Your liver performs hundreds of important functions — from aiding absorption of food to removing toxic substances from your body. Normally, an adult liver is about the size of a small football. Sometimes however, the liver becomes enlarged. This is known as hepatomegaly. An enlarged liver isn't a disease. It's a sign of an underlying problem such as hepatitis, congestive heart failure or cancer. Treatment of an enlarged liver depends on the cause.

Overview

The lower edge of the liver normally comes just to the lower edge of the ribs (costal margin) on the right side. In its normal state, the edge of the liver is thin and firm, and it cannot be palpated (felt with the finger tips) below the edge of the costal margin. An enlarged liver usually causes no signs or symptoms. If the liver enlarges quickly, it may be tender to the touch. A markedly enlarged liver may cause abdominal pain or fullness. If the cause of enlargement affects liver function, it may lead to yellowing of the skin (jaundice). The diagnosis must be confirmed by an imaging study of the liver.

General classes of causes include infection (viral, bacterial, or parasitic), malignancy (cancer or tumors), anemias, storage diseases, heart failure, congenital heart disease, toxins, and metabolic disturbances.

Common Causes:

• Alcohol abuse

• Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

• Hepatitis

• Heart failure

• Liver cancer Infections such as mononucleosis

• Excessive iron in the body (hemochromatosis)

• Blood disorders such as leukemia 

• Hereditary fructose intolerance  

• Glycogen storage disease

• Primary biliary cirrhosis

• Reye's syndrome

Symptoms

Many people with hepatomegaly may have minor symptoms loss of energy and tiredness in the early stages of the disease but as the disease progresses to an advanced stage a person may experience the following symptoms:

• Exhaustion
• Fatigue
• Loss of appetite
• Nausea
• Weakness
• Weight loss
• Abdominal pain

Treatment

Hepatomegaly can be cured. Treatment depends on the cause of hepatomegaly. For example, abstaining from alcohol helps to reduce the effect of hepatomegaly caused by alcohol abuse. In all cases, regardless of the cause, appropriate medication can be taken to treat the underlying cause.

The best and safest method 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 liver problems.

Scutellaria Baicalensis:

1) Clinical studies by western scientists have shown that Scutellaria baicalensis has anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Research showed it 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

Radix Bupleurum Scorzonerifolium:

1) 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. Radix Bupleurum Scorzonerifolium has traditionally been used to treat hepatomegaly effectively. 705-9

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 Bupleurum scrozonerifolium 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 Bupleurum scrozonerifolium has strong anti-oxidant properties. The result of in vivo study showed that Bupleurum scrozonerifolium could suppress growth in A549 subcutaneous xenograft tumors. 183-93

6) Clinical studies by western scientists have shown that Bupleurum scrozonerifolium improves cell function. 111-8

Artemisia Scoparia:

1) Clinical studies by western scientists have shown that Artemisa Scoparia is effective for treating hepatitis (liver cirrhosis). Research showed that scoparone from Artemisa Scoparia decreases the production of the inflammatory mediators such as NO and PGE2 in macrophages by inhibiting iNOS and COX-2 expression. 203-8 

2) 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

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 studies by western scientists have shown that the flavonoid rutin from Artemisia Scoparia  has strong hepatoprotective function against drug-induced (paracetamol) hepatotoxicity.  90212

6) Clinical research by western scientists have shown that Artemisiae species were proven to have immunosuppressive principles. 41992

7) 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

8) 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

9) 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

Glycyrrhiza Glabra:

1) 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 and can be used to treat hepatitis. 87634

2) 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

3) 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

4) 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

5) Previous 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, have antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and cardiovascular protective activities. This research showed that glabridin inhibits NO production and iNOS gene expression by blocking NF-B/Rel activation and that glabridin was shown to have anti-inflammatory functions.   1187-1194

6) 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

7) Double blind clinical research by western scientists over a period of 10 years have shown that active compounds in licorice root can be used to help prevent and treat chronic viral hepatitis C (liver inflammation). 1494–1500

8) Clinical research by western scientists have shown that Glycyrrhiza glabra protects liver mitochondria against oxidative stresses. 219-23.

9) Clinical research by western scientists have shown that glycyrrhizin, a major component of a herb (licorice), has been widely used to treat chronic hepatitis B in Japan. 14808

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.