Hello everyone! How to cleanse the liver with folk remedies at home? Why are lemon and olive oil used for cleaning? The point is that considering yourself healthy and being healthy are two completely different concepts. Your liver may have a completely different view.
However, returning to the point, what is needed to prepare for cleansing? What additional funds and medications will be required? There are extended and complete answers to all these questions.
FAQ
Why is cleaning necessary?
The main function of the liver is to filter blood. Harmful substances enter the body through consumption of food, medications, and even during breathing. In the process of our life, waste, toxins, smog, nitrates, dyes, and viruses accumulate in the liver.
The higher the level of slagging, the worse the blood is cleansed - as a result, it does not provide the body with the required amount of energy, and even, on the contrary, depletes it. To resume the normal functioning of the organ, its cells should be cleansed of accumulated blockages.
How is it done at home?
Cleaning at home involves warming the liver with a heating pad and taking a choleretic agent. Due to heating, the hepatic vessels dilate, which accelerates the excretion of bile and stones. There is also an opinion that heating smooths out the sharp edges of the stones, which makes their passage through the bile duct painless.
Why olive oil and lemon?
Lemon and oil are often chosen as cholagogue ingredients due to their beneficial properties. The substances they contain accelerate the removal of bile from the body, clean clogged blood vessels, prevent the formation of stones and relieve inflammation. Lemon also saturates with vitamin C, thereby strengthening the body's defenses.
What can replace them?
Some sources indicate that olive oil can be replaced with any other vegetable oil (for example, sunflower). However, for the full effect, it is worth choosing olive oil: it completely dissolves and penetrates the intestinal walls due to its high content of oleic acid.
Other ingredients can also be used as an alternative to lemon juice. But this will change the end result a little:
- cleansing with olive oil and grapefruit helps reduce blood pressure and eliminates disturbances in the digestive processes;
- when cleansing with olive oil and apple juice, an antioxidant and immunostimulating effect occurs, and intestinal motility improves;
- combining oil with cranberry juice has an anti-inflammatory effect and additionally stimulates the removal of stones from the urinary tract;
- citric acid performs the same functions as lemon. However, it is worth remembering that this is a synthetic substance and prefer natural juice.
Alternative medicine specialists recommend cleaning with only olive oil and lemon juice for the first time, and then combining several types of acidic juices the next time.
The benefits and medicinal properties of olive oil
Olives contain almost all the elements necessary for human health - amino acids, antioxidants, vitamins (A, E, D).
Amino acids help the body fight diabetes and increase tissue sensitivity to insulin. Monoacids prevent the development of blood clots and prevent the formation of tumors. Calcium will make your bones strong and your cartilage elastic.
Olive oil will be much more beneficial if taken on an empty stomach. In addition to its medicinal and preventive effects, such as preventing the appearance of ulcers and gastritis, helping in the absorption of salts and fats, it also has unique properties that are used to cleanse the entire body as a whole.
Preparation for the procedure
Liver cleansing cannot be carried out without prior preparation, otherwise it will be ineffective. Preparations should begin 7-10 days before the scheduled date.
- In 10 days
Stop drinking alcohol.
- In 7 days
Stick to a light vegetarian diet. Important clarification: only raw, boiled and stewed foods are allowed. Anything fried is prohibited.
- In 5 days
Take a bath, visit the bathhouse and sauna every day. Incorporate regular exercise into your daily routine. Running is most suitable, but even 20 minutes of exercise in the morning will be useful.
- In 3 days
Go on therapeutic fasting. During these days, only the consumption of diluted natural juices is allowed - apple, beetroot, carrot. Their action is aimed at liquefying bile, which will simplify the process of its release. Be sure to note that such fasting is contraindicated for people with stomach diseases.
- In 1 day
In the evening, the day before cleaning, take a laxative and give an enema
Composition and significance for the body
In olive oil, up to 65% of fatty acids are monounsaturated oleic acid, and there are few polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E compared to other vegetable oils. It is widely used in Mediterranean cuisine - Italian, Greek, Spanish; it is a valuable dietary food product with a high content of monounsaturated fatty acids, especially oleic.
Fats contained in food have an important energy value for the body, supply it with energy for life, and are also very necessary for nutrition, restoration of the skin, and giving it elasticity.
The human body cannot synthesize all the fatty acids necessary for life. Unsaturated fatty acids - lanolic and linolenic acids - enter the body only with food. With insufficient amounts of these acids, metabolism is disrupted. Unsaturated fatty acids help reduce blood cholesterol levels and prevent the development of atherosclerosis.
According to their biological properties, unsaturated fatty acids form the basis of vitamin F, which promotes the absorption of fats, participates in the fat metabolism of the skin, promotes the elimination of cholesterol, and affects the processes of lactation and reproduction.
Vitamin F consists of unsaturated fatty acids - linoleic, linolenic, arachidonic, which are found in vegetable oils - sunflower, flaxseed, olive, nut, and others, in animal fats.
Vitamin F is used for the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis, and in the treatment of skin diseases - eczema, ulcerative lesions. An adult needs 1 - 2 g of vitamin F per day, so it is recommended to consume 20 - 30 g of vegetable oil containing these polyunsaturated fatty acids daily.
Oleic acid in olive oil is a monounsaturated fatty acid; it is also involved in the prevention of atherosclerosis, prevents the development of cancer cells, and is part of cell membranes.
The oil serves as a source of essential fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins: A, D, E, K; it is absorbed by the human body almost 100%.
Vitamin D is necessary for normal bone development, strengthening muscles, improving skin condition, and normal functioning of the thyroid gland.
Vitamin E is necessary for normal metabolism in the body, it is a natural antioxidant, protects against premature aging and destruction, improves the absorption and assimilation of vitamin A, has a stimulating effect on the muscular system, improves liver function and peripheral circulation.
Vitamin K is necessary for normal blood clotting, is involved in the formation of prothrombin in the liver, is necessary for the normal functioning of the stomach and intestines, and is involved in the respiration of all cells and intracellular metabolism.
Olive oil is usually amber-yellow to greenish-yellow in color with a slight bitter taste due to the presence of oleuropein, which has a wide spectrum of anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects, which means the oil is naturally produced from olives. The color depends on the variety, ripeness of the olives, the location and growing conditions, and the method of production of the product.
In Russia, until the end of the 19th century, the highest grade olive oil was called Provençal, and the lowest - wooden. Its Church Slavonic name is oil.
In the Christian church, it is mixed with balm, flavored with spices, called “mirror,” and used for anointing during baptism, ordination, consecration of oil, unction and litia.
Since ancient times, it has been used for lighting in temples, mosques, and synagogues, which is associated with the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Olive oil has medicinal properties, is used in folk and traditional medicine to treat various diseases, and is widely used in cosmetology.
Step by step description
According to Malakhov. Liver cleansing should be carried out on 13-14 lunar days or adjacent to them. It is believed that during this period all cleansing procedures have a greater effect, since toxins are released faster.
In order to complete the procedure fully and without negative consequences, it is recommended to allocate 2 days for it. The actual cleansing steps only take one evening. But in some cases, the removal of toxins and large, repeated stools caused by cleansing may take 2 days. Therefore, you need to set aside a time during which you can not leave your home.
The cleaning scheme is quite simple and does not require much effort.
Step 1
A couple of hours after a light lunch you need to take a couple of No-shpa tablets. This drug dilates blood vessels and prevents the formation of spasms that can be caused by sour lemon juice.
Step 2
After another two hours, it is recommended to take a warm bath, then lie down in bed on a heating pad, and cover yourself with a blanket. Lie down for 4-5 hours.
Step 3
After this time, you should take 1 glass of olive oil and lemon juice (3-4 lemons are enough). Malakhov's recipe provides the same amount of liquids. So, if you get 150 ml of juice from three lemons, then the volume of olive oil should be the same.
Step 4
Return under the blanket and place a heating pad on top of the liver area. Drink 3 tablespoons of both at intervals of 15 minutes. First the oil is drunk, followed by the juice. 3 tablespoons can be equal to 3 standard sips. In between doses, belching will appear - this means that the liquid has worked. The next sips should be taken only after all the air has come out.
Step 5
After you drink the entire amount, you should go to bed. In very rare cases, the urge to have a bowel movement occurs in the evening or at night, but most often this does not happen until the morning. Be prepared for the fact that sleep may be restless, and sometimes nausea may occur.
Step 6
In the morning, it is recommended to do an enema, after which an act of intense bowel movement will begin (if it has not started on its own). Several enemas are allowed throughout the day until the liquid becomes completely clear. The diet on this day is gentle. It is advisable to start the morning with apple juice diluted in half with water, and continue to eat lean foods throughout the day. Buckwheat and oatmeal without salt, fruits and vegetables in small quantities are allowed.
Cleansing the body with olive oil
To cleanse, it is enough to drink one tablespoon of the mixture every day: olive oil with lemon juice in a one-to-one ratio.
You should drink the cleansing mixture in the morning on an empty stomach. If you are intolerant to lemon juice, you can simply drink one tablespoon of olive oil.
This is useful!
This simple procedure will improve the functioning of the stomach, relieve constipation and problems with the gastrointestinal tract. Also, accumulated harmful substances are removed from the body: waste and toxins.
Contraindications
Such cleansing, although considered the most effective in naturopathy (the field of alternative medicine), is considered radical by the nature of its effect on the body. Therefore, it is not recommended for certain categories of people:
- since the procedure enhances the choleretic process, it is not indicated for psoriasis - this may increase the symptoms of the disease;
- It is not recommended for gastritis and ulcers. Lemon juice will increase the acidity of the stomach, which leads to aggravation;
- Contraindicated in chronic gastrointestinal pathologies (especially during exacerbations), pancreatitis, diabetes mellitus and infectious intoxication. This is due to the fact that with an intensive choleretic process there is a risk of blocking the passage into the duodenum with stones that are excreted from the body. This phenomenon causes hepatic colic and pancreatic dysfunction;
- You should not cleanse the liver in this way for children under 12 years of age, girls during menstruation, and pregnant women.
How to drink olive oil correctly
- Olive oil will provide the greatest benefit to the body if consumed on an empty stomach.
- It helps well if you have high stomach acidity, ulcers and gastritis.
- Olive oil does a good job of adjusting the absorption of salts and fats by the body.
- Low-saturated acids reduce the risk of developing existing tumors and prevent the appearance of new tumor formations.
- Drinking olive oil on an empty stomach has a mild laxative effect and can be used to lightly cleanse the entire body.
How often can you carry out
Quite often, during the first cleansing, bile and mucus leave the body, but not stones. This may be due to incorrect execution of the procedure, but even with absolute compliance with all the rules, this also often happens. In such cases, we can conclude that the liver is very clogged and the body is not able to remove all foreign substances out at once.
It is recommended to repeat them:
- if liver diseases are detected, cleansing should be performed regularly throughout the year, frequency – no more than once a month;
- For preventive purposes, sometimes even one procedure per year is enough.
According to Semenova. Semenova’s system of cleansing the body involves performing seven successive steps. Cleansing the liver with olive oil and lemon is only the third. It is preceded by cleansing the intestines through regular enemas and treating dysbiosis with garlic. Due to the aggressive effect of this system on the body, it is not recommended to use it more than once every six months.
When planning cleanses, it is important to listen to how you feel and carry them out only if the body is completely ready. You also need to remember that the first procedure is the most complex and physically difficult. But each time, as the canals are uncorked, it will be easier to bear.
Possible harm from cleaning and consequences
I'll just say one thing. My first liver cleanse was easy and successful. The body’s well-being was clearly comparable to “before” and “after” cleansing, and it was noticeable. Subsequently, this difference was felt more and more clearly. It felt like a ton of shit had come out of my body. Moreover, I kept wondering how I hadn’t felt this ton before.
However, I didn't stop there. After thinking, I decided to follow Semenova’s recommendations from the book and make 6 attempts to cleanse the liver over the course of a year. There is no point in describing successfully completed cleansings, but it’s worth focusing on incidents.
In total, over the course of a year, after cleansing the body, I cleaned my liver 5 times. The fifth case was the most severe. Until 5 am, after taking lemon juice and olive oil, everything was going well. Suddenly I felt bad.
As always, before doing a liver cleanse, I called my mentor. I warned him what I was going to do so that he would be aware. The state of health not only did not improve, but worsened to such an extent that it seemed that death was about to occur.
I called my mentor and said that a little more and I would die. He calmed me down and told me to follow the recommendations and not to worry. After 30 minutes everything went away, but the unpleasant sensations remained, but I now take it easier.
When I asked my mentor what was wrong with me, he said that a cholesterol lump was stuck in the bile duct. This clot caused this condition. At that moment I called him and told him what happened to me. The mentor, through a photograph, “stuck” into me a flow of energy of such power that this pebble moved from its place and came out.
That is why, at the beginning of the article, I recommended that everyone interested in cleansing the liver should not do it without a general cleansing of the intestines and the supervision of another person. Everything needs to be done wisely and carefully.
Application in cosmetology
Dry skin on the face and hands, if not taken care of, will flake and feel tight. Dry skin does not tolerate soap and some creams well, and reacts strongly to changes in ambient temperature.
The reasons may be disorders of fat metabolism due to diseases of the liver, pancreas, lack of vitamins A, B, C, E, PP. Vitamins increase the skin's resistance to environmental influences, make the skin more elastic, promote cell renewal, and improve metabolism.
Vitamin E improves blood supply to the skin, promotes its renewal, prevents the action of oxidative radicals, and therefore prevents aging.
Vitamins A, E, group B restore the epidermis - the upper layer of skin, which is constantly renewed, make the skin of the face and hands soft, elastic, and slow down the aging process.
High-quality oil in cleansing, nourishing masks and creams does not cause an allergic reaction on the skin.
