Does anyone know of a recipe for a gentle liver flush?
I think i have some sort of subclinical galbladder problem causing fat intolerance and i would like to try. Castor oil packs have not helped neither has juicing beets.
THe full on flush looks very damaging and i would probably vomit.
thanks
Lemon juice is very good for cleansing the liver the gallbladder and can help with digestion and is gentle. I buy the bottled stuff - I know fresh lemons are better but they are expensive. I add juice to water and sip it through a straw to protect tooth enamel. Milk thistle can also help, and dandelion tea. I've taken all of these, and still take milk thistle.
I used to have subclinical gallbladder problems some 15 years ago or so. My chiropractor who does muscle testing found this (I was having digestive problems). He gave me AF Betafood by Standard Process and this stuff is amazing. It's derived from beets but has other ingredients as well (
https://www.standardprocess.com/Products/Standard-Process/A-F-Betafood#.V8L4FfBTGpo)
I had to take a fair amount, maybe nine tablets a day in divided doses for a couple of weeks. It is food based so you can take it with or without food. Eventually I had to do a liver detox under the guidance of my chiro - he gave me Parotid PMG and Cholacol II by Standard Process. This was sort of rough but I stuck it out for a month and afterwards my liver was way better. I had had toxins built up from a job I'd had many years ago where I had heavy exposure to chemical solvents.
The other thing I learned was that my stomach acid was low and this contributes to gallbladder/liver problems. I started taking betaine hcl w/pepsin with meals, particularly high protein meals or meals with fat and my digestion is good now.
There's a baking soda burp test which can help determine if your stomach acid is low:
On an empty stomach, drink a glass of water (about 8 oz.) into which you have mixed one-quarter teaspoon of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate). See how long it takes you to burp. If you haven't burped in two minutes, your stomach acid production is low.
The chiropractor was amazing - he helped me so much, I think a regular doctor would have ended up yanking out my gallbladder and solving nothing.
Interestingly, Standard Process products are cheaper when you get them through a chiropractor. They're a fair amount more if you buy them on Amazon.