically known as eclipta Alba (Bhringaraj ),
has proved invaluable in cirrhosis of the liver. Take the juice of all
parts of this plant in doses of one teaspoon, mixed with one teaspoon of
honey, three times daily.

Picrorhiza known as
picrorhiza kurroa (Katuki) is a drug of choice in ayurveda for
cirrhosis of the liver among adults. Mix a tablespoon of the powder with
an equal quantity of honey, take this thrice daily.

The
juice of carrots, in combination with spinach juice, has been found
beneficial in the treatment of cirrhosis of the liver. Mix -200 ml of
Spinach juice with 300 ml of carrot juice to prepare 500 ml or half a
litre of combined juices. Similarly, 300 ml of carrot juice, combined
with 100 ml each of cucumber and beet juices can be used effectively.

The patient must stop taking alcohol in any form.

Vegetables
such as beets, squashes, bitter gourd, eggplant, tomatoes, carrots,
radishes, and papaya are especially useful in this condition.

The
patient should avoid all refined, processed, and canned foods; spices
and condiments; strong tea and coffee; fried foods; all preparations
cooked in ghee, oil, or butter; all meats; and all chemical additives in
food. The use of salt should be limited.

Application of hot and cold compresses, for two to three minutes each, on the liver area are beneficial.

Daily
morning exercises, which involve stretching and deep breathing, are
also effective in preventing the liver. Stretching and deep breathing
kind of exercises early in the morning provide the most benefit for
anyone with sluggish liver.

Soak 1 teaspoon to
1 tablespoon of Bentonite clay in 1 cup of filtered water for 12 hours.
Then add ½ to 1 tablespoon of psyllium husks or plantago seeds to the
clay mixture and mix well. Drink and eat the whole cup of mixture
immediately and then followed by 1 cup of warm water before bedtime.
This is an effective home remedy for liver.

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Drink at least 8 cups of warm water a day including 2 cups first thing in the morning.

Epsom salt may help in flushing out the stones from the gall bladder. Epsom salt dilates the bile duct.

One tablespoon each of Coptis and Curcuma can usually help to push out the stones or other blockages.

Take
2 tablespoons of GCG to crush the stone and wait for 1½ to 2 hours
before taking 1 tablespoon each of Coptis and Curcuma again. The crushed
stones appear to move easier and the pain is relieved. This is also an
effective home remedy for liver.

Milk thistle
is found useful in patients who have developed acute liver disease from
drugs, environmental toxins or ethanol or mushroom poisoning.

A
licorice root extract called glycyrrhizin has also shown good result as
a possible remedy for chronic hepatitis C and liver cancer.