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Causes
of Liver
Dysfunction e.g. Fatty Liver:
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Excessive alcohol
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Excessive barbequed food
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Excessive deep fried food
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Meat from animals fed with growth hormones and drugs
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Drugs like cholesterol lowering drugs, prednisone
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Other toxic food e.g. food containing toxic metal
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Viral
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Prone to excessive anger
Deep frying vegetable oil like soybean oil produces a
highly toxic compound called HNE
(4-hydroxy-trans-2-nonenal) in the oil. This oil is
easily absorbed in the food. Research shows that
American on average eat 4 serving of chips in a week.
TCM herbalism knew long ago, before allopathic people
"discover" this truth that regularly consuming deep
fried food can cause
liver problems. Try eating fast food 3 meals a day for
one month and see what happens to the liver.
The liver starts to show signs of dysfunction when it
initially starts to accumulate a type of fat
(simple fatty liver stage) called triglyceride as opposed
to normal liver fat called adipocytes. When the
accumulation leads to inflammation, it can begin to
destroy the liver cells. When the disease reaches a very
advanced stage it can lead to death. When the liver
starts to accumulate fats it is a sign that something is
going wrong. If the initial problem/s that is/are causing
the dysfunction is arrested then it would not develop to
the next stage. If this dysfunction is yet to be treated
and the body develops another dysfunction like damage
pancreas (caused by the drug that was trying to treat the
liver problem) then the liver would have to do extra
work. This “second hit” would accelerate the liver to
progress to a cirrhosis stage. That is why drugs are so
dangerous because before it can sort out the first
problem, it create another somewhere else.
Treatment for Fatty Liver
There is no allopathic drug that can treat fatty liver.
Treatment involves mainly concentrating on reducing the
effects of “second hit”:
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Diabetes control
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Cholesterol control
These are indirect approaches and not effective in
treating the problem as allopathic drugs are not known
to be effective in treating diseases like diabetes and
cholesterol. These drugs are only symptomatic in nature.
They use a technique called masking. To control diabetic
problem, they flood the body with more insulin. This
literally drowns the body with insulin leading to more
damage. To control cholesterol they use beta-blockers
i.e. stopping the body from producing cholesterol. This
includes the good cholesterol which the body needs. This
is not treatment. It is called more destruction.
The best and safest method to treat
fatty liver problem is to
use holistic products
that have been used by hundreds of millions of people stretching
over the centuries to effectively treat the problem.
Herbs like
Herba
Lysimachia Christinae, Radix Scutellaria Baicalensis
Radix Bupleurum Scorzonerifolium,
Folium Artemisa Scoparia ad
Glychrrhiza Glabra have scientifically been proven to treat
fatty liver
problems.
Radix Scutellaria Baicalensis:
1)
Clinical studies by western scientists have shown that
Scutellaria baicalensis
has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer
(anti-liver cirrhosis)
properties.
Research showed
Scutellaria baicalensis selectively
and
effectively inhibits
cancer
cell
growth in vitro
and
in vivo
and
can be an effective chemotherapeutic agent
for HNSCC.
4037-4043
2)
Clinical studies by western scientists have proven
that
Scutellaria baicalensis can be used to induce liver regeneration.
Research showed that
Scutellaria baicalensis stimulated the
proliferation of cultured hepatocytes.
444-455
3)
Clinical studies by western scientists have shown that
Scutellaria baicalensis
has strong anti-oxidant (anti-cancer) properties.
Research showed that
most
of the anticancer activities of Scutellaria baicalensis
can be recapitulated with four purified
constituents that function in part through
inhibition of the androgen receptor signaling
pathway.
3905-3914
4)
Clinical
research by western scientists have shown that
Scutellaria baicalensis
have anti-inflammatory functions, high
scavenging activity and protects liver and red blood
cells from
lipid
peroxidation.
60151
5)
Clinical studies by western scientists have shown
that saikosaponin-a, -d, baicalin from
Scutellaria
baicalensis are
potent antitumor components.
86(1):91-5
6)
Clinical research by western scientists have shown
that
Scutellaria baicalensis'
components, baicalein, baicalin,
and wogonin,
may become an attractive and
promising treatment for bladder cancer because of its
strong antioxidant effect.
951-5
Radix Bupleurum
Scorzonerifolium:
1)
Clinical studies by western scientists have shown
that this herb improves cell function.
111-8
2)
Clinical studies by western scientists have shown that
two lignans, isochaihulactone and chaihunaphthone,
from Bupleurum scrozonerifolium
has immunosuppressive
functions.
1375-9
3)
Clinical studies by western scientists have shown
that this herb protects and improves liver function.
It has
anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrotic, anti-oxidant activity
and enhanced the liver cell regeneration.
442-8
4)
Clinical studies by western scientists have shown that
Bupleurum
scrozonerifolium
has strong
antioxidative
and in vitro hepatoprotective activity.
It has
anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant activity and enhanced
the liver cell regeneration.
Research
showed that the roots of
Bupleurum scrozonerifolium can be used to treat liver
diseases.
1003-8
5)
Clinical studies by western scientists have
shown that saikosaponins, the main
active constituents of Bupleurum spp., possess
immunomodulatory, hepatoprotective, anti-tumor and
anti-viral activities.
705-9
6)
Clinical studies by western scientists have shown
that
Bupleurum
scrozonerifolium
has strong anti-oxidant (anti-cancer) properties.
183-93
Artemisia Scoparia:
1)
Another group of scientists wrote
"these data indicate that the plant Artemisia
Scoparia
is hepatoprotective and validate the folkloric use of
this plant in liver damage". Research
showed the protective action of the plant extract
against CCl4-induced liver damage.
41001
2)
Clinical studies by western scientists have
shown that Artemisia
Scoparia has strong
anti-inflammatory function. Research demonstrate that
the inhibition of scoparone on LPS-induced TF expression
in HUVECs may mediate by the mechanisms suppressing
superoxide anion formation and TF transcription.
72379
3)
Clinical studies by western scientists have shown
that
Artemisia Scoparia has strong
hepatoprotective
function
against alcohol-induced
hepatotoxicity. 75739
4)
Clinical studies by western scientists have shown that
Artemisia Scoparia
has strong
hepatoprotective
function
against drug-induced
(Acetaminophen) hepatotoxicity.
12519
5)
Clinical research by western scientists have shown that
Artemisiae species were proven
to have immunosuppressive principles.
41992
6)
Clinical studies by western scientists have shown
that the flavonoid
rutin from Artemisia Scoparia
has strong
hepatoprotective
function
against drug-induced (paracetamol)
hepatotoxicity.
90212
7)
Clinical studies by western scientists have shown
that
Artemisia Scoparia
has strong
hepatoprotective
function
against chemical-induced
(carbon tetrachloride) hepatotoxicity.
Research showed that
Artemisia Scoparia
inhibited fibrosis and lipid peroxidation induced by
carbon tetrachloride. 33139
8)
Clinical studies by western scientists have shown that
Artemisia Scoparia
has strong antioxidative and cytoprotective actions.
Clinical studies showed that
the strong
antioxidative functions of
Artemisia Scoparia effectively
protected liver tissues against the dimethylnitrosamine-induced
hepatic fibrosis. 06248
9)
Clinical studies by western scientists have
shown that
Artemisia Scoparia is effective for treating hepatitis
(liver cirrhosis).
203-8
Glycyrrhiza Glabra:
1)
Clinical research by western scientists from Hong
Kong have shown that
Glycyrrhiza glabra
has
strong
anticarcinogenic capability.
Glycyrrhiza glabra was able to
inhibit the metabolic
activation of hepato-toxin, a critical factor in the
pathogenesis of chemical-induced carcinogenicity. 767692
2)
Clinical research by western scientists have shown that
Glycyrrhiza glabra
has strong cell protective function from oxidative
stresses. Research showed that dihydroxyfumarate-induced
mitochondrial peroxidation was prevented by
isoflavans
from Glycyrrhiza glabra.
14953
3)
Clinical research by western scientists have shown that
glycyrrhizin from
Glycyrrhiza glabra
may prevent tissue injury caused by MAC not only in
chronic hepatitis but in many autoimmune and
inflammatory diseases.
92245
4)
Clinical research by western scientists have shown that
Glycyrrhiza glabra
protects liver mitochondria against
oxidative stresses. Research showed that
3'-Hydroxy-4'-O-methylglabridin
(5) protected mitochondrial respiratory enzyme
activities against NADPH-dependent peroxidation injury.
219-23
5)
Clinical research
by western scientists have shown that
the decrease of elevated
transaminase levels by glycyrrhizin is mediated in part
by inhibition of immune-mediated cytotoxicity against
hepatocytes (glycyrrhizin improves liver functions).
42643
6)
Clinical research by western scientists have shown
that
(R)-4-(3,4-Dihydro-8,8-dimethyl)-2H,8H-benzo[1,2-b:3,4-b']dipyran-3yl)-1,3-benzenediol
(glabridin), a flavonoid present in licorice
extract, has antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory
functions.
This research showed that glabridin
inhibits NO production and iNOS gene
expression by blocking NF-B/Rel activation.
1187-1194
7)
Clinical research by western scientists have shown that
glycyrrhizin has inhibitory effects on
immune-mediated cytotoxicity against hepatocytes and on
nuclear factor (NF)-kappa B, which activates genes
encoding inflammatory cytokines in the liver.
87634
Thanks to growing trust in herbal treatments survival
rates have improved over the years. Herbal formulations
to treat various types of liver problems has proven to
be safe and very effective without any side effects.
When allopathic science failed, more and more people
have to turn to trustworthy alternative source. It was
desperation that saves them.
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