The word ‘Liver’ itself emphasizes ‘to live’. The liver is one of the vital organs of the human body. It is liable for eliminating toxins from the body, battling contaminations, controlling cholesterol levels, and helping digestion. Any disease influencing the standard capability of the liver is called liver infection.
There can be different reasons for liver disorders like infections, surgery, physical injury, etc. Ayurveda perceives that balancing liver capability is crucial to guaranteeing overall health.
In managing liver issues, the essential objective of the arrangement of Ayurveda is to upgrade liver detoxification cycles and help safeguard against additional harm to the liver. Right eating routine, way of life, and home remedies by Ayurveda can assist with getting good liver health.
What is Liver and its Key functions?
In Ayurveda, the liver is recognised as the “seat,” or home, of Pitta dosha — the fiery brain-body component related to digestion. Daily, your liver assists your body with digestion, metabolizing, and manufacturing fundamental compounds. For instances, the liver is answerable for changing from clear plasma (Rasa Dhatu) to blood (Rakta Dhatu).
The liver must output and distinguish toxins in the Rasa Dhatu and store them, so they don’t enter the blood. This keeps up with the purity of the blood by keeping toxins (ama), or pollutants, from blending in with it.
Let’s pause for a minute to grasp liver’s a more extensive range of functions — the greater part of which occurs quite elegantly in working together with different organs and systems outside of the liver:
- Detoxification
The prime function of the liver is to detoxify unwanted toxins buildup so that they do not enter into blood (Rakta Dhatu).
- Bile Formation and Secretion
Bile is known as Pitta in the Sanskrit language. Bile is a fluid produced and released by the liver to break down digestive fats and eliminate waste products such as worn-out RBC (Red blood cells) and other toxins from the body. Bile is stored in the gallbladder.
- Digestion
The liver helps in the digestion of foods by breaking down complex substances like carbohydrates, lipids, fats and proteins into glucose, phospholipids, cholesterol and lipoproteins. The liver stores our primary source of energy, which is Glycogen.
- Other Important Functions of the Liver
The liver is also responsible for hormone production, metabolism, storage of fat, maintaining bodily pH levels, generation of RBC (Red Blood Cells), and regulation of blood volume and blood pressure.
What are the general symptoms of Liver Disease?
Liver disease symptoms change from person to person and can be contingent upon the reason. It is possible that somebody has liver disease(non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) and rarely causes any symptoms. However some of the liver diseases do show symptoms.
These include:
- Jaundice (yellowish skin and eyes)
- Black, pale or bloody stools
- Abdominal pain (especially on the right side)
- Changes in urine color
- Fatigue
- Nausea or Vomiting
- Encephalopathy (disease of the brain that alters brain function or structure)
Common Liver Problems Includes:
Different types of liver disease result from various causes. Liver problems might result from the following disease:
- Viral Infections
Hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C are infections brought about by a viral disease.
- Consuming Excessive Alcohol
Alcoholic fatty liver disease is the aftereffect of abusing liquor. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) comes from consuming too much fat. NAFLD is turning out to be more normal as rates of obesity and diabetes rise.
- Inherited Disease
Some liver disease develops due to a hereditary condition (the one you acquire from your family). Acquired liver disease includes Wilson’s disease and Hemochromatosis.
- Autoimmune Disease
When your immune system erroneously goes after your liver, it can cause autoimmune liver disease. These include primary biliary cholangitis and autoimmune hepatitis.
- Cancer
When abnormal cells duplicate in your liver, you might foster cancers. These growths might be harmless (noncancerous) or dangerous (liver disease).
- Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis alludes to scarring that results from liver diseases and different reasons for liver damage, for example, alcohol abuse disorder. Cystic fibrosis and syphilis may also prompt liver damage and, in the long run, cirrhosis — although these two causes are substantially less common.
Your liver can recover because of damage, yet this cycle typically brings about the advancement of scar tissue. The more scar tissue that creates, the harder it is for your liver to work appropriately.
Ayurveda Treatment For Liver Problems
As per Ayurvedic standards, all diseases connected with the abdomen are generally developed because of Mandagni (poor diet), including liver disease. Three predominant doshas, Vata, Pitta and Kapha, get aggravated and block the sweat channels. Other body liquids that gather in the digestive system upset the entire abdomen and develop liver problems.
Ayurveda treatment assists with treating the root cause of diseases; nectar-like herbs of Ayurveda stop further scarring of liver tissue, and it might recover liver cells. Eliminate accumulated poisons from the body. Help to keep th e equilibrium of Vata, Pitta and Kapha Dosha, in this manner, normalizing elements of the liver and whole digestive system. As the liver capabilities work, all the complications (hypertension, Ascites, etc.) disappear gradually. In addition, it can help by: –
- Prescribing a proper diet and lifestyle to stop the degeneration of the liver tissue.
- Utilizing hepato-defensive herbs (such as Guduchi, Pippali, Punarnava, and Sharpunkha, etc) to safeguard the liver and stop the degeneration of the liver.
- Utilizing other nectar-like herbs to recover harmed tissue assists the liver with recapturing its health.
- Encouraging preventive measures to stop liver damage and keep it sound.
Panchkarma Therapy For Detoxification
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Virechan Panchkarma (Purgation)
Virechana is the sedated purgation treatment that scrubs the body from the Pitta Dosha and eliminates toxins from the gastrointestinal tract, liver, and nerve bladder.
Virechana is a sodhana(purification) treatment. This is typically finished after Snehapana and three days of fomenting. Medication will be in any structure, fluid or powder, or decoction and should be taken while fasting. Before taking the medication, the patient should hydrate regularly until defecations start.
Ayurveda offers extraordinary remedial measures that recuperate mild and ongoing illnesses. Indeed, even infections accepted to be hopeless by modern science have been healed. Stories flourish of individuals being carried into Ayushakti Panchkarma Centers and walking out on their own two feet half a month later, healthy and rejuvenated.
Takeaway
A liver transplant is not a cure, as the working of a feeble organ can be relieved by accomplishing and keeping up with the balance of normal components in the body. Ayurveda fixes the issue from its root and guarantees that it won’t happen from now on. Nonetheless, it is fitting to counsel an ayurvedic liver expert before going for any treatment.
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Author of the Blog: Dr.Ronak Naik
Expert Review By: Dr Smita Pankaj Naram
Co-Founder, Ayushakti Ayurved Pvt Ltd.