30 September 2014

Improving the Liver's Functions


A lot had been said about taking care of the liver and this post hopes to add more options to choose from.  I can guess that one of the best options is drinking a delicious juice that can improve the function of the liver. 

Wash, slice, then juice the following preferably using a slow juicer:  one apple, one medium sugar beet and one stalk of celery.  Drink  the juice immediately to avoid oxidation of the nutrients  Drinking this regularly cleanses the liver, improving its function.  

Another way to cleanse the liver is the TCM way of stimulating the acupoints of the liver found on the foot as shown on the photo.  This can be done by soaking the feet in the following boiled mixture:

1.  Sliced ginger (without peeling).
2.  Used tea bag of Tianshi Lipid Metabolic Management Tea (drinking two cups of this tea twice a day is also very good for the liver and the heart).
3,  Two or more liters of water, enough to soak the feet so that all acupoints are soaked (see photo).

Test if your feet can withstand the heat before soaking the feet, but the hotter the better.  Soak until the heat is gone.  You should feel the heat going up your body.





A traditional way of stimulating the acupoints of the liver to improve its functions is through acupuncture or acupressure.  There is now a modern way, through electro-acupuncture using state-of-the-art gadgets like the one from Tiens called Acupoints Treasure Multifunctional Apparatus.


Lastly, emotions greatly affect the organs of the body, each kind of emotion affecting each vital organ. The emotion affecting the liver is anger so people should not allow anger to linger in them. Lingering anger is usually the root cause of cancer because of the hormones secreted by anger which stimulates the growth of cancer cells.