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1. Ivy Gourd - The best herbal remedy for liver detoxification today
Ivy Gourd - a herb with strong liver protection effects; extensively studied and highly regarded by Vietnamese and international scientists. This is the best herbal remedy for liver detoxification today. Ivy Gourd is a precious medicinal plant. It is a small plant that lives for many years, creeping or climbing up to 6m or more. Ivy Gourd (scientific name: Solanum procumbens), also known as scarlet fruit, Indian nightshade, gourd, fruit reservoir, Hai Nam fruit, scarlet fruit, prickly fruit, is a plant species in the Solanaceae family. This species grows wild everywhere from low mountains to midlands and coastal plains, distributed in northern provinces to Hue in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan). This is considered the best herbal remedy for liver detoxification today.
Benefits:
- Supports enhancing the liver's detoxification function, helping protect liver cells, limiting liver damage caused by alcohol, drugs, and toxic chemicals.
- Supports the treatment of high liver enzymes, helping reduce symptoms of liver diseases such as: pain under the ribs, jaundice, fatigue.
- Supports the treatment of liver diseases: alcoholic hepatitis, viral hepatitis, fatty liver, cirrhosis.
How to use:
Remedy 1: Treat hepatitis, prevent cirrhosis
- Ivy Gourd: 30g
- Desmodium gangeticum: 10g
- Houttuynia cordata
- All roasted, steeped in wine, daily drink for 1 month divided into 3 times.
Remedy 2: Alcohol detox
- Fresh Ivy Gourd root, clean, rub on teeth when drinking alcohol to avoid drunkenness.
- Or use 100g of dried Ivy Gourd root soaked in 400ml of water until 150ml remains, take the water for the drunk person to drink to relieve drunkenness. Drink when the water is still warm, continuously until awake.
Ivy Gourd is a type of plant that is not difficult to find, it is also easy to grow, so as long as you know how to use Ivy Gourd, you will see its 'miraculous' effects right away. Wish you success in treating illnesses with Ivy Gourd.
2. Tranh Grass Root - Effective Liver Detox Herb
Tranh Grass Root ranges in color from ivory white to pale yellow, with numerous nodes and surrounded by scales and rootlets. Within the root of the grass, there is 18% sugar (including glucose and fructose), which is why it has a sweet taste; along with citric, malic, tartaric, oxalic acids, triterpene methylethers, arundoin, and cylindrin. It's not until now that people realize its benefits; grass roots have been used as medicine for 2,000 years and are the first medicinal herbs listed in the Canon of Medicine. It is also present in many other ancient medical books such as Separate Essentials of Materia Medica, Simple Materia Medica, The Essential Manuscript of Miscellany, and Manuscript for Foot Diseases.
Benefits:
- According to traditional Chinese medicine, grass roots are sweet and cool, so they have the effect of clearing heat, quenching thirst
- It also helps to promote blood circulation, diuresis, and relieve internal heat; treating conditions such as nosebleeds, urination with blood, and urinary retention
- People with weak livers due to smoking, alcohol consumption, or liver function problems can use medicines made from grass roots to detoxify, purify, and cool the liver.
How to use:
- You can use grass roots to make a drink as follows: Take 200g of fresh grass roots and boil them with 700ml of water, boil over high heat, when the water boils, reduce the heat and simmer for 7-10 minutes, strain and take the water, drink instead of tea, use it in a day.
- Drink continuously for 10-15 days. You can take a break and then repeat the process for another 10-15 days.
When using as medicine, you have to cut off the roots above the ground, only take the roots below the ground, clean off the leaves, scales, and rootlets. Traditional Chinese medicine calls grass roots mao can. From the original grass roots, depending on the method of preparation and the purpose of treatment, this medicine has different names. Fresh grass roots, cleaned and cut into small pieces, are called raw mao can. Soaked grass roots in water until soft, then cut into sections, dried, and sifted to remove impurities are called white mao can. Take white mao can and put it in a pot to fry until the medicine turns black, remove it and dry it, then it is called mao can thán.
3. Stonebreaker
Known for its effectiveness in treating liver diseases and detoxification, stonebreaker is a precious medicinal plant widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. This medicinal plant is also used to treat many other common ailments. Stonebreaker, also known as the stone-breaking dog, tooth saw dog, pearl grass, Thai holly... is a small herb, about 30-60 cm tall. The stem is smooth, erect, resembling phoenix leaves. The plant is often found in tropical regions. According to traditional Chinese medicine, stonebreaker has a bitter, slightly sweet taste, and a cool nature, so it is often used for detoxification and clearing heat from the blood. The plant also has diuretic and antiseptic properties. Especially, this herb has a high effectiveness in treating liver diseases and has few side effects. Stonebreaker has two types: bitter and sweet. Among them, bitter stonebreaker has a higher therapeutic effect.
Benefits:
- Stonebreaker is seen as a solution for liver disease: Modern medical studies have shown that stonebreaker contains some enzymes such as hypophyllanthin or phyllanthin... These substances have the ability to detoxify and restore liver function. Additionally, stonebreaker also helps increase glutathione levels. This is a liver-protecting substance. Therefore, it has the effect of restoring liver function. According to some medical reports, in Peru, stonebreaker is a medicine used to enhance liver function and stimulate liver cells to secrete bile. This medicinal plant is also used to treat hepatitis or gallstones in some South American countries.
- Especially, stonebreaker has been proven to be effective in cases of fatty liver or viral hepatitis, such as reducing the amount of fat in the liver, preventing the development of hepatitis B virus as well as limiting inflammation and liver necrosis. This medicinal plant is considered an effective solution for patients with liver and bile diseases.
How to use:
- Using stonebreaker to treat viral hepatitis: Bitter stonebreaker 16g, Phyllanthus urinaria 16g, Dried grapefruit peel 4g, Achyranthes bidentata 8g, Alisma 12g. If the body is too weak, you can add 12g of Codonopsis root, if there is too much heat, add 12g of Prunella vulgaris, 12g of Houttuynia cordata, and 12g of Bistort rhizome. The combination of stonebreaker, Phyllanthus urinaria, and Alisma enhances the detoxification and antiviral effects. Adding dried grapefruit peel and Achyranthes bidentata to warm up helps to neutralize the cool nature of Phyllanthus urinaria and stonebreaker when using for a long time.
- Treating alcoholic liver disease, malaria, poisoning due to the environment, or cases of rash, acne due to blood heat: Bitter stonebreaker 12g, Radix Glycyrrhizae 12g. Brew and drink daily instead of tea.
4. Stonebreaker: Most Effective Liver Detoxifier
Stonebreaker is known for its role as a valuable medicinal plant that can treat many diseases, including effectively treating liver diseases and detoxifying the liver.
Benefits of stonebreaker for liver disease
- According to scientific research, stonebreaker also protects liver cells, enhances the immune system of the liver. In addition, stonebreaker slows down the process of liver degeneration. It helps increase cell regeneration in the liver.
The roots of stonebreaker contain immune-stimulating substances. This is essential for treating hepatitis B. - Stonebreaker can best prevent liver fibrosis by combining stonebreaker with stonebreaker and houttuynia. They help prevent the progression of liver fibrosis and inhibit the development of hepatitis B virus.
- Moreover, stonebreaker is extremely effective in detoxifying alcohol.
- Stonebreaker is also a medicinal plant with a significant effect on promoting liver function, detoxifying alcohol, combating fatigue, and stimulating digestion.
- Stonebreaker also has a very special function that cannot be overlooked, which is powerful detoxification, so it is very suitable for people with alcoholic liver fibrosis.
How to use:
Preparation
- Roots, stems of stonebreaker
- Soak in water several times
- Clean, slice, and dry
- Roast over fire until fragrant
Instructions:
- 15g of prepared stonebreaker roots as above into a pot (Earthenware pot is best)
- Pour 1.5 liters of water to soak
- Boil over high heat until boiling, then reduce heat and simmer until half of the water remains
- Strain 3 small bowls of water, divided into 3 times a day
5. Gentian Root: Effective Liver Detoxifier
In traditional medicine, Gentian Root, also known as mountain lilac, belongs to the Gentianaceae family. It has a small, purple stem with smooth white hairs. Its leaves are opposite, egg-shaped with pointed tips, serrated edges, and covered in fine hairs on both sides, emitting a fragrant aroma. The flowers form clusters of purple-blue blossoms between the leaves, with an upper lip and a lower lip divided into five equal lobes. The capsule fruit contains numerous small seeds. In Vietnam, Gentian Root is a familiar plant often found in households or at sidewalk tea stalls.
- Gentian Root has a slightly bitter taste and a slightly cool property, known for its ability to clear heat, benefit low energy, and promote bile secretion. It is used to treat conditions such as indigestion, difficult urination, and skin ulcers caused by low circulation.
- Modern studies have shown that Gentian Root increases bile secretion and enhances liver cell protection.
- It helps prevent fatty liver, lowers blood pressure, improves circulation, relieves heat, reduces pain, and has anti-inflammatory properties.
- For those who consume alcohol excessively, drinking a bottle of Gentian Root water daily can mitigate some of the harmful effects on the liver: Gentian Root, sao muong seeds, fresh licorice root, dried purslane brewed into a daily drink.
- For liver inflammation accompanied by fever, yellowing skin, profuse head sweating, dry mouth, fullness in the abdomen, and difficult urination, use Gentian Root, chin chu, and rhubarb decoction divided into three doses daily.
- To cool the liver and benefit bile, and clear heat, use Gentian Root, Dong Quai, and Eclipta prostrata dried or sun-dried, crushed. Boil 50g with boiling water daily to drink instead of tea throughout the day.
Oldenlandia diffusa, commonly known as snake tongue grass, is a small herbaceous plant native to Asia. It goes by various other names such as snake tongue grass, Indian madder, earth balsam, bunchflower, bamboo-leaf madder, snake grass,... In addition, in the book 'Vietnamese Medicinal Plants and Remedies', Professor Đỗ Tất Lợi refers to Oldenlandia diffusa as snake tongue grass.
Oldenlandia diffusa is a small grass species, creeping and can live up to several years. The stem of the plant is light brown, round at the base, young stems are four-angled, bearing many branches. The leaves are lanceolate, about 1.5 - 3.5 cm long, and 1 - 2 mm wide, pointed at the apex, gray in color, leathery, almost without petioles, with toothed margins. The flowers of snake tongue grass grow singly or in pairs in the leaf axils. The flowers of this plant species are small, with spherical calyx tubes and 4 pointed sepals. The corolla consists of 4 petal lobes, and the stamens are attached to the throat of the corolla tube. The fruit is spherical and slightly flattened at the apex, containing many small angular seeds.
Uses:
- According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Oldenlandia diffusa is cool in nature, non-toxic, with a sweet, bland, slightly bitter taste, entering the Heart, Liver, and Spleen meridians. The plant has the effects of clearing heat, relieving toxicity, and promoting urination. It is used in the treatment of cough due to lung heat, various toxic swellings, snakebites, sore throat, abdominal abscesses, appendicitis, dysentery, high fever, jaundice,...
- Oldenlandia diffusa is a newly recognized hepatoprotective medicinal herb. This grass is classified into the detoxifying herbal group according to the book 'Traditional Pharmacology' compiled by the Traditional Pharmacology Department of Hanoi University of Pharmacy.
Usage:
- Prescription for treating hepatitis and jaundice: 40g snake tongue grass, 40g dried garden balsam, 16g licorice, 16g decocted to obtain a concentrated solution then formulated into syrup for daily consumption.
- Prescription for detoxifying the liver and promoting bile secretion: Snake tongue grass, dried garden balsam, Licorice decocted in a ratio of 2 - 2 - 1 for consumption.
9. Detoxify Your Liver with Bitter Melon
According to scientists, bitter melon juice has excellent effects in cooling the liver, detoxifying the liver, helping improve gallbladder function, reducing and preventing liver fibrosis, hepatitis... Due to its bitter taste and cold nature, according to traditional medical books, it has the effect of dispelling heat, quenching thirst, clearing the mind, detoxifying the liver, brightening the eyes, reducing fire, nourishing the liver and blood, clearing heat and detoxifying, dispelling summer heat. You often use bitter melon to cook soup or make delicious stir-fries. However, for liver detoxification and beauty, bitter melon juice will be much more effective.
Benefits:
- Bitter melon is rich in fiber, stimulating bile movement, so it is good for bile secretion.
- Bitter melon also has the effect of reducing the concentration of inflammatory liver enzymes such as AST, ALT (an increase in these enzymes is an indicator that liver cells are severely inflamed).
How to Use:
Ingredients:
- 1kg bitter melon
- Sufficient honey
- White sugar and rock sugar
Instructions:
- Wash bitter melon clean, remove all the seeds, then marinate with white sugar for 1 hour.
- Put the marinated bitter melon into a juicer to extract the juice for drinking.
- Or you can blend bitter melon with water, strain the residue, then add honey and rock sugar to drink.
So now you know the benefits of liver detoxification and skin beauty with bitter melon juice. Don't underestimate this 'dual-use medicinal food,' folks.
10. Artichoke Leaves
Artichoke has a bitter taste and is grown for its flowers used as a vegetable. It has a cooling property that helps lubricate the intestines, promote urination, good for the liver, reduce cholesterol, and detoxify the liver quite effectively. According to traditional Chinese medicine, artichoke has the function of supporting the treatment of liver diseases such as chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis... People who often drink beer, smoke, work in polluted environments, using artichoke is also quite good. Using artichoke fresh or dried is an effective liver detoxification remedy, which can be processed into dishes or brewed into tea. Some people cook it to make a drink. However, it should not be overused because excessive consumption will not be effective and may cause other side effects.
Benefits:
- Eliminate toxins in the liver, reduce symptoms of belching, heartburn, sour belching, etc.
- Prevent atherosclerosis, reduce blood cholesterol and indigestion
- The bitter taste of artichoke leaves has a diuretic effect, so it is used in the treatment of edema, low joints
How to Use:
- Cut off the long stems of artichoke, wash them clean. Wash the aloe leaves clean and roll them into a bundle
- Put the artichoke and aloe leaves in a pot, pour about 3 - 4 liters of cold water, bring to a boil
- After boiling, reduce heat and simmer until the artichoke is soft and all the sweetness is released.
