Herbs For Liver Health And Healing Liver Disease

Milk thistle seed has been extensively researched and found to have liver protective effects. If you are looking to protect your liver from every day toxins and toxicity due to medication use, I believe that the whole herb offers adequate protection. However, if you consume alcohol, take multiple medications regularly, or have been diagnosed with liver or gallbladder disease, I recommend a more potent alternative.

While I usually recommend whole herbs, in this case I have found an herbal capsule which I believe offers more protection to the liver than the raw herb. It a special high potency milk thistle extract from Food Science of Vermont. It costs 22 dollars for a 20 day supply of 60 capsules. I tried hard to find a good quality one at a lower price, but I could not. I recommend taking one capsule 3 times daily for healing purposes.

I consider these capsules and the herbal soup of utmost importance for treatment of liver disease or in the presence of the risk of impaired liver and gallbladder health.

Herbs for Liver Health

Many other herbs offer herbal benefits for the health of the liver. Dandelion root and yellow dock are common weeds which offer health benefits.

Many of the herbs which enhance the health of the liver are in the form of roots. Include root herbs and foods in your diet to promote a healthy liver. Horseradish and turmeric are ordinary kitchen herbs which support a healthy liver.

Liver health is vitally important. We each only have one liver, so it is essential that we live in manners which protect this vital organ.

Author

This article was written for Insights-on-Health.com in Nov 2013 by Patricia Bratianu RN PhD RH-AHG. Patricia has been a Registered Nurse for almost forty years in a wide variety of settings. As a Registered Nurse, she realized that conventional healthcare was not meeting the needs of all patients. She became an herbalist and obtained a PhD in Natural Health. Patricia is a professional member of the American Herbalist’s Guild, passing the stringent peer reviewed process to become a Registered Herbalist.

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