The importance of the liver for the body can not be overestimated. This "laboratory" not only frees us from the harmful effects of toxins, but also takes part in digestion, producing enzymes, and accumulates vitamins and hormones. It is also the only organ capable of self-healing. At the same time, in the current realities, the load on this important organ is such that the liver needs help.
In the article we will talk about the effective treatment of the liver with folk remedies. They can also be used in disease prevention. The people have accumulated vast experience in the treatment of many ailments without the use of drugs.
Attention! Before starting treatment with herbs, decoctions and other drugs, you should consult your doctor.
How to help the liver recover with folk remedies
The liver may need to be restored after prolonged treatment with medications, poisoning of the body, other disorders caused by poor environment, harmful working conditions, stress and alcohol abuse. Alternative methods of treatment help maintain the normal functioning of the body duringemergency loads.
What are the signs that your liver needs help? Here are some symptoms:
- a feeling of heaviness in the right hypochondrium;
- heartburn;
- bitter in the mouth;
- stool disorders, nausea, poor appetite;
- changing stool and urine color;
- yellowing of the whites of the eyes and skin;
- muscle pain;
- irritability, sleep disturbance, reduced attention;
- itching on the skin of the face and upper body.
If there is pain in the right side, this indicates an increase in the liver, acute pain may signal an accumulation of bile. Seek medical attention if these symptoms occur.
Any treatment for liver disease begins with diet. The patient must be excluded from the diet of fatty meat foods, fried, spicy and s alty foods, alcohol.
Despite the abundance of drugs, do not neglect folk remedies to cleanse the liver and restore it. Such remedies are medicinal herbs and their collections, as well as honey and other bee products.
Medicinal herbs for liver treatment
Many herbs can help restore damaged hepatocytes. They prepare decoctions and infusions. Judging by the reviews, the treatment of the liver with folk remedies can be very effective if you approach the matter wisely. People note an improvement in well-being and general appearance. But everyone who has practiced folk methods of treating, restoring and cleansing the liver warns that it is better toseek expert advice so as not to aggravate the situation. Effective, according to reviews, the following folk remedies for the treatment of the liver:
- Infusion of herbs taken in the same parts of St. John's wort, succession, tansy, sage, chamomile, chicory bark, horsetail, yarrow, couch grass root. One spoonful of this mixture is infused in a glass of boiling water for a quarter of an hour. The infusion should be drunk in three divided doses a day.
- Perhaps the best medicine for the liver is corn silk. They contain vitamins, essential oils and minerals, in particular selenium, which can neutralize toxins and restore immunity.
- A mixture of turmeric and garlic helps fight bacterial infection like antibiotics. A mixture of a teaspoon of turmeric, one clove of garlic and 100 grams of water is taken before meals twice a day.
- Nettle leaves, hawthorn berries, motherwort grass, mint, knotweed in equal parts pour 200 grams of boiling water and infuse for 20 minutes. Take the whole glass in small sips before meals.
- Sage. A tablespoon of dry sage is infused for 20 minutes, poured with 200 grams of boiling water, a spoonful of honey is added, taken in the morning on an empty stomach.
- Three teaspoons of s altwort grass mixed with 300 grams of hot water, bring to a boil and leave for an hour, dissolve a teaspoon of honey in the broth. Take three times a day for half a glass one hour before meals.
- Chop dandelion root, mix with honey. Reception - a teaspoon before meals in the morning, afternoon and evening. This mixture helps to restore the liver after taking antibiotics.
- Rootgrind chicory to a powder state, pour a tablespoon with the top of this powder into 300 ml of boiling water, insist, take 100 ml before meals.
- An infusion of celandine is prepared as follows: two tablespoons of celandine are taken for half a liter of boiling water and insisted for four hours. Take half a glass before breakfast and dinner.
Attention! The cleanser is a powerful tool. Do not exceed the dose!
Monastic tea: rose hips, elderberry, oregano, St. John's wort, elecampane root are taken in equal proportions. On a tablespoon of the collection 500 ml of boiling water, leave for 12 hours, strain and drink a third of a glass twice a day
Oats
Oats are a cereal crop that is eaten and fed to livestock. But not everyone knows about the healing properties of oats, in particular that it can be used to treat and cleanse the liver. The cereal is used unrefined, in the form of whole pure grains, flakes and flour (oatmeal), it depends on the specific recipe. Judging by the reviews of healers, oats are one of the best medicines for the liver. Oat decoctions and infusions are able to bind toxins, start liver regeneration and restore immunity.
To remove toxins from the body, a decoction of whole unpeeled grains is used. For one and a half liters of warm water take 2 tbsp. l. grains. The drug is brewed for half an hour over low heat. Three times a day, drink half a glass 15 minutes before meals. Before starting treatment, it is necessary to refuse meat and fish food for three days, otherwise the liver will not be cleansed.
Oats are effective not only for cleansing - they treat hepatosis and the initial stage with itcirrhosis. For these purposes, an infusion is used: 200 grams of unpeeled grains should be washed well, dried and ground to a state of flour, sifted. Mix a tablespoon of the resulting oatmeal with a liter of boiling water and insist in a thermos for 12 hours. Then the mass is filtered and drunk half a liter a day 20 minutes before breakfast, lunch and dinner. The course of treatment is three months.
For the treatment of obesity, as well as when the size of the liver is enlarged, boiled oats should be used. Four hundred grams of whole grains are poured with one and a half liters of boiling water, cleaned in a dark place and left for a day. You need to take brewed oats half an hour before breakfast and before going to bed, one spoon each. This treatment should last two weeks.
For the treatment of hemangioma of the liver, such a decoction is prepared: 500 g of grains are poured into 2.5 liters of cold water and insisted for 10 hours. Then boil for at least half an hour and insist again for 12 hours. Then the broth is filtered and diluted with a liter of boiled water. Store in the refrigerator and take half a glass before meals for a month and a half.
Hepatitis shows oatmeal jelly. It is prepared as follows: pour 200 g of oatmeal with a liter of water and cook for 40 minutes. After cooling, strain, grind the flakes and mix with the broth, boil again. Drink a glass on an empty stomach for 10 days.
Treatment and restoration of the liver with folk remedies is contraindicated in cholelithiasis and diabetes. Another category of people who should refuse such therapy for a while are pregnant and lactating mothers. It is also not recommended to clean the liver with oats for people suffering fromkidney failure (due to the diuretic effect) and digestive disorders (can cause diarrhea).
And one more thing. For the entire period of liver treatment with oats, smoking and alcohol should be given up.
Attention! Do not use instant oatmeal for making medicinal potions because they contain a lot of chemicals.
Honey
The healing properties of honey are beyond doubt. This natural product contains so many useful components in its composition that it can be used to cure most ailments. Honey has a very beneficial effect on the liver. He will help:
- Improve organ performance.
- Enable the regeneration process.
- Remove harmful substances, facilitating the work of the liver.
- Relieve inflammation.
- Normalize the work of the stomach and intestines.
- Strengthen immunity.
However, not any honey for the liver is curative. Recommended varieties are as follows: rosehip, clover, apple blossom, motherwort, raspberry, white locust honey.
It is contraindicated to be treated with honey when:
- Cholelithiasis. Honey has a weak choleretic effect, can provoke the movement of stones and blockage of the bile ducts.
- Diabetes. Honey can increase blood sugar levels.
- Obesity. Honey is a high-calorie product, so it is not recommended for overweight people to consume it.
- Individual intolerance. Maybelead to a severe allergic reaction.
Attention! If the required amount of honey is exceeded, pain in the liver area may appear due to the large amount of fructose, which gives an additional load on the organ. Use the bee product in the quantities indicated in the recipe!
Pumpkin with honey
A medium-sized pumpkin is washed and the top is cut off, seeds are selected. Pour honey inside, preferably white acacia, cover with a lid and put in a dark place for two weeks. Then the resulting product is poured into a jar and sent to the refrigerator. Take a tablespoon three times a day.
Honey with blue onions
Three hundred grams of blue onion, 600 ml of red wine and 100 ml of honey mix, grind the onion, put everything in a glass container and put it in a warm dark place for three weeks. This potion is eaten two spoons three times a day.
Honey with garlic, lemon and butter
You need to take two lemons, remove the peel from one of them. Peel one and a half heads of garlic. Pass everything through a meat grinder, add one hundred grams of olive oil and 500 grams of honey, mix and refrigerate. Take a spoon half an hour before breakfast, lunch and dinner. Treatment according to this recipe is effective even with cirrhosis of the liver, and can also strengthen the immune system.
Honey with horseradish
The following composition will help to cope with the inflammatory process: honey is mixed with grated horseradish in equal proportions. Take the mixture in a teaspoon four times a day.
Cinnamon Honey
This mixture producesanalgesic effect. Half a liter of honey is mixed with two tablespoons of ground cinnamon and eaten two tablespoons either before meals or two hours after.
Honey with cabbage juice
The recipe for the potion is very simple. Mix 200 grams of fresh cabbage juice with a tablespoon of honey and drink an hour before meals twice a day.
Honey with currants
Very tasty folk remedy for the treatment of the liver: 200 grams of blackcurrant mixed with the same amount of honey. An hour before a meal, you need to eat a teaspoon of the drug. The duration of treatment is two months.
Suffering from hepatitis it is useful to add honey to drinks, casseroles and other dishes instead of sugar. Mineral water with honey is very useful, even plain water with a spoonful of honey will improve liver function. Not without reason, many people, even when they are absolutely he althy, start every day with a glass of purified warm water, sweetened with a spoonful of bee products.
Milk thistle meal for the liver
Since ancient times, people have known about the beneficial properties of milk thistle herb. This unique plant helps in strengthening the immune system and detoxifying. Milk thistle meal is one of the dosage forms based on this herb.
This weed is familiar to every summer resident under the name "thistle", but if there are no white spots on its leaves, then this is a less healing variety. In ancient times, milk thistle was believed to have strong medicinal properties, and its seeds were even used as an antidote.
In our time, oil is pressed from thistle seeds, then the cake is dried and ground. Received powderand they call it a shrot. Milk thistle oil is also used as a medicine, in addition, it is used in cooking and cosmetology.
Milk thistle meal contains a large amount of flavonoids - physiologically active elements that improve metabolism and activate enzymes. The flavonoid silymarin helps cleanse the liver and activates its work.
Milk thistle meal can also be bought at a pharmacy. In order to prevent, it is enough to take one teaspoon a day before meals. You need to drink warm tea or another drink, but also warm. The course of treatment for an adult is five weeks, then a two-week break and another course on the recommendation of the attending physician. There are four courses available during the year.
How to clean the liver at home?
Liver cleansing is a serious procedure that involves shrinking the gallbladder and opening the bile ducts. How to clean the liver with folk remedies?
Before proceeding with such a procedure, it is necessary to consult a doctor and conduct an examination (ultrasound of the liver and gallbladder). In addition, this procedure is only permissible if there are no contraindications!
You need to start with a cleansing enema so that the harmful substances that will be excreted from the liver do not remain in the intestines and do not have a toxic effect on the body. Then the liver should be warmed up with a heating pad.
One week before the start of the cleaning, they switch to a vegetarian diet, absolutely eliminating fatty, fried, meat, s alty foods and alcohol.
There are several recipes that you can use to effectively cleanse the liver with folk remedies, such as herbs, oats, vegetable juices.
Collection 1. Stigmas of corn, calendula flowers and mountaineer are poured with boiling water and infused. Take three times a day before meals.
Collection 2. Chamomile, birch buds, immortelle.
Collection 3. St. John's wort, mountaineer, corn stigmas. Two liters of water are added to such a collection and boiled for ten minutes. One-time appointment, in the morning.
300 ml of decoction is drunk on an empty stomach, after an hour a laxative is taken or an enema is given. Then you should lie down on your right side with a warm heating pad. If after an hour the slags have not gone, then we again put an enema. During this day, you can drink mineral water without gas, apple juice, green tea with honey. You need to refrain from eating on this day, and start eating normally tomorrow. After a month, the cleaning procedure can be repeated.
Fatty liver
Causes leading to fatty liver may be genetic predisposition, unhe althy lifestyle, overeating or starvation, poor ecology. If this disease is not cured, irreversible changes are possible - cirrhosis of the liver.
At first, the disease is asymptomatic, then weakness, nausea, loss of appetite, belching, yellowing of the skin appear. If these symptoms appear, you should immediately consult a doctor. If for some reason you are not satisfied with traditional medicine, consult a specialist about the possibilitytreatment of the liver with folk methods. If the doctor gives the go-ahead, you can use the recipes and tips below.
- In the treatment of fatty liver folk remedies, the following plants and herbs are effective: wild rose, nettle, lungwort, birch buds, sweet clover.
- A simple infusion of wild rose, brewed in a thermos, can be used as a remedy. You need to drink a glass three times a day.
- Suitable collection of wormwood, fennel, cumin and mint. Prepared in a steam bath for 10 minutes, a spoonful of the collection in a glass of water. After boiling, strain, dilute with water to a full glass and drink three times a day.
- Waking up in the morning, drink half a glass of freshly squeezed carrot juice and half a glass of hot milk.
- Folk remedies that have proven themselves in the treatment of fatty liver are oatmeal infusions and decoctions.
- Prevent the accumulation of fat in the liver by eating apricot kernels (no more than six a day).
Food
The liver struggles with harmful substances all its life, protecting our body from their harmful effects. But she herself needs our protection. In order for this body to properly cope with its duties, we must first of all eat right and lead a he althy lifestyle.
Let's love what our liver loves! Foods that are good for the liver are seaweed, pumpkin, dried apricots, olive oil, flax and sesame seeds, cabbage, onions and garlic.
Of course, you can't get enough of these products, butyou can eat your fill with cereals, boiled meat, fish, dairy products and egg dishes. All this is perfectly tolerated by the liver, unlike smoked meats and fatty meat products.
If possible, sugar should be replaced with honey, and coffee with herbal tea. Low-fat fermented milk products, various vegetable salads will help diversify your diet.
To restore the liver, it is useful to use white bread crackers, boiled rabbit meat, chicken, turkey, fish such as cod, perch, pike perch. A good product that contributes to the restoration of the body is buckwheat porridge, which contains amino acids, iron and even proteins. Their vegetables are good boiled beets, greens, from fruits - baked apples, avocados.
When restoring the liver (folk remedies or with the help of medications - it doesn’t matter), you must definitely drink clean water in the amount of 8-10 glasses a day. If swelling occurs, reduce or stop s alt intake.
Foods such as garlic, apples, vegetable oils help cleanse the liver.
