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Foods and Herbs for Liver Health

Sara Beth — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:16:54 +0000

The liver is the largest organ in our bodies and is a vital part of our day. Most of us are guilty of taking our liver health for granted and don’t consider the hard work it does until something goes wrong. While we aren’t able to feel our liver working, it plays a vital part in nearly all body functions from skin conditions to detoxifying our blood. Taking care of this busy organ is important as it serves as a protector of sorts to your body. Damage to or malfunctioning of our livers can result in serious, potentially life-threatening conditions. Sounds pretty severe, right? Take a look below to see how you can support your liver naturally and keep this organ working in tip-top shape.

Hanna’s List of Foods to Support Liver Health

To detoxify the liver drink carrot juice after breakfast.

A healing breakfast for the liver (and intestine) is 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed, 2 tablespoons whey, and 2 apples peeled and finely grated. Mix these ingredients and serve with honey.

To stimulate the liver mix a ½ teaspoon of nutmeg into one cup hot water, drink.

Hanna listed white beans, artichokes, yams, allspice, and apples as being food for the liver.

Herbs for Liver Support

Milk Thistle is a powerful herb for liver health and has been used for thousands of years as a remedy for liver ailments. The function of this herb in your liver is to protect from toxins, including certain drugs such as acetaminophen (Tylenol), which causes damage in high doses. Milk Thistle has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and is believed to assist the liver in repairing itself by growing new cells. This herb is often suggested as a treatment for cirrhosis of the liver, mushroom poisoning, and viral hepatitis.

Hanna's Liver Formula

Dandelion Root is a liver strengthener, cleanser, and is useful in improving liver function. Dandelion leaf is often used to help with liver disorders. This “weed” that is a nuisance in our yards is actually a great benefit to our bodies!

Hanna blended Goldenrod, Goldenseal root, and Clove bud together in her Liver Formula to provide a nourishing herbal food to support healthy liver function. This combination, as well as a wholesome diet, influence the liver’s performance at peak efficiency.

Herbs and foods are effective ways to support your liver naturally. While unhealthy liver function is difficult to detect, there are signs to watch for: intolerance to greasy or spicy foods, weight gain, frequent headaches, indigestion, chronic constipation, skin conditions (such as eczema, psoriasis or rashes), bowel problems, or sinus and allergy problems.

Get More Liver Info Here

For a Hanna’s Liver Cleansing Home Remedy, take a look at a recent blog that includes the recipe.

To learn more about Milk Thistle, visit the Learn Section of our website here.

For an additional post about Liver Health from our blog, take a look here.

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Liver Cleansing Home Remedy

Star — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:07:13 +0000

It’s a great time of year to pay attention to our liver! Try this recipe from our founder, Hanna Kroeger to get your liver rejuvenated and working properly. Our livers do so much for our bodies and we take the healthy function of it for granted. Follow this home remedy to keep your liver happy and healthy!

Liver Cleansing Recipe

Hanna taught us to find herbs and foods to heal and this liver cleansing recipe does just that!

One teaspoon dandelion root

One teaspoon angelica or arnica

One teaspoon wormwood

One teaspoon gentian

Boil in two cups water, simmer and strain.

Add two quarts apple juice and four ounces freshly squeezed lemon juice and drink this in small portions during the day. Do this for two to three days and repeat if needed once a month. Take only stewed fruit and apple juice on these days.

Hanna believed in cleansing the liver to achieve optimum health and this recipe, along with some of our liver specific products will help keep your body functioning at its peak!

For a list of herbs and foods to keep your liver happy and healthy, see a recent post here. To see why our livers are so important, check out this recent post.

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Liver Health

Evan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:31:39 +0000

Oh, the mighty liver. This organ is your body’s primary “filter,” and in some healing systems is considered the seat of anger and frustration. It processes all of the hormones, medications, and toxins that pass through your body. It also produces glucose, your brain and muscles’ primary fuel. As well, did you know it is the only part of the human body that can re-grow itself? That’s right, you can lose up to 2/3 of your liver to disease or injury and it will regenerate. Most people would of course prefer to avoid this experience, so what can you do to keep your liver healthy?

Milk Thistle is useful for liver health and detox.

Milk Thistle seed has been used for ages to protect this vital organ from damage. It is most effective in an extracted form, such as Kroeger’s Milk Thistle Complete Concentrate. Taken regularly this wonderful herb has been shown to help reduce wear and tear on your liver. To help “clean the liver out,” and help everything flow smoothly, Dandelion root, Yellow Dock root and St. John’s Wort are traditional remedies. As well, a strong flush using Epsom salts, olive oil and grapefruit can be a powerful tool. We here at Hanna’s make a kit called, would you believe it, the “Liver Cleanse Kit” designed for just this purpose.

On the more esoteric side of things, there are herbs that can be used to ease emotional turmoil “stored up” in the liver. Lavender and Melissa (Lemon Balm) are used to “relax” the channels of “chi”. This allows anger and stress to be released. St. John’s Wort fits this bill as well. It may sound like these things are completely unrelated, but Chinese herbalism has recognized the connection for thousands of years.

Find an all natural Liver Cleanse Recipe from a previous post here.

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