Liver Detoxification
There are over 500 functions performed by the liver, and strong liver is essential
to disease prevention. The liver plays a critical role in detoxifying and removing
fat-soluble poisons absorbed by the gut and in the blood, converting them into
water soluble form that the kidneys can eliminate. Kundalini can be associated
with immune and digestive difficulties for many reasons. The actual restructuring
of the body during Metamorphosis is largely an immune activity, and occurs
under radical sympathetic/adrenal activation. Extra hormones (stress, sex, growth,
thyroid) are in circulation and need to be sopped up and conjugated by the liver.
Thus the liver has a lot more work to do with recycling the broken-down cells, and
from the disrupted digestion, thinning gut lining and reticulation of toxins from
badly digested food. The liver is also a site for candida attack, which could be a
problem when the immune system is preoccupied with transmutation.
Because of the loss of glutamate from the small intestine during kundalini
awakening, and the hyper-activation of the sympathetic nervous system there
is an increased likelihood of leaky gut syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome and
enterohepatic circulation of toxins from the colon back into the bloodstream. The
āSā shaped sigmoid colon is the last part of the colon, before reaching the rectum.
By the time stool gets to this part of the colon, most nutrients have been absorbed
into the bloodstream. Enterohepatic circulation serves as an efficient mechanism
for the conservation of bile salts and certain hormones. Because the stool contains
products of putrefaction at this point, there exists a special circulatory system, a
direct communication of veins called the enterohepatic circulation, between the
sigmoid colon and the liver. This system of veins carries rectal/sigmoid toxins
directly to the liver for detoxification, rather than circulating them through the rest
of the body and all of its vital organs including the brain.
Have you ever felt ill just prior having a bowel movement, this is due of the toxic
quality of the material and enterohepatic circulation. When toxins are caught up
in this cycle, their biological half-lives and effects on the liver maybe significantly
increased. To help the liver conjugate (detoxify) these toxins we need adequate
supplies of antioxidants and conjugating agents. During kundalini awakenings in
particular, we need more glutathione and sulfur amino acids (cysteine) because of
the disruption to digestion and the extra load on the immune system and liver.
Adequate fiber in the diet helps prevent enterohepatic circulation of toxins back
into the system.
The Chinese use Bupleurum and Rehmannia for a deep liver detoxification
formula, which reduces the size of swollen lymph glands, is antiseizure and for a
variety of toxic conditions including excellent skin clearing effects. Other herbs that
support the liver include: Aloe extract, Barberry, Burdock root, Chicory, Cleavers,
Dong quai, Dandelion root, curcumin (tumeric), Schizandra berry, Stillingia root,
Milk thistle seeds, Yarrow, Yellow Dock, Parsley, Pau de Arco, Gentian. Ashitaba,
like most blood purifiers, stimulates liver function and helps remove heavy metals
such as mercury, lead etc. Lecithin is the main component of liver cells and helps to
eliminate fats from the liver. B6 helps the liver to detoxify and relieves depression