| Action: | Hepatic |
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Aids liver function.
• Detoxification
• Liver disease
• "Hepatic torpor" (I.e. lazy liver)
Major
• Milk thistle (Silybum marianum)
Other
• Amargo (Quassia amara)
• Artichoke (Globe) (Cynara cardunculus)
• Barberry (Berberis vulgaris)
• Boldo (Peumus boldus)
• Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
• Chelidonium (Chelidonium majus)
• Devil's claw (Harpagophytum procumbens)
• Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graceum)
• Gentian (Gentiana lutea)
• Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)
• Oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium)
• Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum)
• Wild yam (Dioscorea villosa)
• Hepatobiliary
• Most "bitter" herbs are classified as hepatics.
Hoffman D. Medical Herbalism. Rochester, Vermont: Healing Arts Press, 2003.
Barnes J, Anderson LA, Phillipson JD. Herbal Medicines, 3rd ed. London: Pharmaceutical Press, 2007.
Bone K. Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2000.
Bone K. A Clinical Guide to Blending Liquid Herbs: Herbal Formulations for the Individual Patient. St Louis, MO: Churchill Livingstone, 2003.
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HepaticDefinitionAids liver function. Indications• Detoxification TreatmentsMajor Systems• Hepatobiliary Mechanism• Most "bitter" herbs are classified as hepatics. ReferencesHoffman D. Medical Herbalism. Rochester, Vermont: Healing Arts Press, 2003. |
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