The liver is one of the most important internal organs of man. It produces bile, takes part in digestion processes, and is also a kind of filter for blood and is responsible for removing toxins from the body, splitting and transformation of potentially harmful substances. That is, it undergoes regular significant loads. And although the liver refers to organs that regenerate very well and can recover to normal even if only 25% of intact tissue is present, the process is rather slow. Therefore, after a prolonged or aggressive exposure to external factors (alcohol, medication, etc.), the liver needs to be restored.
How to restore the liver after alcohol?
Alcohol abuse is perhaps the most well-known cause of liver dysfunction. In this case, the adoption of measures to support the liver is necessary, but the specific techniques may differ depending on the duration of alcohol abuse and the degree of violations:
- Gentle diet. Mandatory regardless of the reason why you need to restore the liver. From the diet it is necessary to exclude alcohol, excessively fatty, rich in cholesterol, fried and spicy food. It is advisable to eat foods rich in fiber, as well as fruits and vegetables with a high content of vitamin C.
- Admission of vitamin complexes. For the normal functioning of the liver vitamins E, C, vitamins of group B are necessary.
- Reception of hepatoprotectors . This term usually means several groups of drugs aimed at improving the performance of the liver. Such drugs differ in both the mechanism and the strength of the effect, and the choice of a particular drug depends on the degree of liver damage.
How to restore the liver after antibiotics?
Although antibiotics do not cause such obvious damage to the liver as alcohol abuse, due to the fact that the period of their intake is organic, they still have a fairly toxic effect.
In addition to diet, after antibiotics it is also recommended to drink a course of hepatoprotectors, usually on a plant basis. In addition, a favorable effect has a course of taking mineral water (Borjomi, Essentuki № 17 or № 4, Truskavetskaya). It is advisable to drink water half an hour before meals, in a preheated form, and beforehand releasing gas from it.
Preparations that restore the liver
Pharmacists offer an extensive list of drugs that can help renew liver:
- Preparations based on milk thistle - Gepabene , Karsil , Silibor . They have antioxidant and membrane-stabilizing effect.
- Preparations with ursodeoxycholic acid - Ursosan , Urdoksa , Ursofalk . Reduce inflammation and prevent the death of liver cells, have a protective effect on cell membranes, have antioxidant, immunostimulating and choleretic effect.
- Preparations based on essential phospholipids - Essential Forte , Esliver Forte . Phospholipids are a building material for liver cells, have a protective, membrane-stabilizing and antifibrotic effect.
- Heptral - today one of the most effective hepatoprotectors, which possesses not only protective, but also regenerating properties. It helps to restore liver cells fairly quickly, both with various toxic lesions, and with pathologies, up to cirrhosis.
How to restore the liver folk remedies?
- Mix in equal proportions milk thistle, chicory, corn stigmas and golden hair. Two tablespoons of the mixture pour a glass of boiling water and leave to infuse for the night. Gathering a drink at a time, in the morning, on an empty stomach.
- Mix in equal proportions of chicory, St. John's wort and marigold flowers. A tablespoon of the mixture pour a glass of boiling water and leave it overnight. In the morning, bring the infusion to a boil and cook for 4-5 minutes. To drink it it is necessary during the day, in one or several receptions.
- Favorable effect on the liver is honey, broth of wild rose, currant, leaves and strawberries, as well as sea-buckthorn and olive oil.