Liver Cleanse
Gaia Herbs provides essential support when you’re in need of a little liver love. A great pick-me-up, this formula is ideal following periods of overindulgence, excess partying, to help clear out built-up toxins, to lighten your internal load or just to hit the ‘reset’ button on healthy liver functioning. Comprised of 14 powerful herbal allies, it offers ideal short-term support for liver health and effective detoxification.
- Comprehensive blend of traditionally used herbs for supporting liver function to keep this essential organ operating at its best
- Featuring 14 potent liver-loving herbs providing antioxidant, digestive bitters, detoxification, liver cleansing and safeguarding support
- Each capsule delivers 1,250mg dry herb equivalent for maximum potency
- Gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, purity tested, 100% vegan The liver – your body’s workhorse
Did you know, your liver is one of the hardest working organs in your body? The liver plays a role in supporting the function of just about every other organ system in the body. It carries out over 500 functional processes for supporting and maintaining our health, playing a critical role in digestion, metabolism, hormone regulation, nutrient absorption including vitamin and mineral storage, energy production, cholesterol regulation, immune and cardiovascular health, but perhaps most famously of all, detoxification.
The liver, essentially, is a large filter (it’s the second largest organ in the body after the skin, which is also an organ of detoxification), whose primary job is to filter the blood from the digestive tract before allowing it to travel to the rest of the body. Through this process, it filters out and breaks down substances such as toxins, medications and hormones, whilst also creating substances such as enzymes, proteins, cholesterol and bile acids to facilitate its many hundreds of health processes.The power of a liver cleanse
One of the most important aspects of health and well-being comes down to how well the body processes and purges toxins. Our modern lifestyles aren’t always easy on the body - with exposure to environmental toxins, processed foods and chemicals in personal care products - many of us are in desperate need of a serious detox!
One of the main ways that the body rids itself of toxins is through the liver. The liver works tirelessly to detoxify toxins and break down hormones, removing them from the bloodstream and making them less harmful to the body. When the liver isn’t functioning optimally, we cannot digest our food properly, let alone successfully carry out its myriad other necessary functions.
A liver cleanse is an intentional reset of the liver’s natural detoxification pathways. Antioxidants are vital for liver function and optimal elimination of toxins to ensure they don’t get reabsorbed back into circulation. They keep the oxidative stress that ages skin and all cells in the body in healthy check. Liver-supporting herbs provide a rich source of antioxidants to protect cells from harm and to support toxin removal.A spotlight on key liver loving herbs
- Milk Thistle – a mainstay for supporting the health, functioning and recovery of the liver, providing powerful antioxidant protection through its active constituent silymarin that supports the body’s master antioxidant glutathione. Milk Thistle also supports health bile production to support fat digestion and maintain balanced blood cholesterol levels.
- Corydalis – is a berberine containing herb, whose rich yellow colour and astringent, bitter principles provide cleansing and protective support to the liver and other organs of detoxification, as well as supporting optimal digestive function. Corydalis also provides support for healthy cardiovascular function.
- Black Radish – a bitter and pungent tasting herb, traditionally used in ethnobotanic health practices for supporting liver and gallbladder health, supporting the body’s natural cleansing processes by supporting the liver’s detoxification enzymes, bile release which helps to transport toxins out of the body as well as supporting healthy levels of blood fats.
- Turmeric – with considerable health supporting properties, turmeric is a wonderful all-rounder able to support digestion, cardiovascular health, immune function, as well as providing aromatic bitter and potent antioxidant properties to support healthy liver function.
- Burdock – a classic liver-cleansing herb known as an ‘alterative’ with blood and lymphatic cleansing properties supporting the detoxification and elimination of wastes from the body. As a bitter herb, it supports digestion and healthy appetite regulation, skin health and clarity of complexion, as well as normal liver detoxification processes.
- Dandelion – one of the most comm