Any tea know to help liver?

Google on "milk thistle tea".

FERRANTE wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Traditional Medicinals makes "Everyday Detox" tea, which they promote for "healthy liver function". It uses a blend of different herbs/plants and has a taste similar to licorice. You can get it online or at health food stores.

Dee

None, and all of them. I'm not sure what kind of liver problem you are hoping to help, but I'd say the best starting point is

to read up and understand as much as possible about the organ, its functions, and more.

I know I take a different stance than many, but a damaged system or an imperfect system is never going to be able to absorb such small concentrations of helpful bits in things like tea to make a difference. A perfectly healthy system could do much more with it, but honestly how many of us would qualify there... and if our systems were so well off then the need for boosting benefits would be minimal. That is why I say none.

The reason I say all, is that it is relatively pure and helps move a lot of clear fluids through the body which will help flush toxins and allow a liver to regenerate to some degree. It could be plain water, tea, or juice... any way of pumping lots of *good* liquids (not soda, beer, etc.) is going to be beneficial. It's not so much what tea, as any and all tea. (hopefully minus sugar and other additives).

The only way an unhealthy system is going to see benefit from such things is in large doses, because absorbing 2% of a microgram of something is nowhere near 2% of a gram of the same thing. The system is unhealthy, so if you believe rooibos or milk thistle, or squirrel whiskers will help then you need to find the particular ingredient you believe is helping and buy it in a concentrated form to try to get the most out of it as possible. Not pills either, but liquid concentrate. If the system has trouble absorbing from a liquid its going to get even less from a solid pill form.

I'm not a doctor, don't claim to be, I do have a number of well respected doctors as close family members and have a background in health/fitness and sports. I'm not claiming to be right, I'm not saying any of this will help in yours or anyone elses case. Just offering an opinion.

best of luck,

- Dominic

Hi,

Tea (specifically Camellia sinensis) is said to have a variety of health benefits possibly related to polyphenols. However the exact mechanism and what organs are involved are not well understood.

The link below is to a study about the health benefits of tea "Antioxidant Activity of Tea Polyphenols In Vivo: Evidence from Animal Studies". It was found by entering the following search string in Pubmed.gov "Tea AND (Health benefits) AND Liver". The search also turned up a few more studies but the one below was the only one available at no cost.

If you have the time you can search pubmed.gov for more specific tea types and different health benefits.

Andy

No. I'm still looking.

My best friend was diagnosed with Hep C and while he is seeing a doctor, I thought I could offer him some suggestions on teas that may help him.

Thanks.

A good friend of mine recently succumbed to Hep C, which she acquired from a blood transfusion some years ago. Caring friends are a boon for people in such straits.

In general, doctors will only recommend pegylated interferon combination therapy.

Look for herbal liver support information including Maximum Milk Thistle, and other natural liver remedies. That's the best I can offer, other than moral support.

Hi to you Ferrante, Please please read on medical sites, much info on wikipedia is not fact. The liver being one of the biggest organ in the body can be very sensitive. Even Tylenol can damage the liver. The liver cleanses our bodies Not in the same way the kidneys do,but can collect and keep in the liver many things Minerals, oils ,and many meds or herbs. Licorice root can make hypertension worse and its just an herb. I do believe tea, not herbals are the way to go. Please try webmd or other real medical places, Maybe google herbs in medicine -liver and see what happens. Interferon is the drug of choice in this Hep C but there are bad physical reactions and may even not work. But works more than not so there it is. Pharmaceutcals vs herbals. ...But.... pharmaceuticals came from someplace along time ago right and they were herbs, like foxglove etc.. Good luckto your friend, white tea I hear has the most antioxidants in it so that may help. and it tastes real good too. Jenn