Liver cleanse using Milk Thistle - advice needed...

[Tamara]

I'd like to do a liver cleanse and I've read that Milk Thistle is very good for this.

Can anyone advise me on how much I should take on a daily basis and also how long should I take Milk Thistle for?

[Miss Hepburn]

You really should google liver cleanses - there are some very good ones!
Ha, I remember one with stewed dried fruits for 3 days. Gotta wrap your mind around it to get in the 'zone' to do it.
Ha, or soaking org rinsed raisins overnight and drinking the water.

Milk Thistle is a miracle.
Rem that at 3 am the liver does it's cleansing...so night time capsules are good, plenty of water.

Pls, if you are a coffee drinker ----only buy organic. No alcohol while cleansing, of course.

(Kidney, gall bl, liver all work together....learn liver points...do acupuncture points yourself - stimulating them....
with needles, online 1000 for $7, or toothpicks, or the end of a ball point pen, retracted.)

Do Uva Ursi tea every morning to stim the kidneys for the liver flushing.

Another thing is organic brown rice "only" for 21 days. Learn all u can about the Liver! ....check Duke Univer Diet.
The motels are full of people doing the Rice Diet, it's cute...Chapel Hill, NC.

[Tamara]

Loads of info there Miss Hepburn - thank you :)

I'm curious as to how long I should take Milk Thistle for? There is plenty of advice on the internet regarding Milk Thistle, except for how long it can be taken for a liver cleanse....

[Miss Hepburn]

Originally Posted by Tamara

Loads of info there Miss Hepburn - thank you :)
I'm curious as to how long I should take Milk Thistle for? There is plenty of advice on the internet regarding Milk Thistle,
except for how long it can be taken for a liver cleanse....

Oh, I don't know.
I have never heard anything about taking too much, either.
But, of course, you could take too much of anything - even water.
Lemme know what u find.

[Native spirit]

Before you do any of this I would advice you to speak to your doctor



Namaste

[Tamara]

Originally Posted by Native spirit

Before you do any of this I would advice you to speak to your doctor



Namaste

I'm not having any problems with my liver, its just that I've never cleansed my liver and at the grand old age of 61, I thought it might be a good idea - especially after all the food I ate at Christmas.

Milk Thistle would be pretty harmless wouldn't it?

[Lucky]

Like Native Spirit said, for good measure consult your doctor first. Conventional doctors won’t tell you milk thistle or any herb is great, after all none are FDA approved...but...I would first have a basic blood panel done by your doctor to make sure everything is functioning normally.

What I’ve learned is that there is a great wealth of information available online about superfoods, super herbs, vitamins that are so important for the function and prevention of this disease and that disease, keto diet, paleo diet, blood type diet, vegan/vegetarian diet etc. etc. BUT...each of our body chemistries are so unique that if we followed these diets and took these miracle herbs before knowing what is going on in our body specifically, it can actually do harm.

With that said, I have had intense bloodwork done and have been working with a holistic doctor who put me on a milk thistle liver detox pill and I just finished a whole bottle. I’ve taken it as she prescribed and I actually feel better. No adverse side effects for me. But please get some bloodwork done and check with your doctor first.

[Tamara]

Thank you Lucky and everybody else for all your help and info :)

If anyone else would like to advise, I would be grateful, even if the thread is years old when you read it...