If you suffer from bloating and digestive problems, struggle to lose weight, especially in the stomach, if you are moody around your period time and suffer from constipation, your liver may need support. Is your pee dark and your poo light? Look at liver function.
Tiredness (brain fog, especially) that isn’t resolved with sleep, blood sugar that’s out of balance, vitamins and supplements that don’t do what they should – these are further signs that the liver is not doing its best work.
The liver, your body’s largest organ, purifies the blood, regulates blood sugar, stores energy and aids digestion with bile production. It protects cells so the immune system is strong and facilitates blood clotting.
Top Homeopathic Remedies for Liver Support:
Chelidonium is a top remedy for digestive complaints caused by liver problems. It addresses nausea and a craving for fat or for warm drinks. Sometimes the face is yellow and there’s a sour or bitter taste in the mouth. A marked pain below the ribs on the right side points to tenderness in the liver, and probable trouble there.
Carduus marianus helps convert food to energy. This metabolic sluggishness and a history of toxins are effectively addressed with this remedy. It lessens and eliminates fatty degeneration
Nux vomica is for irritable, workaholics who reach for stimulants that cause them more problems. They are ambitious, easily frustrated, often constipated. Fats don’t agree.
If the above remedies don’t help the liver, there may be a block to healing. Perhaps you are taking or recently took conventional medicines? Or there is a history of drug use. Or you are recovering from a long illness. Here are two other remedies to look at:
Natrum sulphuricum is a top detox remedy, especially for those who are worse in wet weather. Sour vomit, acidic heartburn and flatulence are common. There’s thirst for cold drinks. Sometime the tongue is coated brown. Stools are often loose.
If you have allergies or food intolerances or suffer from sinus or upper respiratory sensitivities, Carcinosin may be an effective remedy. This is often the best solution for high achiever perfectionists who suppress anger and emotions. Carcinosin encourages detoxification and stimulates a slow metabolism.
You can support healthy liver function:
Exercise daily. Move and sweat. Sweating is a wonderful way to eliminate toxins.
Bathe in Epsom salts as often as you can, at least three times each week. No bathtub? Soak your feet for 20 minutes in a large bowl of hot water with a half cup of these salts.
Eat foods that help the liver: broccoli, leafy greens, beets, black cherry juice, aloe vera juice, bananas and sweet potatoes (potassium). Fermented foods are supportive, too.
Drink dandelion tea or hot water with half a fresh lemon.
No alcohol, fizzy drinks, processed foods or refined sugar.
Liver malfunction may be more advanced.
An intense itch, mainly on palms and soles of feet, and dark urine and light-coloured stool suggest intrahepatic cholestasis.
Have a look at other digestive disorders that may be caused by liver dysfunction:
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