The Liver: A Vital Organ

 

General Indications
Chronic Indications
Underactive Liver
Congested liver - Gall bladder
Liver Overview

Your liver, the largest organ in your body, plays a vital role in regulating life processes. This complex organ performs many functions essential to life. You simply cannot live without it.

Overall indications
Allergies (food or respiratory) - Hormones imbalances
Tendency to anger - Skin disorders

II. Chronic Indications
Bloating - Nervous energy in the evening - Grogginess in the morning - Acne
Flushing of face - Irritability - Headaches - Migraines

Milk Thistle Combination     Milk Thistle Combination is now better than ever! NSP has added a new ingredient-N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC)-and improved the per-tablet value of this key supplement. This long-time favorite boasts the same liver-protecting and free-radical fighting ingredients that are in the current product, plus NAC. NAC optimizes the production of glutathione in the liver. Glutathione is used in the break-down and elimination of toxins in the body. NAC is also a powerful antioxidant that helps support the eyes, prevent nerve degeneration, and protect against oxidative damage. The liver performs over 500 functions and is vital to the body's ability to produce energy and detoxify itself. It is critically important to guard the liver in order to feel good.

Liver Balance tcm     This combination of 12 Chinese herbs is designed to support the needs of a stressed wood constitution.  Benefits: Supports liver cleansing function.  May help reduce stress and restore vigor.  Enhances digestion.  May increase feelings of well-being.  Supports Liver Health   Relieves Stress   For Occasional Irritabili

III - Uunderactive - Weakened Liver
Key Indications
Fatigue or malaise - Decouragement - Chronic depression
Hormone imbalance - Body odor

Blood Stimulator     Benefits: Chinese approach to supporting healthy blood cells. Traditionally used to support the circulatory system. How It Works: According to Eastern philosophy, life permits us to work with what we have on earth here and now-body and mind-in order to reclaim and maintain the innate energy and spirit that reside within us. Energy and spirit must be awakened, nurtured and balanced in order for life to flourish. TCM philosophy names five distinct energies that permeate the body:Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood. In order to feel your best, these energies must be in balance. Detoxification is one of the most important body functions as it rids excess waste and promotes vitality. Wood concerns your liver, your primary organ of detoxification. This formula is designed to nutritionally support the blood and general circulation.

Milk Thistle Combination     Milk Thistle Combination is now better than ever! NSP has added a new ingredient-N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC)-and improved the per-tablet value of this key supplement. This long-time favorite boasts the same liver-protecting and free-radical fighting ingredients that are in the current product, plus NAC. NAC optimizes the production of glutathione in the liver. Glutathione is used in the break-down and elimination of toxins in the body. NAC is also a powerful antioxidant that helps support the eyes, prevent nerve degeneration, and protect against oxidative damage. The liver performs over 500 functions and is vital to the body's ability to produce energy and detoxify itself. It is critically important to guard the liver in order to feel good.

IV. Congested Liver
Gallbladder Indications
Greasy or clay colored stools - Sharp pain in center chest
Hard time digesting fats

Gall Bladder Formula Bloating, Liver & Gas formula from Dr. John Christopher. This digestive bitters tonic improves appetite and the body's production of digestive fluids. Stimulates circulation and liver function while soothing inflammation and relaxing smooth muscles. It is a liver and blood cleanser. Provides riboflavin and thiamin which are required for digestion of all macro-nutrients. Caution if gastritis, dysentery or extreme pain/swelling in gall bladder/liver area.

A Vital Organ!

The location of the liver
The liver, located behind the lower ribs on the right side of your abdomen (see diagram), weighs about 3 pounds and is roughly the size of a football.

This vital organ performs many complex functions.
Some of these are:
* To convert food into chemicals necessary for life and growth;
* To process drugs absorbed from the digestive tract into forms that are easier for the body to use; and to detoxify and excrete substances that otherwise would be poisonous.
Your liver plays a key role in converting food into essential chemicals of life. All of the blood that leaves the stomach and intestines must pass through the liver before reaching the rest of the body. In essence, the liver can be thought of as the body's refinery.

Your liver, the largest organ in your body, plays a vital role in regulating life processes. This complex organ performs many functions essential to life. You simply cannot live without it.

Furthermore, your liver plays a principal role in removing from the blood ingested and internally produced toxic substances. The liver converts them to substances that can be easily eliminated from the body.
It also makes bile, a greenish-brown fluid which is essential for digestion.
Bile is stored in the gallbladder which, after eating, contracts and discharges bile into the intestine, where it aids digestion (of fat in particular).

Your liver helps you by...
• Preventing shortages in body fuel by storing certain vitamins, minerals, and sugars;
• Aiding in the digestive process by producing bile;
• Controlling the production and excretion of cholesterol;
• Neutralizing and destroying poisonous substances;
• Metabolizing alcohol;
• Monitoring and maintaining the proper level of many chemicals and drugs in the blood;
• Cleansing the blood and discharging waste products into the bile;
• Serving as the main organ of blood formation before birth;
• Helping the body resist infection by producing immune factors and by removing bacteria from the bloodstream;
• Regenerating its own damaged tissue; and storing iron.