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Alot of ppl say milk thistle and dandelion roots are good for the liver. I was wondering if there is any studies or facts to back this claim up. And if so, where can i purchase theses items and how would i go about taking them? Is milk thistle a actual Milk? do you just eat the root of dandelions?

2006-10-13 18:06:28 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health Other - Health

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Dandelion root:

---Medicinal Action and Uses---Diuretic, tonic and slightly aperient. It is a general stimulant to the system, but especially to the urinary organs, and is chiefly used in kidney and liver disorders.

Dandelion is not only official but is used in many patent medicines. Not being poisonous, quite big doses of its preparations may be taken. Its beneficial action is best obtained when combined with other agents.

The tincture made from the tops may be taken in doses of 10 to 15 drops in a spoonful of water, three times daily.

It is said that its use for liver complaints was assigned to the plant largely on the doctrine of signatures, because of its bright yellow flowers of a bilious hue.

In the hepatic complaints of persons long resident in warm climates, Dandelion is said to afford very marked relief. A broth of Dandelion roots, sliced and stewed in boiling water with some leaves of Sorrel and the yolk of an egg, taken daily for some months, has been known to cure seemingly intractable cases of chronic liver congestion."


Milk Thistle:

"It is in popular use in Germany for curing jaundice and kindred biliary derangements. It also acts as a demulcent in catarrh and pleurisy. The decoction when applied externally is said to have proved beneficial in cases of cancer.

Gerard wrote of the Milk Thistle that:
'the root if borne about one doth expel melancholy and remove all diseases connected therewith. . . . My opinion is that this is the best remedy that grows against all melancholy diseases,'
which was another way of saying that it had good action on the liver. He also tells us:
'Dioscorides affirmed that the seeds being drunke are a remedy for infants that have their sinews drawn together, and for those that be bitten of serpents:'
and we find in a record of old Saxon remedies that 'this wort if hung upon a man's neck it setteth snakes to flight.' The seeds were also formerly thought to cure hydrophobia.
Culpepper considered the Milk Thistle to be as efficient as Carduus benedictus for agues, and preventing and curing the infection of the plague, and also for removal of obstructions of the liver and spleen. He recommends the infusion of the fresh root and seeds, not only as good against jaundice, also for breaking and expelling stone and being good for dropsy when taken internally, but in addition, to be applied externally, with cloths, to the liver. With other writers, he recommends the young, tender plant (after removing the prickles) to be boiled and eaten in the spring as a blood cleanser.
A tincture is prepared by homoeopathists for medicinal use from equal parts of the root and the seeds with the hull attached."

As clinical studies are rarely conducted on homeopathic remedies and supplements, you have two basic choices for a source to purchase:

1. a homeopathic doctor (go by recommendations of success stories from other patients when choosing a healthcare provider of any type).

2. a reliable, local health food store with a reasonable selection and informed staff - privately owned shops are best from my experience (if possible, avoid national chains!). Before you purchase, make sure to educate yourself (i.e. web searches) on the various forms that each "remedy" is available and the effectiveness of the delivery system (liquid, gel caps, tablets, powders etc.) for the supplement you plan to purchase. Personal experience dictates that liquids and gel caps are best, as tablets are not always completely digested and absorbed.

Often, if you feel your liver requires detoxifying, it is also wise to consider a general cleanse, to ensure your digestive system and your body's abillities to absorb any nutrients is not compromised (candida is a large concern for nearly everyone who eats a North American diet. You might wish to amend your diet if only temporarily to avoid gluten, dairy products, sugar, and meat. Iodized (table) salt should be altogether boycotted, and replaced with sea salt. Do not eat any foods containing hydrogenated fats and oils - and remove them entirely from your diet!

:) I hope this helps you.

2006-10-13 18:40:38 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 3 0

I actually have a Chihuahua who had abnormally intense liver enzymes. Has Zoe ever exhibited any sort of actually indicators or issues? i'm asking by way of fact my vet additionally pronounced it must be a liver shunt. i became in fact talked into having a surgical operation to bypass the shunt. The professional I spoke with became "ninety 5% advantageous" that toddler had a liver shunt. properly, seems she did not. They positioned her by a terrible surgical operation, which became definitely in basic terms an exploratory surgical operation... whether this became in no way defined to me. She became approximately 8 mos old whilst this became finished. I desire on a daily basis that I had in no way agreed to do this. I in basic terms prefer to furnish you with a warning to be very careful of vets who prefer to do diverse exams or propose surgical operation. notably if Zoe isn't exhibiting any real indicators. I in basic terms offered milk thistle after reading up on it. i visit objective it out for awhile on my Chi, and then have her blood examined lower back to ascertain if her liver enzyme ranges have stronger. The instructions on the bottle say to furnish a million drop for each 2lbs of bodyweight, whether it extremely is extremely helpful to ascertain in case you will discover a vet on your area who recommends milk thistle, and ask what they could propose the dosage be. i've got additionally in basic terms switched toddler over to the solid Gold small bites kind of canines food. I observed yet another positioned up of yours the place you have been finding for an extremely low protein canines food. i haven't been able to looking one the two. toddler is extremely skinny and very choosy whilst it includes the food she eats. i'm additionally curious to renowned if Zoe became ever exhibiting any indicators; and if so, have you ever finished something diverse that looked as though it may help? replaced her food, given her drugs, etc..?

2016-10-16 04:29:31 · answer #2 · answered by dmitriev 3 · 0 0

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