Everyone knows that the liver clears our organism of poisons and waste products and therefore liver itself requires some purification. Nowadays, numerous methods of liver cleansing are offered by folk medicine. However, some of them produce only significant confusion in the mind and body. Frequently, if you apply some of these methods according to the developers’ recommendations, significant damage may be inflicted to the organism.

How do people cleanse the liver and what for?

Various metabolic disorders, disturbed motor function of biliary ducts or inflammation of bile-excreting ducts create conditions for bile stagnation, which can result in the formation of biliary sand, gallstones and promote the development of infection in this area. In such cases, the liver really needs cleansing, which is carried out by means of tubages. The tubages are special techniques promoting the bile evacuation from the biliary ducts and the gall bladder.
The tubages are carried out only after patient’s comprehensive examination because there are a number of contra-indications for their realization such as:

•      Acute or exacerbated chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract such as cholecystitis, pancreatitis, hepatitis, gastric ulcer and so on;
•      Tube tubages are contra-indicated in some diseases of the nasopharynx, gullet, serious forms of ischemic disease and hypertension, liver cirrhoses with esophageal varicose veins dilatation.

Liver cleansing with the tube tubages

Tube tubages are carried out by means of the duodenal intubation technique when the special duodenal tube is introduced into the duodenum. This method is used both for curative and diagnostic purposes of getting the bile for the laboratory examination.
Duodenal tube is an elastic, resilient tube of 5 mm in diameter and 1.4 – 1.5 m in length on which end a metal probing olive with openings is attached. Duodenal intubation for curative purposes is frequently combined with duodenal tube lavage.
The procedure is carried out on an empty stomach. At first, in the beginning of the procedure the duodenal content passes through the duodenal tube. It is a light yellow liquid composed of the bile with the pancreatic juice called the portion А. Then, doctors introduce the special medication promoting the opening of the gallbladder; usually it is 25 % sulfate of magnesium. After the period of 5-25 minutes the dark brown liquid called gallbladder bile (portion В) is released from the duodenal tube. The last portion is the lighter hepatic bile, which is released from the hepatic biliary ducts.
After the full emptying of the gallbladder and biliary ducts, the duodenal irrigation with the mineral water warmed up to 35-45˚C is carried out. The sort of the mineral water depends on a level of the gastric juice acidity. The tube tubage is usually carried out once a week within 6 weeks; after a monthly break the course is repeated.

Liver cleansing by means of tubeless tubages

When carrying out the tubeless tubages, the patient is lying on the bed or a couch on the right side with half-bent knees and given to drink a cholagogue agent during half an hour. For the activation of the biliary excretion doctors place a hot-water bag on the right hypochondrium (area of the liver). The procedure lasts from 1.5 to 2 hours. Such a tubage may be performed once or twice a week during two or three months.
The combination of tube tubages (once a week) and tubeless tubages (twice a week) is very effective. In case of the reduction of the motor activity of the gallbladder these procedures can be carried out for years; it will prevent the bile stagnation, formation of stones and inflammatory processes in this area.

Cholagogic agents that can be used for tubeless tubages

Different warmed cholagogic agents can be used for tubeless tubages:
•      One or two glasses of mineral water;
•      One glass of 25 % sulfate of magnesium;
•      Two glasses of the rosehip decoction or the decoction of corn stigmata;
•      Two yolks spread with a tablespoon of sugar or ½ of a tablespoon of honey;
•      A tablespoon of honey in a glass of warm water.
Performing the liver purification, it is necessary to remember that this procedure is contra-indicated in the exacerbation of any disease.