How to Use Herbs for Liver Health

Introduction

Your liver is the organ in your body that gets a lot of use. If you take medication, you need your liver to process it. If you drink alcohol you need a healthy liver to help it leave the body. You also need it to help you lose weight and process excess fat. Basically, you not only need your liver for a healthy digestion, but a healthy body.

In our daily lives, the liver can really take a beating. Can you imagine if you were on strong medication, you drank alcohol, and you had some excess weight that you needed your body to get rid of? Your liver would be working overtime.

The good news is that there are some herbs that can gently and effectively tone your liver and keep it healthy. What follows is a list of helpful herbs for your liver. You can take them either as a capsule or a tea.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Steps

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Step One

Follow the instructions on the bottle of the herb. To prepare a tea, pour 1 cup of boiling water over 1 teaspoon dried herb. Steep for 10 minutes.

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Step Two

Milk thistle is one of the best herbs out there for the liver. If you know you are going to have a few drinks, take a few milk thistle capsules before you go out. You can also take this over a longer period of time to help enhance your liver health in general.

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Step Three

Yellow dock is another herb that is good herb for the liver. This herb works best prepared as a decoction. A decoction is almost the same as a tea. But, you add the herb to the boiling water in the pan and let it simmer.

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Step Four

Burdock root and dandelion root are two more root herbs that help the liver and also need to prepared as a decoction. Follow the instructions listed above.

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Step Five

Chamomile is a very gentle digestive system herb and has a gentle effect on the liver.

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Step Six

Dandelion leaves are also good for the liver. You can pick the leaves from your lawn (only organic lawns!) and eat them in salad or you can prepare a weak tea (steep for 5 minutes instead of 10).

Tips & Warnings

• Only find the highest quality herbs.
• Research the herbs before you take them.
• Check with a doctor before you try anything. You may have a serious condition or the herb may interact with your current medication.