Cleansing the liver after alcohol: drugs and folk remedies for cleansing the home

The liver is an organ that provides a detoxification function, that is, it neutralizes dangerous compounds that enter the body along with medications, alcoholic beverages, and low-quality products.

When the liver cells cannot cope with the increased load, symptoms appear - bitterness in the mouth, pain in the right side, nausea, deterioration in general well-being. When liver functionality is impaired, all organs and systems suffer, since toxins lead to intoxication.

To support liver function and activate the production and discharge of bile after a long binge, medications are used (for internal use or in the form of droppers) and alternative medicine - products, decoctions with medicinal herbs.

How to cleanse the liver after prolonged use of alcohol at home - consider the features of using medications and traditional methods.

The effect of alcohol on the liver

Long-term alcohol consumption leads to a gradual increase in intoxication and hepatocyte dysfunction. Chronic poisoning is manifested by heaviness in the liver, frequent bitterness in the mouth, fatigue, nausea and dizziness. As hepatitis progresses, the intensity of clinical signs increases.

How long alcoholic illness will develop depends on many factors, namely the person’s gender, age, presence of concomitant diseases, type, volume and duration of alcohol abuse.

Cleansing the liver after alcohol is necessary to prevent the development of:

fatty hepatosis, when, against the background of a prolonged attack by toxic breakdown products, lipid metabolism is disrupted and fat accumulates in the organ. Steatosis develops especially often in people with endocrine disorders;
alcoholic hepatitis. Inflammation of liver cells occurs due to the consumption of large amounts of alcoholic beverages, which is accompanied by organ dysfunction;
cirrhosis, when hepatocytes are irreversibly replaced by scar tissue.

Other cleaning methods

The following will help to effectively clean damaged cells:

mineral water containing magnesia. For recovery, you need to consume 200 g of mineral water every day before meals;
cereal porridge Porridges made from buckwheat and oats have a beneficial effect, promoting cell regeneration;
berries containing microelements necessary for cells;
grains and legumes;
multivitamin complexes containing vitamin E;
essential phospholipids, the source of which are some drugs, for example, the drug Essentiale or the dietary supplement “Lecithin”, which have antitoxic properties;
the substance methionine, which is part of some products - lentils, eggs, nuts, as well as a similar drug with the same name.

It is quite difficult to quickly restore the liver of an alcoholic. However, if you completely eliminate alcohol-containing drinks, the organ will immediately resume its functions.

In people suffering from alcohol addiction, the liver recovers in an average of 180 days.

Eating the recommended foods will help eliminate not only alcohol toxins, but also accumulated fats and bad cholesterol. By following simple rules, you can completely regenerate the liver, but the best prevention is moderation in the consumption of alcoholic beverages.

Indications for cleaning

It is recommended to cleanse the liver of alcohol not only after prolonged drinking, but also for preventive purposes:

Many of us celebrate the holidays with strong drinks. Even their irregular use leads to disruption of hepatocyte function and deterioration of detoxification function. To prevent its progression, it is necessary to conduct a cleansing course;
after taking hepatotoxic drugs, for example, cytostatics or antibacterial drugs. The utilization of heavy drugs in the liver is accompanied by its “clogging” and disruption of its functioning;
when consuming low-quality products, fatty foods, spicy seasonings, fast food and other foods harmful to the liver;
if a person’s profession requires constant contact with hepatotoxic poisons and chemicals.

In addition, it is especially important to cleanse the liver of alcohol for people with previous hepatitis of non-infectious origin, obesity and concomitant diseases of the digestive tract.

An important condition for the cleansing procedure is the absence of exacerbations of chronic diseases.

Prevention

To maintain your health:

Eliminate alcohol (preferably completely);
Minimize the amount of fatty foods in your diet;
Maintain drinking regime;
Eat fruit;
Warm up the liver before going to bed using a heating pad (this must be done very carefully);
In the morning, drink rosehip decoction;
Every morning on an empty stomach, drink a couple of quail eggs.

The liver is the main filter of the human body. If it does not work correctly, toxins and harmful substances are not removed from the blood, causing all organs to suffer. Lead a healthy lifestyle and do not abuse alcohol.

Contraindications

How long it takes for the liver to clear alcohol depends on the duration of abuse. The cleansing course will be effective against the background of complete abstinence from drinks. If a person drank alcohol in moderate doses, organ recovery may take several months. In case of alcoholism, the rehabilitation period is delayed for a year.

Among the contraindications for liver cleansing are:

gestation period;
menstruation;
lactation;
oncological lesions of the digestive tract;
decompensation of diabetes mellitus;
acute period of infectious pathology;
bile and urolithiasis;
acute hepatitis;
exacerbation of chronic diseases.

Cleaning Features

A cleansing course, with which you can cleanse the liver after prolonged alcohol consumption, is carried out after bowel movements using laxatives or enemas, as well as while following a diet.

The home cleansing method has some nuances:

the procedure may require milk thistle, rose hips, knotweed, corn silk, oats, vegetable oil, mineral water, sorbitol, magnesia, holosas or vegetable juices;
tubing can be performed;
for the first time, cleaning should be carried out in a medical facility;
During the procedure, you must follow all the doctor’s recommendations.

The course can be carried out using medications or folk remedies. If you use combination therapy, it is possible not only to remove toxins from the body, but also to normalize metabolism and the digestion process as a whole.

Drug therapy

To quickly restore liver cells, special drugs are used - hepatoprotectors, the main active substances of which are phospholipids. Medicines neutralize alcohol compounds, protect the liver, and preserve cell membranes. Groups of drugs used for treatment after binge drinking:

Cleansing the body - Karsil, Legalon, Gepabene, Silimar, Heptral, Hepa-merz;
Strengthening cell membranes – Coopers Neo;
Triggering regeneration processes – Dipana;
Restoring the functionality of the organ - Essentiale, Phosphogliv, Essliver.

Medicines are used for serious problems, constant alcohol abuse. If the addiction is temporary, it would be better to use folk remedies.

Pharmacological drugs

Choleretic agents and hepatoprotectors are widely used for therapeutic purposes. Here are some of them:

Heptral is part of the group of hepatoprotectors, has a protective effect on nerve and liver cells, and also has an antioxidant and detoxification effect. Due to its ability to increase bile production, the drug accelerates its outflow, which is the prevention of cholestasis. Thus, the medication normalizes metabolic processes and cleanses the liver. The average duration of treatment is 3 months;
No-spa and Duspatalin are antispasmodics. They are prescribed together with choleretic drugs to expand the excretory ducts and accelerate outflow;
Holosas – has a choleretic effect, which is due to the presence of flavonoids. Taken from 12 years of age, 5 ml three times before meals. Contraindications include individual intolerance to the components, lactation and the period of gestation of the embryo;
Ursofalk is used to restore the structure of hepatocytes, accelerate bile flow and reduce cholesterol concentrations. Among the contraindications, it is worth highlighting cholelithiasis with large stones, the acute phase of inflammatory diseases of the hepatobiliary tract and intestines, cirrhosis, decompensated renal failure, severe pancreatitis, pregnancy and hypersensitivity to the components of the drug.

Cleansing with bee products

In this case, they achieve the removal of alcohol, neutralization of tissues from the negative effects of toxins, and rapid recovery.

How to use honey:

In the morning, take a drink of 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice, 1/2 cup warm water and 2 tsp. bee product.
Treatment is carried out for 3 months.

Good results are observed even with inflammatory processes in the liver.

How to use propolis:

Dissolve 50 drops of pharmaceutical tincture in half a glass of cooled boiling water.
Drink the drug twice a day.

Significantly facilitates the work of the liver.

How pollen can help:

Prepare a solution from 1 tsp. raw materials, 1 tsp. honey and 1/2 cup water.
Take 3 times a day 60 minutes before meals.

Course duration is 2–3 months.

Traditional methods

Traditional medicine has many useful recipes in its arsenal, thanks to which it is possible to gently cleanse the liver and normalize its functioning. Plants often used include milk thistle, immortelle, chicory, rose hips, as well as nettle and yarrow. Here are some herbal recipes:

10 g of immortelle, corn silk must be mixed with 15 g of rose hips, 100 g of raisins. Now pour boiling water (1.5 liters) and cook for 5 minutes. After this, leave for an hour, filter, add 15 ml of lemon juice. In the morning you should drink 300 ml of warm medicine, an hour later - a laxative and warm the liver, lying on your right side. You should drink green tea, still mineral water or apple juice all day long. Meal - the next day. After two months, the cleansing can be repeated;
10 g each of knotweed, bearberry, as well as St. John's wort and corn silk must be mixed, pour one liter of boiling water and cook for 10 minutes. Then wrap the container and leave for half an hour. For two weeks you need to drink an infusion of 120 ml in the morning on an empty stomach, and in the next 15 days - 200 ml. At the end of the monthly course, a break is required (2 weeks), when instead of this medicine you can drink a decoction of oats (30 g of grains per 1400 ml of boiling water, cook for half an hour and leave for 50 minutes);
dry milk thistle seeds should be ground in a coffee grinder and taken every morning (three months). To prepare, you need to pour 5 g of powder with 240 ml of boiling water and wait a quarter of an hour.

Oats are often used for cleansing purposes. To prepare a medicine for a 10-day course, it is enough to rinse 240 g of grains, add 30 g of knotweed, as well as birch buds, then pour three liters of boiling water, leave for a day and filter.

Next, you need to prepare a rosehip decoction (230 g of the main ingredient per 400 ml of boiling water, leave for 50 minutes). Then mix both infusions. Store in the cold in a closed container.

It is recommended to take the folk remedy warmed up. On the 1st day - 40 ml, on the 2nd - 90 ml, then - 160 ml. Cleaning should be repeated after six months.

Another method of cleaning with oats involves taking a decoction for 6 months. To prepare it, you need to pour 120 g of grains with two liters of boiling water and cook for 1.5 hours over low heat. The decoction is drunk warm, 100 ml before meals (up to three times a day). It should be stored in the refrigerator.

Cleansing with mineral water has no less effect than taking medications. A week before the procedure, it is recommended to start following a diet, drink 2 liters of fluid per day and monitor the regularity of bowel movements. On the eve of cleaning, you should buy Essentuki, Borjomi or Mirgorodskaya, open the bottle and leave overnight to remove gas.

On the day of cleansing, you need to drink 240 ml of mineral water on an empty stomach. To enhance the choleretic effect, it is recommended to add 10 gsorbitol. After half an hour, repeat the intake (water only), wrap the liver with a heating pad and lie on it. During the day you need to drink two liters of mineral water, and at eight in the evening you should take 30 ml of heated vegetable oil.

It is important that the intestines are cleansed, otherwise feces block the outflow of bile and the liver cleansing process.

Sorbitol can also be used in other ways. 30 g should be dissolved in 200 ml of warm water, drink, then wrap your right side with a heating pad and lie on it. The procedure is repeated 4-5 times with a two-week break.

A more gentle method involves cleansing with rose hips. To do this, pour 15 fruits with boiling water in a thermos (500 ml), leave overnight, and in the morning add 30 g of sorbitol to 240 ml. You need to drink the medicine on an empty stomach, and an hour later we have breakfast. We repeat the procedure 6 times with an interval of 3 days.

To cleanse the liver with magnesium, it is enough to drink 20 g of the medicine diluted in 70 ml of water in the morning. After this, we wrap the right side with a heating pad and lie down on it. The procedure is repeated twice a week. For preventive purposes, it is carried out once a month.

Another combination recipe involves the use of rose hips in the form of syrup, raisins and hay. Liver cleansing lasts 10 days. A similar course can be repeated after 6 months. To prepare the medicine you will need 300 ml of holosas, 200 g of raisins, and 20 g of herbs. First, brew the last two ingredients (each separately) in 480 ml of boiling water. Then we leave it for an hour, filter it, and combine it with the holosas. Store in the refrigerator and take 120 ml daily two hours before bedtime.

General recommendations

During cleaning, avoid alcohol, coffee, and strong tea. Do not overwork yourself, avoid emotional stress.

Do not drink painkillers with brine, herbal infusions, or carbonated mineral water - ulcers.

Do not drink drinks with slaked soda on an empty stomach - irritation of the gastrointestinal mucosa; If this happens, eat mashed potatoes with butter after 30 minutes.

After a long binge, do not take a contrast shower, do not visit baths, saunas - stroke.

Do not relieve nervousness with valerian decoctions - sharp muscle contraction - internal bleeding.

Do not use sweet pickles, pickles with honey, grapes, grape juice - fermentation.

Do not eat pickled vegetables after drinking sweet alcohol. Do not eat sweets the day after drinking strong alcohol.

Quench your thirst with cool still mineral water. The next morning, don’t eat anything, drink as much water as your body needs. Satisfy mild hunger with boiled rice or mashed potatoes; Rice is not allowed if you are very weak.

Start eating small portions. If the dish disgusts you, refuse. Don't satisfy your hunger with water. When cleaning, fasting is prohibited.

If a complex drug is prescribed, do not take drugs with a narrow, duplicative spectrum. For example Rafacholine and Artizhel.

Well quenches thirst - wash 2 medium lemons, cut into rings. Pass 50 fresh blueberry or currant leaves through a meat grinder. Mix. Add a glass of sugar. Leave for 1 hour. Pour in 3 liters of cold water. Leave for 3-4 hours. Stir every half hour. Perfectly cleanses the kidneys and gastrointestinal tract, the drink is rich in vitamin C.

Diet

The medicinal cleansing method must be supplemented with the use of products that help remove toxins from the body. It is recommended to add to your nutritious diet:

garlic. It is recommended in a volume not exceeding one clove/week. Cleansing is ensured by allicin and selenium, which are contained in large quantities;
grapefruit is beneficial due to the presence of vitamin C and antioxidants;
beets and carrots are used for cooking or juices. They are rich in flavonoids and beta-carotenes, which help cleanse the liver;
green tea contains antioxidants (catechins);
greens (lettuce, celery) – used fresh and thermally processed for juices and improving the taste of dishes. They activate bile flow and cleanse the liver;
Avocado is involved in the production of glutathione in the body;
apples are known for their high content of pectin, vitamins and microelements;
olive oil, as well as flaxseed oil;
whole grains – brown rice;
broccoli, cauliflower;
lime;
walnuts (glutathione, omega 3 fatty acids are good for the liver);
turmeric. This spice helps restore liver functionality and can be added to vegetarian dishes;
milk thistle Its seeds should be consumed daily, 15 g.

You should forget about fatty, fried foods, peppery seasonings, soda, pickles, smoked foods, fresh baked goods and cream products.

It is recommended to drink at least two liters of fluid daily, which is necessary to reduce the viscosity of bile and accelerate the elimination of toxins.

Thanks to an integrated approach to cleansing the body, it is possible not only to normalize liver function, but also to improve metabolism and digestive function in general.

How to quench your thirst?

Plain water is suitable, preferably non-carbonated mineral water, lemon water, rosehip infusion, juice from natural apples, oranges, chicken broth, fermented milk products. Green tea is better. They also prepare a cocktail from citrus fruits: beat orange or lemon slices with peel in a blender, add honey and mineral water.

If orange juice irritates the gastric mucosa, then use rosehip decoction, which contains ascorbic acid and is easily digestible. A glass of milk every hour will benefit your body. It has an adsorbing effect and cleanses the body of ethanol.