What do you take for liver support / herxes?

ALA is the common one.

A very good one never heard of it but I’m trying to spread the word is edit lol!:

Jarrow D-Limonine


......which supports liver phase 1 and 2 methylation.

It even says so on the front of the bottle!

It’s most common use this for acid reflux and other gastric conditions.

You want to take this before lying down for the evening or in the middle of the day only if you’re not moving around. If you are moving around you might burp up orange peel extract possibly during the first 10 minutes of ingestion this - could feel like burning but actually the orange peel oil coats your esophagus and stops stomach acid from burning it. So it’s actually the lesser of two evils and is healing.

This actually heals An acid burnt LES valve, which is the major cause of acid reflux or Gerd.

This also helps battling digestive candida and somewhat calms the mind making sleep easier.

It’s $10 for 100 gelcaps of 500 mg each. The starting dose would be one or two per day. They used to come in 1000 mg sizes that were kind of like a horse pill!

Post Edited (astroman) : 11/19/2022 2:31:44 PM (GMT-8)

The herx picture for me was always muddied by mast cell activation syndrome. (Some symptoms I thought were herxes were actually MCAS reactions, and any degree of herxing made my MCAS flare terribly.) Once that calmed down, everything was much better. For me, what helped treat MCAS were: quercetin, curcumin, DNRS limbic system retraining, and a low-histamine diet. I tried a thousand "detox" remedies - Epsom salt baths, burbur-pinella, dry brushing, lymphatic massage, rebounding, lemon water, Alka-Seltzer Gold, Pekana detox kit, DesBio detox kit - and they didn't help me because what was wrong usually was MCAS! Nevertheless, those are some ideas for you.

For my liver specifically, I have used glutathione (but not every day) and milk thistle. Digestive bitters and enzymes have been helpful as well. The main way I support my liver is by making sure I have a complete bowel movement every day and making sure I eat a large amount of vegetables. If I were to develop concerns about my liver, gallbladder, pancreas, or biliary tract ducts, then I would take TUDCA.

I hope you find something helpful very soon!

some that are supported by scientific studies

milk thistle seed extract
Sulforathane ( hard to get proper quality - or is v expensive )
NAC
ALA
dandelion root and leaf
Glutathione

micronutrients - eg minerals - are typically needed in all of the many enzymes that the liver has to make to do the detoxification - magnesium, zinc, manganese, iron etc etc

proteins - again high quality protein is needed in the diet in order to provide the raw material for the liver to make its enzymes - animal protein is the best source by far. there also some studies showing amino acid supplementation can help liver detoxification an reduce excess readings on liver function tests ( less liver cell death)

One note my LLMD made about milk thistle, is that it’s in the ragweed family.

So if you’re somewhat allergic to or get hayfever type symptoms from Native north American ragweed,... milk thistle might not be the best for you.

I don’t know what science is behind this this, just what my LLMD mentioned.

Post Edited (astroman) : 11/19/2022 7:23:28 PM (GMT-8)