Fatty liver — fat on the liver; heaviness, fatigue, raised SGPT.
Also known as: fatty liver disease · यकृत में चर्बी · लिवर में सूजन · NAFLD · यकृत वृद्धि
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Half a cup of bitter-gourd juice on an empty stomach for a fortnight. Ripe papaya at breakfast daily. Warm lemon water first thing in the morning. Quarter teaspoon turmeric with warm water twice daily.
Half a cup of bitter-gourd juice on an empty stomach for a fortnight.
Traditional
पपीता · Papaya
Ripe papaya at breakfast daily.
Traditional
CautionUnripe or half-ripe papaya is not for pregnancy — its latex stimulates the uterus. Ripe papaya in normal amounts is fine.
नींबू · Lemon
Warm lemon water first thing in the morning.
Traditional
हल्दी · Turmeric
Quarter teaspoon turmeric with warm water twice daily.
Traditional
CautionThe amount used in cooking is safe. In tablet or extract form it does not go with blood-thinning medicines. Avoid larger amounts if you have gallstones. Stop before surgery.
मकोय (काकमाची) · Black nightshade
Makoy leaf juice each morning, steadily for six weeks.
Traditional
कासनी · Chicory
Chicory seed powder on an empty stomach for eight weeks.
Traditional
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Complete abstinence from alcohol and fried food. Cold abdominal pack over the liver for thirty minutes daily.
Weekly juice fast; Dhanurasana and Bhujangasana.
Classical Formulations
पुनर्नवादि चूर्ण · Punarnavadi Churna
Dose: 3–6 g · Warm water
Fluid swelling, dropsy, puffiness of face and feet, sluggish kidneys.
Bhojanveda
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