Spring Clean your Liver!

Giving your liver a through cleanse once or twice a year is always a good idea. Please remember that if it took you 30-60 years to get in the condition you find yourself, it will take some dedicated time to reverse your health, and it will be well worth it! This is the largest organ in your body and responsible for over 500 functions that are currently known. The liver is the major clearing house in removing all toxins before they enter the blood stream. Toxins come from your food, water, air, chemicals, medication, pesticides, your toxic thoughts, preservatives, drugs, alcohol and everything you put on your skin.

Your liver also creates hormones, aids in digestion, creates bile for the breaking down of fats, stores and creates glycogen or “brain food”. You cannot live without your liver and thankfully it is an amazingly regenerative organ. Fortunately, there is an abundance of herbs that have been used throughout the ages to clean, heal and restore it’s function. Some commonly used herbs to cleanse and renew liver function are as follows:

Dandelion Root
Use dandelion to purify the liver and gallbladder of toxins. Dandelion is also recommended for the treatment of osteoporosis, abscesses, anemia, boils, mammary tumors, cirrhosis, hepatitis, jaundice and rheumatism and the leaf for water retention. Dandelion may also be effective in eliminating or averting age spots. Dandelion root is considered a survival food and has a rich store house of minerals and vitamins, including A, C, D, and B-complexes, as well as minerals like iron, magnesium, zinc, potassium, manganese, copper, choline, calcium, boron, and silicon. Dandelion is excellent for creating youthful joints and in treating acid reflux. It is said when you need a “case cracker” or you do not know what else to do….use Dandelion Root.

Burdock

Burdock Root has been used for centuries to treat a host of ailments. It has been traditionally used as a “blood purifier” to clear the bloodstream of toxins, as a diuretic (helping rid the body of excess water by increasing urine output), and as a topical remedy for skin problems such as eczema, acne, and psoriasis. Burdock Root is one of the foremost cleansing herbs, providing nourishing support for the blood, the liver, and the natural defense system. It’s rich in Vitamins B-1, B-6, B-12, and E, plus manganese, copper, iron, zinc, sulfur, and more. You’ll find Burdock Root in many tonic formulas and special blends designed for internal cleansing. Use for all skin troubles, arthritis, syphilis, cancer, gout, kidney and bladder troubles, burns, wounds and canker sores. Burdock stimulates the liver, helps regulate blood sugar levels, contains an abundance of antioxidants and has anti-inflammatory properties. This is one of my favorites for cancers, skin trouble, candida and arthritis.

In traditional herbal texts, Burdock Root is described as a “blood purifier” or “alterative” and is used to clear the bloodstream of toxins.

• Cleanses the blood
• Use for all skin troubles, arthritis, syphilis, cancer, gout, kidney and bladder troubles, burns, wounds and canker sores
• Stimulates the liver
• Helps to regulate blood sugar
• Anti-inflammatory
• Antioxidant properties

It is one of the best blood purifiers in nature but does not nauseate. Burdock root benefits the skin, soothes the kidneys, and relieves congestion of the lymphatic system and increases the flow of urine.

Yellow Dock
Medicinal Action and Uses: The root has laxative, alterative and mildly tonic action, and can be freely used as a tonic and laxative in rheumatism, bilious complaints and as an astringent in piles, bleeding of the lungs, etc. It is largely prescribed for diseases of the blood, from a spring eruption, to scurvy, scrofula and chronic skin diseases. It is also useful in jaundice and as a tonic to the stomach and the system generally. Yellow Dock has also been considered to have a positive effect in restraining the inroads made by cancer in the human system, being used as an alterative and tonic to an enfeebled condition caused by necrosis, cancer, etc. It has been used in diphtheria. Yellow Dock contains the highest amount of organic iron found in any herb, it is a specific for anemia and creates iron rich blood.

God has created hundreds of herbs that have a cleansing action on the liver. Let me stress again how important it is to keep this “filter” in your body healthy and clean. Much disease would not exist if we would routinely clean this vital organ. What cleans the liver, cleans the blood and the blood reaches every organ and cell of the body.