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Check out this article if you get sick in the spring.
This newsletter is written for the people who desperately need to read it. I will keep the information brief and to the point. Before proceeding, I would like to state that I am not an expert in Chinese Medicine. I do, however, have a good amount of experience with the topic I am about to illustrate.
Spring is a strange time of the year. The weather is getting warmer and many people expect to feel healthier. Healthier than during the winter to say the least. Unfortunately often the opposite happens. For many, spring is the time of allergies, headaches, indigestion, nausea and many other kinds of aches and pains. If you are one of these sufferers, I invite you to take a look at the very potential source of your troubles; your liver.
According to Chinese medicine, Spring is the time of the liver. The stress that usually don’t have much affect on you, causes severe reactions in the spring. Although what stresses you is highly individualistic, the potential cause is more common than you may think. Here is a list of potential triggers of your liver’s dissatisfactions.
• Fatty foods
• Very cold foods.
• Sleeping during the day
• Napping in the evening
• Staying up past mid-night.
• Angry emotions
• Eating large meals
• Lack of greens
• Lack of fresh foods
The more toxic your liver is to begin with, the more symptoms you will experience. Toxic liver can be caused by many things. Here is a potential list.
Metabolic defects
Heavy metal toxicity
Parasitic organisms
Chemicals including drugs, food preservatives, solvents and vaccines
Gravel and Stones (Those are not only in the gall bladder)
And the list goes on.
If you have viruses, including hepatitis, you should be even more careful. Many viruses that are dormant during the winter get activated in the spring. This of course isn’t good news for the liver. If the viruses reside in the liver, the situation is potentially worse. Fortunately many remedies are available to detox, rejuvenate, cleanse and strengthen your liver. If you don’t like taking pills of any kind, feel free to eat your way to liver health. Below are some foods known to improve the liver function.
-Beets
-chickweed
-dandelion
-chicory
-mustard greens
-nettles
-watercress
-Sprouts
The above can be eaten by themselves or with your regular meals. If you are trying them for the first time, always eat a small amount and wait for three hours. If no symptoms of allergies or food intolerance surface, than a large dose is promiseable.
Certain herbs are also known for their liver detoxifying and protecting qualities. Below is a list of common herbs used for the support of liver function.
-Milk Thistle
-Turmeric
-Worm Wood
-Agrimony
-Celandine
-Licorice
-Root
-Boldo
-Ginger
-Burdock
Again this information is very brief. My goal here is not to diagnose, prescribe and treat liver concerns or related symptoms. The point of these few paragraphs is to shed light on something that may have been bothring you. Perhaps it’s a chronic inflammation, stubborn digestive discomfort, or a headache that doesn’t let up. If any of those or many other discomforts have been with you for a long time, a closer look at the liver may be in order. Do not forget that all the organs and systems intertwine. According to the theory of Chinese medicine “unhappy” kidneys can lead to an “unhappy” liver. Incorrect minerals and water intake as well as inadequate diet, are among the causes of kidney malfunction.
If anything in the above paragraphs has interested you, feel free to research it. Look up the above remedies as well as foods on line. Take out a book from the library. Try the foods if you think they are for you. Be careful with pills however. I advise against self medicating. If you want to take herbs, extracts, vitamins or minerals, please see a professional. Books and articles are great, but they can’t take place of a trained professional.
I hope that reading the above information will be your first step on a fruitful journey to health.
Good luck,
-Paul
This newsletter is written for the people who desperately need to read it. I will keep the information brief and to the point. Before proceeding, I would like to state that I am not an expert in Chinese Medicine. I do, however, have a good amount of experience with the topic I am about to illustrate.
Spring is a strange time of the year. The weather is getting warmer and many people expect to feel healthier. Healthier than during the winter to say the least. Unfortunately often the opposite happens. For many, spring is the time of allergies, headaches, indigestion, nausea and many other kinds of aches and pains. If you are one of these sufferers, I invite you to take a look at the very potential source of your troubles; your liver.
According to Chinese medicine, Spring is the time of the liver. The stress that usually don’t have much affect on you, causes severe reactions in the spring. Although what stresses you is highly individualistic, the potential cause is more common than you may think. Here is a list of potential triggers of your liver’s dissatisfactions.
• Fatty foods
• Very cold foods.
• Sleeping during the day
• Napping in the evening
• Staying up past mid-night.
• Angry emotions
• Eating large meals
• Lack of greens
• Lack of fresh foods
The more toxic your liver is to begin with, the more symptoms you will experience. Toxic liver can be caused by many things. Here is a potential list.
Metabolic defects
Heavy metal toxicity
Parasitic organisms
Chemicals including drugs, food preservatives, solvents and vaccines
Gravel and Stones (Those are not only in the gall bladder)
And the list goes on.
If you have viruses, including hepatitis, you should be even more careful. Many viruses that are dormant during the winter get activated in the spring. This of course isn’t good news for the liver. If the viruses reside in the liver, the situation is potentially worse. Fortunately many remedies are available to detox, rejuvenate, cleanse and strengthen your liver. If you don’t like taking pills of any kind, feel free to eat your way to liver health. Below are some foods known to improve the liver function.
-Beets
-chickweed
-dandelion
-chicory
-mustard greens
-nettles
-watercress
-Sprouts
The above can be eaten by themselves or with your regular meals. If you are trying them for the first time, always eat a small amount and wait for three hours. If no symptoms of allergies or food intolerance surface, than a large dose is promiseable.
Certain herbs are also known for their liver detoxifying and protecting qualities. Below is a list of common herbs used for the support of liver function.
-Milk Thistle
-Turmeric
-Worm Wood
-Agrimony
-Celandine
-Licorice
-Root
-Boldo
-Ginger
-Burdock
Again this information is very brief. My goal here is not to diagnose, prescribe and treat liver concerns or related symptoms. The point of these few paragraphs is to shed light on something that may have been bothring you. Perhaps it’s a chronic inflammation, stubborn digestive discomfort, or a headache that doesn’t let up. If any of those or many other discomforts have been with you for a long time, a closer look at the liver may be in order. Do not forget that all the organs and systems intertwine. According to the theory of Chinese medicine “unhappy” kidneys can lead to an “unhappy” liver. Incorrect minerals and water intake as well as inadequate diet, are among the causes of kidney malfunction.
If anything in the above paragraphs has interested you, feel free to research it. Look up the above remedies as well as foods on line. Take out a book from the library. Try the foods if you think they are for you. Be careful with pills however. I advise against self medicating. If you want to take herbs, extracts, vitamins or minerals, please see a professional. Books and articles are great, but they can’t take place of a trained professional.
I hope that reading the above information will be your first step on a fruitful journey to health.
Good luck,
-Paul
