04/09/2025
*The liver, this silent hero* 🌿
The liver is one of the most extraordinary organs of the human body.
It weighs approximately 1.5 kg, works day and night without ever stopping, and provides more than 500 vital functions. However, he almost never complains ... until the day he is too tired.
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✨ *The major roles of the liver*
👉 Filter and purify: the liver cleanses blood, eliminates toxins, alcohol, certain drugs and pollutants.
👉 Make and digest: it produces bile, essential to digest fat and absorb certain vitamins (A, D, E, K).
👉 Store energy: it keeps glycogen in reserve (sugar usable quickly), vitamins and iron.
👉 Produce vital proteins: blood proteins, coagulation factors (without him, wounds would not heal).
👉 Regulate metabolism: balance of sugar, fats and proteins in the body.
👉 Support immunity: it contains specialized cells that destroy microbes and harmful substances.
In summary: this is the filter, the factory and the energy reserve of our body.
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⚠️ When the liver suffers ...
A sick or overloaded liver can cause visible and invisible disorders.
*Digestion and assimilation*
• Bad fat tolerance, nausea, bloating.
• Vitamin deficiencies A, D, E, K → Fragility of bones, drop in immunity, dry skin.
*METABOLISM*
• Cholesterol and triglycerides that are too high.
• Risk of type 2 diabetes by insulin resistance.
• Abdominal overweight.
*Liver disease*
• Soatosis (foie gras): fat stored in the liver.
• Hepatitis: inflammation of viral, toxic or autoimmune origin.
• Cirrhosis: progressive destruction of the liver, often irreversible.
• Liver cancer.
*General consequences*
• Chronic fatigue, lack of energy.
• Headache, sleep disturbances.
• Yellow skin and eyes (jaundice).
• Coagulation disorders (bruises, bleeding).
• edema (swelling of the legs and belly).
• Concentration and memory disorders in serious cases.
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🌸 *How to take care of your liver?*
On the plate
• LEZER vegetables: artichoke, endive, chicory, arugula.
• Depurative foods: black radish, beet, carrot, lemon.
• Protective plants: thistle-marie, dandelion, rosemary, turmeric.
• Reduce alcohol, excess sugar, saturated fats and industrial dishes.
• Hydrate well (water, herbal teas).
In everyday life
• Regular and quality sleep (the liver regenerates at night).
• Sweet but regular physical activity (walking, yoga, qi gong).
• Reduce stress and anger: emotions that weaken the energy of the liver according to traditional Chinese medicine.
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🌺 Liver in traditions
• In Chinese medicine, the liver is associated with spring, wood element and emotions of anger and frustration. When it is balanced: flexibility, creativity, vitality. When it is blocked: irritability, migraines, tensions.
• In Ayurveda, it is linked to digestive fire (Agni). A weak liver leads to heaviness, stagnation and fatigue.
• In European popular medicine, “spring cures” were practiced with dandelion, nettle or smoking to purify blood and relieve the liver.
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✨ *In summary*
The liver is a silent hero: it filters, nourishes, regulates and protects our health.
When it is weakened, the whole organism is suffering from it. But by helping it with a more natural diet, well -chosen plants and a more balanced life, it finds its strength and makes us vitality, clarity and energy.
A peaceful liver is a purified body and a clear spirit. 🌸