HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a term used to describe the accumulation of fat in the liver of people who drink little or no alcohol.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is common and, for most people, causes no signs and symptoms and no complications.

But in some people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, the fat that accumulates can cause inflammation and scarring in the liver. This more serious form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is sometimes called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

At its most severe, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease can progress to liver failure.

Causes--Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease occurs when your liver has trouble breaking down fats, causing fat to build up in your liver tissue.

Doctors aren't sure what causes nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The wide range of diseases and conditions linked to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is so diverse that it's difficult to pinpoint any one cause.

Types of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease can take several forms — from harmless to life-threatening. Forms include:

Nonalcoholic fatty liver. It's not normal for fat to build up in your liver, but it won't necessarily hurt you. In its simplest form, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease can cause excess liver fat, but no complications. This condition is thought to be very common.

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. In a small number of people with fatty liver, the fat causes inflammation in the liver. This can impair the liver's ability to function and lead to scarring of the liver (cirrhosis).

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease-associated cirrhosis.Liver inflammation leads to scarring of the liver tissue. With time, scarring can become so severe that the liver no longer functions adequately (liver failure).

Symptoms--Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease usually causes no signs and symptoms. When it does, they may include:---Fatigue,  Pain in the upper right abdomen, Weight loss

HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES

CHELIDONIUM Q- Chelidonium is the top  Homeopathic medicine for Fatty Liver treatment. The marked symptom for using this  medicine is pain in right upper abdomen and pain under right shoulder. There may also be an enlargement of liver.The person is usually constipated. The stool passes in the form of hard balls. A distended abdomen with nausea and vomiting is also experienced. The patient suffers from excessive weakness. In case of jaundice in a patient with Fatty Liver too, Chelidonium is the best Homeopathic remedy.  Desire for very hot drinks and hot food

CARDUS MARIANUS Q—.Pain in the liver region . Left lobe is very sensitive. Fullness and soreness with moist skin. Constipation. Stool hard, difficul and knotty. Alternates with diarrhea. Golden colored urine Nausea, vomiting of green acid fluid

BOLDO Q-Congestion of liver . Burning weight in liver and stomach. Bitter taste , no appetite

LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM  200- Lycopodium is another  remedy of great help for treating Fatty Liver with gastric symptoms and acidity. The patient complains of distension or bloating of abdomen soon after eating anything. The abdomen feels full of gas. Burning belching is also experienced. Even eating a little causes fullness in abdomen. The patient feels heaviness and pain in the right upper part of abdomen. Usually the symptoms get worse towards the evening. Farinaceous food makes the person worse. An unusual craving for sweets and hot drinks in excess may be present.

PHOSPHOROUS 200-Phosphorus is the best l Homeopathic medicine for patients of Fatty Liver who feel as if the food is coming upwards after eating. This is accompanied by sour belching. Vomiting may also occur in a few cases, along with pain in liver. The stool and flatus are very offensive. The patient feels weak after passing stool. The craving for peculiar things in diet is an important indication for using this  medicine in Fatty Liver patients. These peculiar things include ice creams, cold drinks and refreshing items like juices.

CALCAREA CARB 30- Calcarea Carb is a very beneficial  Homeopathic medicine for mainly obese Fatty Liver patients. The person is fatty, flabby with excess fat in liver and whole abdomen. This Homeopathic remedy successfully helps in burning excess fat in liver.The digestion is very slow in such persons with a long-standing constipation. The abdomen always remains distended. Milk is not suitable for these persons.  Desire for boiled eggs or strange things like chalk and pencils.  Sensitivity to cold air and excessive sweating on the head.

NUX VOMICA 30- Nux Vomica is the best fatty liver  remedy  in homeopathy when the cause is over consumption of  Alcohol . It is prescribed when pain in abdomen begins a few hours after eating, with a feeling of stone in abdomen. Sour or bitter belching accompanies the pain. A very significant symptom for selecting Homeopathic remedy Nux Vomica for Fatty Liver is constipation with an ineffectual urge to pass stool or poop. The stool, however, is insufficient and unsatisfactory. The passing out of stool gives some relief from the pain in abdomen but the urge to pass stool is renewed soon after. The patient craves for fattyfood, spicy food, coffee and alcoholic drinks in diet.

BIO ARTIFICIAL LIVER COME CLOSER TO REALITY

A new research has revealed that bio-artificial liver support system for patients with acute liver failure is under investigation to assess the safety and effectiveness.

Lead investigator Steven D. Colquhoun at Cedars-Sinai said that the quest for a device that can fill in for the function of the liver, at least temporarily, has been underway for decades and a bio-artificial liver (BAL), could potentially sustain patients with acute liver failure until their own livers self-repair.

The majority of the 49 sites currently involved in the investigation are in the United States, but studies are also underway in Europe and Australia and the research involves patients with liver disease caused by acute alcoholic hepatitis, a group with few therapeutic options.

In the bioartificial liver, which is designed by Vital Therapies Inc., blood is drawn from the patient via a central venous line, and then is filtered through a component system featuring four tubes, each about 1 foot long, which are embedded with liver cells.

The external organ support system is designed to perform critical functions of a normal liver, including protein synthesis and the processing and cleaning of a patient's blood, after which the filtered and treated blood is returned to the patient through the central line.

Colquhoun added that if successful, a bioartificial liver could not only allow time for a patient's own damaged organ to regenerate, but also promote that regeneration and in the case of chronic liver failure, it also potentially could support some patients through the long wait for a liver transplant.  

HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR LIVER AFFECTIONS

The liver is a large, meaty organ that sits on the right side of the belly. Weighing about 3 pounds, the liver is reddish-brown in color and feels rubbery to the touch. Normally you can't feel the liver, because it's protected by the rib cage.

The liver has two large sections, called the right and the left lobes. The gallbladder sits under the liver, along with parts of the pancreas and intestines. The liver and these organs work together to digest, absorb, and process food.

The liver's main job is to filter the blood coming from the digestive tract, before passing it to the rest of the body. The liver also detoxifies chemicals and metabolizes drugs. As it does so, the liver secretes bile that ends up back in the intestines. The liver also makes proteins important for blood clotting and other functions.

HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES

ENLARGEMENT

ACETIC ACID 30- Enlargement of the liver and spleen, with emaciation

ANTIMONIUM TART 30- Enlargement of the liver with respiratory troubles

CALCAREA ARS 200- Enlargement of the liver in infants

CHINA OFF 30- Hard and enlarged liver. White stools

CHIONANTHUS Q- Enlargement with soreness of the liver and yellow urine. Pain in the liver and back

CHOLESTERINUM 3X- Obstinate distension and congestion of the liver. Burning pain on the right side, on walking holds the hands on sides, as it hurts

MERCURIUS SOL. 30- Constipation. No appetite. Depression or deficient bile secretion

NATRUM SLPH 6- Chronic enlargement of the liver. Soreness and tenderness in the liver region. Urine is yellow, foamy and scanty

PHOSPHORUS 30- Enlargement in anemic people

PODOPHYLLUM 30- Diarrhea due to liver problem

INFLAMMATION

CHELIDONIUM MAJUS  6—Removes enlargement, inflammation etc of the liver A long use is required 3 doses a day

BOLDO Q- A specific remedy

NATRUM MUR 30- Liver region is sore with gastric troubles

PHOSPHORUS 30-Inflammation of the liver in anemic subjects. Enlargement

VIPERA 30-Enlargement with severe pain, jaundice and fever. Pain extends to hips and shoulders

DROPSY

ARGENTUM NITRICUM 30- Dropsy in first stage, when emaciation and marasmus starts on account of liver problems

CARDUUS MAR Q- Chronic cases of liver troubles with dropsy

LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM 30- Hardness of the liver with dropsy. Inherited liver affections

CONSTIPATION

CHIONANTHUS  Q- 5 drops in water thrice daily for constipation and other conditions of the liver

MAGNESIUM MUR. 30- Patient has no desire for stool for days together with liver problems

NASTURTIUM AQUA 30- Dropsy of the liver with degenerative changes in  its cell, resistence to the flow of blood through the liver

SWELLING

ACETIC ACID 30-Swelling of feet and legs with emaciation

PTELEA TRI 30-Swelling of feet and legs. Strenuous breathing

HEADACHE

MYRICA Q- Headache worse in the morning.Color of the skin , eyes, tongue and urine is yellow

FERVER

FERRUM ARS  6- Fever due to enlargement and inflammation of the liver is cured by this remedy

EMACIATION

ACETIC ACID 30- Emaciation produced due to liver defects, Unquenchable thirst and diarrhea. Enlargement of the liver and spleen

LIVER ABSCESS

HEPAR  SULPHURIS 30- This is given in liver abscesses and suppurative conditions of the liver

PTELEA TRI 30- Aching and  heaviness in the liver region, which is greatly aggravated by lying on the left side

HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR FATTY LIVER

Fatty liver, also known as fatty liver disease (FLD), is a reversible condition wherein large vacuoles of triglyceride fat accumulate in liver cells via the process of steatosis (i.e., abnormal retention of lipids within a cell). Despite having multiple causes, fatty liver can be considered a single disease that occurs worldwide in those with excessive alcohol intake and the obese (with or without effects of insulin resistance). The condition is also associated with other diseases microvesicular and macrovesicular fatty changes at different stages.

Accumulation of fat may also be accompanied by a progressive inflammation influence fat metabolism. When this process of fat metabolism is disrupted, the fat can accumulate in the liver in excessive amounts, thus resulting in a fatty liver. It is difficult to distinguish alcoholic FLD from nonalcoholic FLD, and both show of the liver (hepatitis), called steatohepatitis. By considering the contribution by alcohol, fatty liver may be termed alcoholic steatosis or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and the more severe forms as alcoholic steatohepatitis (part of alcoholic liver disease) and Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES

Chelidonium Q-- Best Homeopathic treatment for Fatty Liver with pain in right upper abdomen Chelidonium is the top natural Homeopathic medicine for Fatty Liver treatment. The marked symptom for using this Homeopathic medicine is pain in right upper abdomen and pain under right shoulder. There may also be an enlargement of liver.The person is usually constipated. The stool passes in the form of hard balls. A distended abdomen with nausea and vomiting is also experienced. The patient suffers from excessive weakness. In case of jaundice in a patient with Fatty Liver too, Chelidonium is the best Homeopathic remedy. Desire for very hot drinks and hot food.

Cardus marianus Q—A specific remedy. Pain in the liver region. Fullness and soreness. Constipation. Stools hard and notty , very difficult to pass, alternate with diarrheaUrine cloudy and golden colored

Lycopodium200 -- Homeopathic medicine for Fatty Liver with acidity Lycopodium is of great help for treating Fatty Liver with gastric symptoms and acidity. The patient complains ofdistension or bloting of abdomen  soon after eating anything. The abdomen feels full of gas. Burning belching is also experienced. Even eating a little causes fullness in abdomen. The patient feels heaviness and pain in the right upper part of abdomen. Usually the symptoms get worse towards the evening. Farinaceous food makes the person worse. An unusual craving for sweets and hot drinks in excess may be present.

Phosphorus 20—.Phosphorus is the best  Homeopathic medicine for patients of Fatty Liver who feel as if the food is coming upwards after eating. This is accompanied by sour belching. Vomiting may also occur in a few cases, along with pain in liver. The stool and flatus are very offensive. The patient feels weak after passing stool. The craving for peculiar things in diet is an important indication for using this Homeopathic medicine in Fatty Liver patients. These peculiar things include ice creams, cold drinks and refreshing items like juices

Calcarea Carb 200—Calcarea carb. Is an excellent  Homeopathic medicine for mainly obese Fatty Liver patients. The person is fatty, flabby with excess fat in liver and whole abdomen. This Homeopathic remedy successfully helps in burning excess fat in liver.The digestion is very slow in such persons with a long-standing constipation. The abdomen always remains distended. Milk is not suitable for these persons. A few constitutional symptoms that are taken note of is a desire for boiled eggs or strange things like chalk and pencils. Another is sensitivity to cold air and excessive sweating on the 

Nux Vomica 30-- Homeopathic remedy for Fatty Liver with pain in abdomen after eating

 Nux Vomica is the best fatty liver cure in homeopathy when the cause is over consumption of  Alcohol . It is prescribed when pain in abdomen begins a few hours after eating, with a feeling of stone in abdomen. Sour or bitter belching accompanies the pain. A very significant symptom for selecting Homeopathic remedy Nux Vomica for Fatty Liver is constipation with an ineffectual urge to pass stool or poop. The stool, however, is insufficient and unsatisfactory. The passing out of stool gives some relief from the pain in abdomen but the urge to pass stool is renewed soon after. The patient craves for fattyfood, spicy food, coffee and alcoholic drinks in diet

 

 

 

HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR LIVER CIRRHOSIS

Cirrhosis is a late stage of scarring (fibrosis) of the liver caused by many forms of liver diseases and conditions, such as hepatitis and chronic alcoholism. The liver carries out several necessary functions, including detoxifying harmful substances in your body, cleaning your blood and making vital nutrients.

Cirrhosis occurs in response to damage to your liver. Each time your liver is injured, it tries to repair itself. In the process, scar tissue forms. As cirrhosis progresses, more and more scar tissue forms, making it difficult for the liver to function.

Decompensated cirrhosis is the term used to describe the development of specific complications resulting from the changes brought on by cirrhosis. Decompensated cirrhosis is life-threatening.

The liver damage done by cirrhosis generally can't be undone. But if liver cirrhosis is diagnosed early and the cause is treated, further damage can be limited and, rarely, reversed

Causes-A wide range of diseases and conditions can damage the liver and lead to cirrhosis. The most common causes are:Chronic alcohol abuse.Chronic viral hepatitis (hepatitis B and C).Fat accumulating in the liver (nonalcoholic fatty liver disease)

Other possible causes include:Iron build up in the body (hemochromatosis).Cystic fibrosis.Copper accumulated in the liver (Wilson's disease).Poorly formed bile ducts (biliary atresia).Inherited disorders of sugar metabolism (galactosemia or glycogen storage disease).Genetic digestive disorder (Alagille syndrome).Liver disease caused by your body's immune system (autoimmune hepatitis).Destruction of the bile ducts (primary biliary cirrhosis).Hardening and scarring of the bile ducts (primary sclerosing cholangitis).Infection such schistosomiasis.Medications such as methotrexate

Symptoms--Cirrhosis often has no signs or symptoms until liver damage is extensive. When signs and symptoms do occur, they may include:-Fatigue.Bleeding easily.Bruising easily.Itchy skin.Yellow discoloration in the skin and eyes (jaundice).Fluid accumulation in your abdomen (ascites).Loss of appetite.Nausea.Swelling in your legs.Weight loss.Confusion, drowsiness and slurred speech (hepatic encephalopathy).Spiderlike blood vessels on your skin. Redness in the palms of the hands.Testicular atrophy in men. Breast enlargement in men

HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES

CARDUS MARIANUS Q-Cardus Marianus is an excellent medicines for treating Cirrhosis of Liver. It covers a wide range of symptoms that can be relieved with its use. The first condition calling for its use is jaundice. The second is dropsical accumulation of water in abdomen. The next field is bleeding consequent to liver damage. Liver pain and sensitiveness are experienced by most patients needing Cardus Marianus. Patients who feel fatigued or tired and have bouts of nausea and vomiting due to Liver Cirrhosis. Abuse of alcoholic drinks is usually found among persons needing Homeopathic remedy Cardus Marianus. In Cardus jaundice or  bleeding accompanies ascites.

CHIONANTHUS Q- In Chionanthus chronic jaundice is present. Here the urine is almost black. Jaundice appear every summer. There is hypertrophy of liver with constipation. Soreness in liver region is present. Skin yellow, sallow and tongue also becomes yellow in colour.

CURCUMA LONGA Q-It is an excellent remedy for liver cirrhosis, may consider a specific remedy for this condition.

LYCOPODIUM 200-Lycopodium is a another  medicine for treating Cirrhosis of Liver when the liver has atrophied due to longstanding Cirrhosis. The liver region is sensitive. Hepatitis may be predominantly present. Dropsical conditions consequent to Liver Cirrhosis respond very well to Lycopodium.Therefore, Lycopodium is considered as one of the best remedies for liver damage.There is   loss of appetite. Eating a small quantity of food brings satisfaction.  Bloated feeling in abdomen and gas in abdomen remains a constant feature. Lycopodium can also help provide relief in the general condition of patients who have lost weight, and have become emaciated and thin under the effects of Cirrhosis of Liver. There is  an increased desire for hot drinks, hot food or sweets.  General worsening of symptoms in evening time around 4-8 pm

ARSENIC ALBUM 30-Arsenic Album is of great help for patients of Liver Cirrhosis who experience fatigue as the main symptom. The patient feels totally exhausted from doing a little labour. He or she goes on losing weight due to debilitating effects of Cirrhosis of Liver. There is  nausea and vomiting of blood. Along with vomiting, burning in abdomen is a characteristic feature pointing towards the use of Arsenic Album. Vomiting follows drinking and eating. The liver region feels painful. Ascites, or accumulation of fluid in abdomen, can also be dealt with by  Arsenic Album, though the general symptoms of fatigue and burning in abdomen should match too. A general relief from taking warm drinks. Mentally there  are anxiety, restlessness and fear of death.

NUX VOMICA 30-Nux Vomica is a remedy  of great help for patients of Liver Cirrhosis who have a history of long-term alcoholic abuse. Such patients usually also have been sufferers of chronic acidity and constipation. The acidity symptoms including heaviness in abdomen and burning in abdomen a few hours after meals. The constipation is marked by scanty, insufficient stool or poop but with a constant urge to pass stool. There is soreness or pain in liver region. The pain may present itself as stitching in character. The patients  usually have an inclination to take highly spicy diet, stimulants like coffee and alcoholic drinks and fat.  Mentally the patient is angersome and irritable nature, being sensitive to external impressions like noise and odour and also, a sensitivity to cold air.

MERCURIOUS SOL. 30-In Merc sol liver is enlarged and sore to touch. There is deficient bile secretion . Skin is moist and itching is present. In Merc sol patients the complaints becomes worse in the evening and in the night.

PHOSPHORUS 30-Phosphorus is effective  for treating jaundice in patients with Cirrhosis of Liver. The symptoms during jaundice are yellow appearance of skin, and passage of stool of a very offensive nature. Utmost weakness follows the passage of stool. There is vomiting of blood. Phosphorus has an excellent effect in controlling the blood appearing in vomitus.  Desire for cold drinks, juices and ice creams is usually present in patients needing Phosphorus.

APOCYNUM CANNABINUM 30--Apocynum Cannabinum ascites is marked. The symptoms to be considered are bloated abdomen with a weak and slow pulse. Other leading symptoms include an increased thirst for water. Difficulty in breathing and pressure in chest may also appear. Intolerance to food and water with immediate ejection in form of vomiting

QUASSIA 30-In Quassia  ascites is accompanied by pain in liver and acidity

CHELIDONIUM MAJ Q—Jaundice.Chelidonium is pain in liver under right shoulder blade with jaundice symptoms. The jaundice symptoms include yellow skin, yellow urine and yellow or white-coloured stool and yellow-coated tongue. Desire for extremely hot drinks is noted in patients needing Chelidonium.

CROTALUS HOR 30—There is vomiting of blood in cirrhosis of liver

HYDRASTIS CAN 30-Hydrastis is ideal for Liver Cirrhosis patients with excessive debility and tiredness. The muscular power is exhausted with a loss of weight. Longstanding constipation is found in persons needing  Hydrastis can.

PLUMBUM METALLICUM 200-In Plumbum metallicum the liver first enlarged and then becomes contrated .Hepatic region sensitive to pressure without being enlarged or somewhat hypertrophied.

HYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA Q-It is considered to be a specific for Cirrhosis of liver

NATRUM SULPH 6X- The peculiar symptom of Natrum sulph is yellow creamy coating at the back part of tongue and roof of mouth.

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