Cleansing the liver at home

Liver cleansing at home, despite the popularity of such methods and their convenience, has its negative nuances. It is necessary to remember about possible exacerbations, the risk of developing acute conditions that require urgent medical care, in a word, before carrying out home procedures, you should think through your actions in detail, assess your health and weigh all the pros and cons.

In addition, all doctors, not without reason, insist on a preliminary examination of the abdominal organs; this directly relates to such a method as liver cleansing at home.

Among the most accessible and relatively harmless methods of liver cleansing at home, cleansing with juices and vegetables is the leading one.

Liver cleansing with folk remedies

In essence, liver cleansing with folk remedies is all the methods that are carried out outside the walls of a medical institution, that is, at home. Whatever method you choose, it can be safely classified as so-called "folk", it can be detox with apples, herbs, vegetable oil and sour juice, even cleansing with sorbitol or magnesia are in some sense considered unconventional, since they do not involve the presence of a doctor. Before carrying out liver cleansing with folk remedies, it is necessary to undergo a comprehensive examination, be sure to check the condition of the gallbladder and liver in order to avoid stricture, blockage of the bile ducts.

As a gentle and very effective cleansing, we can recommend detoxification with ginger infusion, which is prepared as follows:

• Ingredients: grated fresh ginger root – 3 tablespoons (can be replaced with dry – 2 tablespoons).
• Grated ginger is poured with a glass of boiling water and infused for no more than 15 minutes.
• The infusion should be strained and add a teaspoon of honey and a teaspoon of lemon juice.

Scheme for taking ginger infusion:

• Drink the infusion 15-20 minutes before breakfast.
• 1 day – 10 drops.
• For the next 14 days, you need to add 2 drops up to 40 drops on the 15th day.
• Starting from the 16th day, the dosage is gradually reduced to the initial 10 drops.
• After completing the cleansing course, you need to take a break for at least 2 weeks, then repeat the procedure again.

Cleansing the liver with folk remedies, be it ginger, buckwheat, radish or honey, requires following a diet - preferably with a limitation of protein and dairy foods. Alcohol, fried, fatty, spicy foods are strictly prohibited.

Detoxification with ginger root is considered one of the most effective; in addition to restoring liver cells, digestion function improves, the vascular system is healed, and the heart and brain function improves.

Liver cleansing according to Malakhov

Among healers and supporters of a healthy lifestyle, Gennady Malakhov obviously holds the palm in popularity, he publishes books with recipes and recommendations, appears on television, conducts seminars and gives lectures. Many doctors are quite skeptical about his advice, considering it rather useless at best, and sometimes dangerous. However, the opinion of official medicine does not diminish interest in the healer's recommendations, many of his methods are really effective and help restore health.

Liver cleansing according to Malakhov requires a preliminary examination of the body; it is necessary to do an ultrasound of the liver, gall bladder and check the condition of the gastrointestinal tract to avoid complications in the form of blockage of the bile ducts, exacerbation of pancreatitis, mechanical jaundice.

Option I

• The author advises to carry out detoxification strictly 12-13 days before the full moon, so adherents of Malakhov's methods should stock up on a lunar calendar.
• On the day of cleansing, you need to warm up the liver for 7-9 hours using a warm heating pad.
• In the evening, 2 hours before bed, you need to drink 150-200 milliliters of vegetable oil, preheated, washing it down with lemon juice (50-75 ml).
• After drinking the oil and lemon juice for an hour, you need to do breathing exercises: get out of bed, pinch your nose on the left side and start taking deep breaths in and out (from the diaphragm). The author advises putting a little ground black pepper on the tip of your tongue to stimulate blood flow.
• You need to breathe through your right nostril for at least 15 minutes, with breaks for rest (10-15 minutes). Rest involves a horizontal position, and a magnet should be placed on the liver area. Such actions should last 1.5-2 hours, after which you can go to bed.
• According to Malakhov, deep breathing, black pepper, and a magnet speed up the removal of toxins from the body; if everything is done correctly, the cleansing will begin in the middle of the night.
• In the morning you can drink apple, beetroot or carrot juice, and eat dietary meals during the day.

This type of liver cleansing according to Malakhov is quite labor-intensive, since in addition to the many ingredients and attributes (magnet) for cleansing, it is unlikely that a person will be able to fall asleep, but the enterprising author of the method offers another method.

Option II, combining fasting, physical activity and visiting a sauna

• Every day, for a month, you need to run for 30-40 minutes at any convenient time of day.
• Every day you need to drink 2 glasses of juice of your choice (you can alternate) - apple, carrot, beetroot, cucumber.
• You need to visit a bathhouse every week, steam yourself for an hour, finishing the warming up by pouring cold water over yourself and taking a shower.
• In addition, Malakhov suggests a more active scheme: the first day juice and running, the second day – a bathhouse and 2 glasses of juice after it, then everything alternates.

Once again, we draw attention to the fact that such methods are intended for relatively healthy people; all those who have chronic diseases of the digestive tract, biliary system, should use more gentle and safe methods.

Liver Cleanse by Moritz

Competing with the healer Malakhov in terms of popularity is the foreign naturopath Andreas Moritz, who offers a more gentle, quick and simple method of detoxification. An entire book is dedicated to the method, which describes all the negative consequences of slagging of the body, and also sets out in detail the action plan for its neutralization.

Moritz's liver cleanse lasts about a week and includes three stages:

1. Preparation. For six days, you need to drink a liter of apple juice, in small sips, preferably through a straw. All dairy, fried, spicy dishes, products containing preservatives, dyes are excluded from the menu. The diet should consist of products rich in fiber, prunes are especially effective, which promotes loosening of the intestines. The food should be warm, freshly prepared. In addition, the entire period of the body is cleansed with enemas. It is advisable not to take medications and even vitamins.
2. The cleansing begins on the sixth day, during which a strict diet is prescribed - oatmeal on water, boiled vegetables (no more than 300g), baked apple. After 13-14 hours, you need to stop eating, but increase the amount of liquid consumed in the form of purified water. At 18:00, prepare a magnesium solution (4 tablespoons per 3 glasses of warm water). Drink a quarter of the liquid immediately, drink the next portion after 2 hours and do an enema. Then at 21:30-21:45, you need to take a mixture of half a glass of purified vegetable oil (preferably olive) and 150-160 ml of lemon or grapefruit juice. It is better to drink the mixture standing up and immediately, in small sips. Then lie on your right side, pull your knees to your stomach and try to fall asleep.
3. The removal of toxins should occur in the morning. At 6.00-6.30 you need to drink another quarter of the magnesium solution, and two hours later the last portion. Two hours later you need to consolidate the result with a glass of apple juice, necessarily freshly squeezed.

Liver cleansing according to Moritz can be done every six months, of course, if there are no contraindications. Despite the fact that this method is considered relatively safe, in order to avoid possible exacerbations of chronic diseases, it is necessary to examine the condition of the gallbladder and gastrointestinal tract beforehand.

Liver cleansing according to Semenova

The methods of Nadezhda Alekseyevna Semenova, unlike her fellow naturopaths, inspire greater trust among doctors, apparently due to the author's many regalia. Semenova is a candidate of biological sciences, a recognized and respected specialist in the field of natural sciences (she is a full member of the Russian Academy). Liver cleansing according to Semenova involves a fairly lengthy preparation of the body for the procedure, in addition, the author insists on a preliminary examination, which is already an indicator of a serious and responsible approach.

Before detoxifying the liver and gallbladder, it is necessary to cleanse the intestines, this is done every other week for a month, that is, twice.

The actual liver cleanse requires apples, lemon juice (200 ml) and olive oil (200 ml). It is best to do the procedure on weekends, for example from Friday to Sunday (3 days), during these days the diet should be fractional and vegetarian.

1. In the morning on the first day you need to do a cleansing enema (plain warm water). All day long you only drink freshly squeezed apple juice in unlimited quantities.
2. The second and third days are similar to the first, that is, in the morning - an enema and apple juice.
3. On the third day, at 19:00, you need to warm up your liver - lie down with a heating pad on your right side. Every 15 minutes, you should drink a lemon mixture - lemon juice (3 tablespoons) and olive oil (3 tablespoons). All this time, while you drink the healing mixture, the heating pad should be warm, you can leave it overnight, until it cools down completely.
4. After drinking the lemon juice and vegetable oil, you need to lie down for 1.5-2 hours, then you can go to sleep (21.30-22.00).

As a rule, the removal of stones begins early in the morning in 3-4 doses, if the morning discharge does not occur, you need to help the intestines with an enema. Breakfast should be light, during the week after detoxification, a dietary diet is indicated, best of all - vegetarian. The next liver cleansing according to Semenova can be carried out in 2-4 weeks, depending on the intensity of the discharge of toxins. Then, for the purpose of prevention, a similar procedure should be repeated annually.

Liver cleansing according to the lunar calendar

How to choose the most favorable period for detoxification of the body, including the liver?

Many authors offering health methods recommend carrying out detoxification procedures according to biorhythms and lunar days.

Liver cleansing according to the lunar calendar is the choice of the most favorable period, during which the body is naturally tuned to remove toxins, waste, therefore, the cleansing will be effective.

Depending on personal preferences and belief systems, healers advise scheduling cleansing at different times. It is impossible to say which recommendation is correct and which is not, obviously, you should listen to your own intuition.

The traditional detoxification season is considered to be autumn, although many people effectively cleanse the liver in winter, spring and summer. The arguments in favor of autumn are as follows: the body has been nourished with vitamins, the immune system has strengthened and is able to cope with possible complications that may occur during cleansing.

Malakhov is convinced that the liver and bile ducts are ready for detox before the full moon, between the 10th and 14th days of the lunar calendar.

His colleague, N.A. Semenova, timed the cleansing to coincide with the periods of fasting according to the Orthodox calendar.

In addition, detoxification, according to the beliefs of professional astrologers, should correspond to the position of the Moon in certain signs of the zodiac. Cleaning the gallbladder, liver ducts is supposed to be during the period when the Moon is in Cancer or Capricorn, it is useful to cleanse the intestines during the period when the Moon is in the sign of Pisces.

Liver cleansing according to the lunar calendar is more of a rule for those who are interested in astrology and firmly believe in the interaction of planets on the state of the body, while those who adhere to more pragmatic views carry out detoxification at any time convenient for them.

Liver Cleanse with Herbs

Phytotherapy is deservedly popular, indeed, treatment with plants, liver cleansing with herbs is considered an effective and safe method. However, not everyone knows that herbal infusions, herbal decoctions are the same medicine that can cause complications and provoke an exacerbation of the underlying disease. Indeed, liver cleansing with herbs works much more gently than cleansing with vegetable oil, however, before the procedure, it is worth assessing the condition of the bile ducts using ultrasound and a doctor's consultation. Strictly speaking, phytotherapy cleanses the blood, that is, detoxifying the liver helps cleanse the bloodstream, and therefore, improve the health of the entire body.

The most effective herbs that actively affect the bile ducts and liver are:

• Helichrysum arenarium - sandy immortelle, everlasting, cudweed.
• Taraxacum – dandelion.
• Artemisia – wormwood.
• Mentha piperita – peppermint.
• Oleum Rosae pinque - rose hip.
• Chelidonium – celandine.
• Urtica – nettle.
• Plantago major - plantain.
• Achillea millefolium - yarrow.
• Stigmata Maydis – corn silk.
• Cichorium – chicory.

Liver cleansing with herbs has one goal - to expand the bile ducts, activating the secretion of bile and stones. The listed plants are used both separately and as part of complex herbal mixtures, which are best purchased at the pharmacy in ready-made form.

Liver Cleansing with Milk Thistle

Silybum marianum, milk thistle or milk thistle is one of the basic plants used to make hepatoprotectors. Milk thistle helps protect hepatocytes, restore them, can even help with liver cirrhosis, and relieves inflammation in hepatitis. Silymarin, which is the main active component of the plant, does not have side effects on internal organs and the entire body as a whole, so treatment with milk thistle has virtually no contraindications.

Milk Thistle Liver Cleanse:

• Take milk thistle seeds, grind them in a coffee grinder (you can also use the herb). A teaspoon of dry milk thistle is poured with a glass of boiling water, infused for no more than 15 minutes, filtered. You can take this tea on an empty stomach in the morning every day for three months. You can also drink the decoction three times a day half an hour before meals, half a glass for a month.
• 2 tablespoons of dry milk thistle herb are poured with two glasses of boiling water, a teaspoon of dry mint is added and infused for 40 minutes. The remedy is drunk by a tablespoon during the day every hour and a half (or every hour). The course lasts 2-3 days, it is advisable to carry out such liver cleansing with milk thistle on weekends.

In addition, milk thistle is sold in pharmacies in the form of capsules, which are also effective as a liver detoxifier. The drug can be taken in a course of up to three weeks.

Liver cleansing with oat broth

A decoction of oats can cleanse the body of toxins, normalize the functioning of the liver and kidneys, and strengthen blood vessels.

Liver cleansing with oat broth:

• Whole oats - 1 cup, rinse, add 2 tablespoons of knotweed or lingonberry leaves, a tablespoon of birch buds. Pour 3 liters of boiling water over the mixture and leave for 24 hours. Every other day, brew rose hips in another container - boil a glass of fruit in 1.5 cups of water for 10 minutes, leave for 45-60 minutes. Pour the oat and herbal infusion, previously strained, into the rosehip broth. Pour everything into glass jars and store in the cold. Drink the oat broth 30 minutes before meals warm, 50 ml, and then increase the dosage every day to 150 ml (on the third day). The course lasts no more than 10 days, after a two-week break it can be repeated 3 more times. Such cleansing for preventive purposes is useful to use every six months against the background of a vegetarian diet.
• Half a glass of unpeeled whole oats is poured with 2 liters of cold water and left for an hour. Then bring to a boil and keep on low heat for about an hour and a half. The resulting remedy should be filtered and taken warm, 100 grams before each meal. The decoction should be kept cold, but warmed up a little each time. It is convenient to prepare in advance, in the evening, in small portions, so that the remedy is as fresh as possible. Such liver cleansing with oat decoction can last up to six months, since it acts very slowly, gently, but also without possible complications.

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Collection for liver cleansing

A liver cleansing herbal mixture can be prepared at home if it is possible to purchase or prepare environmentally friendly raw materials, but it is easier and safer to buy a ready-made mixture at a pharmacy. If all the necessary herbs are available, the mixture can be prepared in several ways:

Compound:

• Bearberry grass.
• Corn silk.
• Knotweed.
• St. John's wort.

Preparation:

• Take a tablespoon of each herb, mix, pour 2 liters of boiling water and leave to simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. Then wrap the container tightly and leave for no more than 30 minutes.

Taking the decoction:

• The course lasts one month.
• Half a glass warm half an hour before breakfast for the first two weeks.
• One glass before breakfast (30 minutes) for the next two weeks.
• After the course, take a 2-week break, during which you drink oat broth every day (boil 2 tablespoons of oats for 15 minutes in one and a half liters of boiling water and drink instead of tea).
• After a break, you need to repeat the monthly course of taking the herbal infusion.

Collection for liver cleansing, composition:

• Corn silk.
• Sand immortelle.
• Rose hips (fruits).
• Raisin.
• Lemon juice.

Preparation:

Herbs - half a tablespoon, rose hips - a tablespoon, raisins - 100 grams, lemon juice - a tablespoon. Everything is poured with boiling water (1.5 liters), boiled for no more than 5 minutes, infused for 30-40 minutes. The infusion must be filtered and lemon juice added. It is better to make the infusion the day before cleansing, in the evening, store in the refrigerator.

Application:

• On the day of cleansing, drink one and a half glasses of the decoction warm on an empty stomach.
• An hour later, a laxative is taken or an enema is done.
• Then you need to lie down on your right side with a heating pad and cover yourself with a blanket.
• After half an hour, the removal of toxins should begin; if this does not happen after an hour, you need to do the enema again.
• It is better to fast all day; drinking is allowed: non-carbonated mineral water, water with honey, apple juice, green sweetened tea.
• After cleansing, you must adhere to a gentle diet for a week.
• The course should not be repeated earlier than after one and a half to two months.

Liver cleansing with mineral water

Cleaning the bile ducts and liver with mineral waters is essentially a classic tubage, which, provided there are no large stones, is recommended to be done at home even by doctors.

Liver cleansing with mineral water, action plan:

• Preliminary preparation. A week, at least three days before, you need to follow the rules of dietary nutrition, eat only boiled, low-fat food, preferably plant-based. It is good to drink freshly squeezed juices daily, a lot of warm liquid.
• In the morning on the day of tubage, you need to drink a glass of mineral water (Borjomi, Essentuki) without gas. In mineral water, to activate the removal of toxins, you can dissolve a tablespoon of sorbitol. Sorbitol is replaced by a strong decoction of a choleretic herb, for example, immortelle (2 tablespoons per 300 ml of boiling water, leave for 15 minutes). After half an hour, you should drink another glass of mineral water and lie down for 2 hours with a heating pad on your right side. Until the evening, it is recommended to continue drinking water so that the volume drunk is at least 2 liters.
• At 20:00 you should drink vegetable oil, at least 2 tablespoons. The oil should be warmed up. If the oil causes nausea and vomiting, it can be replaced with magnesia, sorbitol - dilute 2 tablespoons in a glass of warm boiled water. Both the oil and sorbitol are drunk in small sips with breaks of 10-15 minutes.
• After some time, the stool should begin to loosen, aching pains in the right hypochondrium indicate a strong slagging and insufficient preliminary cleansing of the intestines. This problem can be solved with an additional enema. During the entire cleansing, the liver must be warmed up.
• The next morning you need to drink a glass of apple juice and eat small meals throughout the day, boiled vegetables, salad, and oatmeal.
• Liver cleansing with mineral water can be repeated after 2 days and the procedure can be continued 3 more times.

For preventive purposes, tubage is performed quarterly, of course, after a consultation with a doctor. Excessive zeal in this matter is inappropriate, if the bile ducts are free of stones, cleaning will not only not bring benefits, but can also harm.