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CLEANSING THE LIVER & GALLBLADDER
The liver serves as the major filtering system for toxins and waste in the body. It removes
microorganisms from the blood stream, which prevents them from getting deeper into the
body where they may cause serious infection. It also converts fat-soluble chemicals into
water-soluble chemicals so that they may be easily excreted from the body via the bile and
urine. The liver also plays an important part in supporting and maintaining good digestion,
fat metabolism, and immune response.
A *quick overview of what this amazing, self-generating organ does on a regular basis
would include:
As you might expect with all the liver does, when it is over-burdened, or not functioning
properly, many unhealthy or even life-threatening conditions result. Symptoms of a mal-
functioning liver include abnormal metabolism of fats (which can result in elevated LDL
levels and reduced HDL levels of cholesterol), blocked arteries that lead to high blood
pressure, heart attacks, and strokes, cellulite, and excessive weight gain or inability to lose
weight, even while dieting. Signs of a toxic liver might also be digestive problems like
abdominal bloating, indigestion, and constipation, blood sugar problems (like
hypoglycemia), depression, allergies, skin rashes, and recurrent headaches.
Your liver is so important medical experts agree that, if your body was a corporation, the liver
would be the president! Chinese medicine considers the liver to be the most important
organ in the body and the site where **emotional dis-ease, especially anger, is stored. One
of the main jobs of the liver is to make bile, which is then delivered by way of tiny biliary
tubing to the common bile duct. The gallbladder, which is attached to this duct, acts as a
storage reservoir for the bile. Eating fat or protein triggers the gallbladder to release the
stored bile and squeeze itself empty. The bile then makes its way down to the intestine,
where it helps with fat metabolism and assimilation.
But by the time you’re 40, the tubes and ducts leading to and from your liver start to get
clogged with environmental toxins, undigested fats, gallstones, scar tissue, and metabolic
waste. By age 50, you’re probably only getting one-fourth of the bile your body needs to
break down the fats from the foods you eat. And, unfortunately, when your liver can’t make
enough bile, it shifts to “Plan B,” where instead of dissolving toxins, it encapsulates them
(puts them into a storage form that your organs harbor for many years! Hmmm…I’m not too
keen on Plan B).
For many people, including children, their biliary tubing is choked with gallstones, whether
they have any symptoms or not. These stones can be black, red, white, green or tan colored.
The more common green ones get their color from being coated with bile. At the core of
some of the larger stones you might be able to see some unidentified objects which may be
clumps of bacteria or dead bits of parasite that initially caused the stone to form. If you’ve
done any previous liver cleansing you might also have stones that are composites—made
of many smaller ones—showing that they regrouped in the bile ducts some time after the
last cleanse you did.
The liver serves as the major filtering system for toxins and waste in the body. It removes
microorganisms from the blood stream, which prevents them from getting deeper into the
body where they may cause serious infection. It also converts fat-soluble chemicals into
water-soluble chemicals so that they may be easily excreted from the body via the bile and
urine. The liver also plays an important part in supporting and maintaining good digestion,
fat metabolism, and immune response.
A *quick overview of what this amazing, self-generating organ does on a regular basis
would include:
 | Manufactures a quart or more of bile daily to break down fat. Bile is the yellowish- | |
| green fluid that’s produced in your liver and stored in your gallbladder. Bile also plays an essential role in emulsifying—or breaking down—the fats you eat. Think of bile as a substance that works in the same way as a detergent that gets rid of grease from your dishes. | ||
| Filters harmful toxins and substances (including alcohol) out of nearly 100 gallons of | |
| blood every day, and allows nutrients to get to your cells. | ||
| Produces more than 13,000 crucial chemicals and hormones, including cholesterol, | |
| testosterone, and estrogen. Plus, your liver manages over 50,000 (are you kidding me!?) enzymes to maintain a healthy body. | ||
| Regulates blood sugar levels and prevents dangerous spikes and lows. | |
| Detoxifies all internal and external environmental pollutants. If your liver didn’t | |
| continually remove metabolic trash & toxins from your blood, you would be dead in a matter of hours! | ||
| Stores essential vitamins and minerals—including vitamins A, D, K and B12—to | |
| help keep your bones from crumbling. |
As you might expect with all the liver does, when it is over-burdened, or not functioning
properly, many unhealthy or even life-threatening conditions result. Symptoms of a mal-
functioning liver include abnormal metabolism of fats (which can result in elevated LDL
levels and reduced HDL levels of cholesterol), blocked arteries that lead to high blood
pressure, heart attacks, and strokes, cellulite, and excessive weight gain or inability to lose
weight, even while dieting. Signs of a toxic liver might also be digestive problems like
abdominal bloating, indigestion, and constipation, blood sugar problems (like
hypoglycemia), depression, allergies, skin rashes, and recurrent headaches.
Your liver is so important medical experts agree that, if your body was a corporation, the liver
would be the president! Chinese medicine considers the liver to be the most important
organ in the body and the site where **emotional dis-ease, especially anger, is stored. One
of the main jobs of the liver is to make bile, which is then delivered by way of tiny biliary
tubing to the common bile duct. The gallbladder, which is attached to this duct, acts as a
storage reservoir for the bile. Eating fat or protein triggers the gallbladder to release the
stored bile and squeeze itself empty. The bile then makes its way down to the intestine,
where it helps with fat metabolism and assimilation.
But by the time you’re 40, the tubes and ducts leading to and from your liver start to get
clogged with environmental toxins, undigested fats, gallstones, scar tissue, and metabolic
waste. By age 50, you’re probably only getting one-fourth of the bile your body needs to
break down the fats from the foods you eat. And, unfortunately, when your liver can’t make
enough bile, it shifts to “Plan B,” where instead of dissolving toxins, it encapsulates them
(puts them into a storage form that your organs harbor for many years! Hmmm…I’m not too
keen on Plan B).
For many people, including children, their biliary tubing is choked with gallstones, whether
they have any symptoms or not. These stones can be black, red, white, green or tan colored.
The more common green ones get their color from being coated with bile. At the core of
some of the larger stones you might be able to see some unidentified objects which may be
clumps of bacteria or dead bits of parasite that initially caused the stone to form. If you’ve
done any previous liver cleansing you might also have stones that are composites—made
of many smaller ones—showing that they regrouped in the bile ducts some time after the
last cleanse you did.
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As the stones grow and become more numerous, the back pressure causes the liver to
make less bile, much like how water in a garden hose gets backed up when the hose is
twisted. So instead of being flushed out naturally with the bile, stones begin to collect and
grow. This also means that much less cholesterol leaves the body, and consequently levels
begin to rise. Gallstones are porous, so they can pick up all the bacteria, cysts, viruses and
parasites that are passing through the liver, since it is the main filtering system of the body.
In this way "nests" of infection can form. Dr. Hulda Clark, author of The Cure for All
Diseases, believes that no stomach infection, such as ulcers, or intestinal bloating can be
cured permanently without removing these gallstones from the liver using surgery or a
formal cleanse.
There are a variety of natural substances you can use to at least tone and help detoxify the
liver. Some of these are the amino acids glutamine, glycine, taurine, and cysteine, vitamins
C, E and K, natural carotenoids, lecithin, selenium, zinc, essential fatty acids (EFAs) and the
B vitamins 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, biotin and inositol. Alfalfa sprouts, cruciferous and green leafy
vegetables, fresh raw vegetable and wheatgrass juices, green tea, and foods that contain
sulfur, like eggs, garlic, onions, cabbage, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts, also pamper the
liver. Milk thistle, which contains silymarin, acts as an anti-oxidant and is one of the most
popular herbs used to insure good liver health.
However, to get stones out a formal cleanse is called for. And what’s nice is in the process
you will not only remove gallstones without resorting to surgery, but also dramatically
improve the overall health of the body, especially your digestion. A cleanse can also help
clear up some seemingly unrelated issues, such as allergies and shoulder, upper arm and
upper back pain. Gallstones are the fifth cause of hospital admission and the third most
common surgical procedure (yipes!), but fortunately the book A Healthier You From the
Inside Out gives you a way to get stones out employing nothing more that Epsom salts,
grapefruit juice and olive oil. Think of it—no expensive hospital stay, no days missed from
work or play, no surgery and scars to recuperate from!!
There are a variety of liver/gallbladder “recipes” you can use for flushing out gallstones, and
a number are included in the book to give you options to choose from. Hopefully there will
be at least one that works with your time schedule, personal preferences, and level of
dedication. You’ll notice that most of the routines have certain things in common, but may
vary in the number of days required, amount of olive oil taken, etc. Some of the protocols call
for special ingredients or products, while others only require things that are readily
available, like the Epsom salts, olive oil and grapefruit juice mentioned earlier. Regardless
of which routine you end up using, be sure to choose a time when you will be able to rest
the day after the actual cleanse (you’ll also want to stay close to a bathroom!).
*For in-depth information about the liver, how it functions, its detoxification processes, and
more, you can check out Dr. Sandra Cabot’s website liverdoctor.com, listed on our
Resources page.
**”From a Qi gong perspective, much disease is caused by emotional repression. The
repressed emotions get stored in the organs and tissue, causing energetic blockages that
can hinder the free flow of energy. Things start to back up and circulation can be reduced to
the organs, and physical toxins can also then begin to accumulate. In Qigong and
Traditional Chinese Medicine each organ stores a specific repressed emotion. The liver
stores anger, the lungs store sadness, the kidneys store fear, and the spleen stores worry.”
—Michael Mohoric, Qi Gong energy healer
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make less bile, much like how water in a garden hose gets backed up when the hose is
twisted. So instead of being flushed out naturally with the bile, stones begin to collect and
grow. This also means that much less cholesterol leaves the body, and consequently levels
begin to rise. Gallstones are porous, so they can pick up all the bacteria, cysts, viruses and
parasites that are passing through the liver, since it is the main filtering system of the body.
In this way "nests" of infection can form. Dr. Hulda Clark, author of The Cure for All
Diseases, believes that no stomach infection, such as ulcers, or intestinal bloating can be
cured permanently without removing these gallstones from the liver using surgery or a
formal cleanse.
There are a variety of natural substances you can use to at least tone and help detoxify the
liver. Some of these are the amino acids glutamine, glycine, taurine, and cysteine, vitamins
C, E and K, natural carotenoids, lecithin, selenium, zinc, essential fatty acids (EFAs) and the
B vitamins 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, biotin and inositol. Alfalfa sprouts, cruciferous and green leafy
vegetables, fresh raw vegetable and wheatgrass juices, green tea, and foods that contain
sulfur, like eggs, garlic, onions, cabbage, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts, also pamper the
liver. Milk thistle, which contains silymarin, acts as an anti-oxidant and is one of the most
popular herbs used to insure good liver health.
However, to get stones out a formal cleanse is called for. And what’s nice is in the process
you will not only remove gallstones without resorting to surgery, but also dramatically
improve the overall health of the body, especially your digestion. A cleanse can also help
clear up some seemingly unrelated issues, such as allergies and shoulder, upper arm and
upper back pain. Gallstones are the fifth cause of hospital admission and the third most
common surgical procedure (yipes!), but fortunately the book A Healthier You From the
Inside Out gives you a way to get stones out employing nothing more that Epsom salts,
grapefruit juice and olive oil. Think of it—no expensive hospital stay, no days missed from
work or play, no surgery and scars to recuperate from!!
There are a variety of liver/gallbladder “recipes” you can use for flushing out gallstones, and
a number are included in the book to give you options to choose from. Hopefully there will
be at least one that works with your time schedule, personal preferences, and level of
dedication. You’ll notice that most of the routines have certain things in common, but may
vary in the number of days required, amount of olive oil taken, etc. Some of the protocols call
for special ingredients or products, while others only require things that are readily
available, like the Epsom salts, olive oil and grapefruit juice mentioned earlier. Regardless
of which routine you end up using, be sure to choose a time when you will be able to rest
the day after the actual cleanse (you’ll also want to stay close to a bathroom!).
*For in-depth information about the liver, how it functions, its detoxification processes, and
more, you can check out Dr. Sandra Cabot’s website liverdoctor.com, listed on our
Resources page.
**”From a Qi gong perspective, much disease is caused by emotional repression. The
repressed emotions get stored in the organs and tissue, causing energetic blockages that
can hinder the free flow of energy. Things start to back up and circulation can be reduced to
the organs, and physical toxins can also then begin to accumulate. In Qigong and
Traditional Chinese Medicine each organ stores a specific repressed emotion. The liver
stores anger, the lungs store sadness, the kidneys store fear, and the spleen stores worry.”
—Michael Mohoric, Qi Gong energy healer
Back to "To Your Health"
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