HOME REMEDIES

• Take one tablespoon each of Coptis and Curcuma can usually help to push out the stones or other blockages.
  Buttermilk taken with a little salt and powdered roasted cumin seeds is very beneficial liver.
• Take juice of 2 oranges empty stomach for 5-7 days.
  Mix one tablespoon of juice of black seeds of papaya with ten drops of fresh lime juice and have it once or twice daily for a month.
• The juice of carrots, in combination with spinach juice, has been found beneficial in the treatment of cirrhosis of the liver.
• A licorice root extract called glycyrrhizin has also shown good result as a possible remedy for chronic hepatitis C and liver cancer.
• Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) stimulates the liver and the gall bladder for the proper utilization of fats within the body. It also helps in the detoxification of the liver. Its juice is used in treatment of most liver problems. Even for people with hepatitis, dandelion tea is very beneficial.
• The cooling effect of the henna (Lawsonia inermis) is also beneficial in the treatment of liver problems. Its bark is effective in the treatment of liver problems such as jaundice and enlargement of the liver.
• Soak 1 teaspoon to 1 tsp of Bentonite clay in 1 cup of filtered water for 12 hours. Then add ½ to 1 tsp of psyllium husks or plantago seeds to the clay mixture and mix well. Drink and eat the whole cup of mixture immediately and then followed by 1 cup of warm water before bedtime. This is an effective home remedy for liver.
• Daily morning exercises, which involve stretching and deep breathing, are also effective in preventing the liver. Stretching and deep breathing kind of exercises early in the morning provide the most benefit for anyone with sluggish liver.

• Squeeze a lemon in 100 grams of water and add a pinch of salt, drink thrice a day for 21 days.
• Wash 3-4 leaves of sacred fig (Ficus religiosa). Mash them with sugar candy and mix it in 250 mg of water, drink twice a day after sieving the mixture.
• Daily intake of a pinch of roasted alum with buttermilk twice or thrice daily ishighly beneficial in liver damage treatment.
• The Indian aloe (Aloe barbadensis) stimulates the liver into carrying out its functions normally. It is used in the treatment of jaundice and enlargement of the liver.
• Vegetables such as beets, squashes, bitter gourd, eggplant, tomatoes, carrots, radishes, and papaya are especially useful in this condition.
• Indian sorrel (Oxalis corniculata) is used in the treatment of jaundice. It is taken in the form of fresh juice mixed with buttermilk made from cow's milk. It is to be taken once daily during jaundice.
• Application of hot and cold compresses, for two to three minutes each, on the liver area are beneficial.
• Picrorrhiza (Picrorrhiza kurroa) is a very commonly prescribed herb in the treatment of jaundice.
• Milk thistle is found useful in patients who have developed acute liver disease from drugs, environmental toxins or ethanol or mushroom poisoning.
• The herb trailing eclipta, botanically known as eclipta Alba (Bhringaraj), has proved invaluable in cirrhosis of the liver.
• Take the juice of all parts of this plant in doses of one teaspoon, mixed with one teaspoon of honey, three times daily.
• Turpeth (Operculina turpethum) is helpful in treatment of jaundice. It is given in the form of a powder in quantities of one to two tsp in hot water twice a day.
• Berberis (Berberis vulgaris) is nicknamed as the jaundice berry for its beneficial effects on the treatment of jaundice. It is a bitter tonic which is made from the bark of the berberis tree. It is taken in amounts of quarter teaspoon when jaundice strikes.
• Drink at least 8 cups of warm water a day including 2 cups first thing in the morning. Epsom salt may help in flushing out the stones from the gall bladder. Epsom salt dilates the bile duct.
• Gokulakanta (Hygrophila spinosa) herb is used for treatment of several liver problems including jaundice, hepatitis and derangement of the liver. A specially prepared decoction of the root (60 grams root powder mixed in half a liter of water and boiled for about half an hour) is given in doses of 30 to 60 milliliters twice or thrice daily.
• Take 50 grams of white radish leaves and stem, add sugar candy in it and drink it every morning with empty stomach.
  Decrease fat intake by 20-30 grams per day as in liver damage, bile secretion and digestion is affected that hinders the fat absorption.
• Take one teaspoonful of glucose in one cup of water thrice a day in the morning, afternoon and night.
• Chicory (Chichorium intybus) is one of the most useful herbs in treatment of liver problems. Almost all parts of the herb are important - flowers, seeds and roots.
• Picrorhiza known as picrorhiza kurroa (Katuki) is a drug good for cirrhosis of the liver among adults. Mix a tablespoon of the powder with an equal quantity of honey, take this thrice daily.
  Avoid alcoholic drinks, fried foods, oils, red chillies and spicy food as they are very harmful for the liver and stomach. Avoid all refined, processed, and canned foods; spices and condiments; strong tea and coffee; all meats; and all chemical additives in food. The use of salt should be limited.
• Golden Seal, Oregon grape root, yellow dock, turmeric, licorice, astragalus, burpleurum, and ginseng are all excellent herbs for the liver.
• Keep a white-coloured glass bottle filled with water in the sun for 6-8 hours and drink it after cooling. This is a very simple home remedies for liver cirhosis.
• High carbohydrate intake is recommended to provide the good amount of energy.