Alternative Treatments  

Alternative treatments have had astounding results, however most of the results are being ignored. Supplements such as vitamins, minerals, and herbs are helping those with this disease live normal lives. These products have been proven to aid the body by creating wellness from within.

Natural medicines have been proven to aid the liver in removal of harmful toxins from the body. They have also been proven to regenerate cell growth and protect the liver. Best of all, there are no harmful side effects.

Herbs, supplements, and other remedies can help alleviate the worst symptoms of Hepatitis, such as fatigue, joint aches, depression, swelling, pain, and other physical discomforts. Diet and nutrition are also very important in treating that key digestive organ, your liver. Rigorous medical studies suggest that some of these remedies can also address the underlying disease process, bolster the immune system, retard liver damage, and help your blood-test values to within normal limits.

A copious amount of high-quality research demonstrates that herbs can help improve liver health. There is compelling evidence that herbs such as milk thistle can boost the immune system, discourage liver injury, and slow the progression to Cirrhosis. Herbs have been successfully used to treat Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, and related liver ailments successfully for many years. There are a variety of herbs that are extremely beneficial to the liver. Blood purifiers are crucial in removing toxins that have built up in our systems, causing the liver to be overworked.

Supplements can foster a high state of wellness and protect against disease, they do this by enhancing the efficiency of the immune system, which is the key to limiting liver damage and to preventing the progression of Cancer. Also, the antioxidant action of many supplements limits liver tissue destruction and cancerous changes in the liver.

This means that people with HCV should not wait to enhance their nutrition; they should consider carefully selected supplements to avoid weight loss, boost immune-system functioning, discourage Cirrhosis, and protect against Cancer.

One must be very careful when choosing supplements. Pills and capsules can be very deceiving, many containing fillers; some stored for undisclosed time periods cause loss of potency. Most of you don’t realize that the body also has to break down these substances which also causes a loss of this supplement. The freshest and most potent supplements should be taken in extract form. This form never loses potency. Herbal extracts are the medicinal properties of the herb extracted into fluids. Herbal extracts offer the advantage of being more readily available to the body, since they represent the soluble or dissolved portion of the herb.

The term ‘alternative treatment’ is associated with any kind of treatment that is unorthodox or not in line with traditional or orthodox medicine. Traditional or orthodox medicine is that which is practiced and accepted by the vast majority of Western physicians. There is also a ‘holistic therapy’, which is tailored completely to the individual patient, just as the Chinese medicine man prescribes a unique mixture to each individual.

“What do I do now?” Usually the first question asked when you get bad news about your health. And your healthcare professional is poised with the answers...have this test, take that treatment, stay home, don’t go out, be careful, live your life as normal as possible, don’t worry, and, by the way, do you have a living will? Your hand is kindly but firmly removed from the rudder and you’re no longer steering your own boat. No Thanks!!!

Here are just a few that have shown promising results:

Milk thistle has been used since the 16th century to treat liver disease by strengthening the outer membrane of liver cells, thus preventing damaging substances from penetrating. Milk thistle contains Silymarin which is thought to use the same cell membrane receptor sites as some toxins. The toxins cannot affect those membranes; regeneration of liver cells is then possible. Silymarin has a very powerful antioxidant effect; in the liver it is 10 times more powerful than Vitamin E. It reduces the action of the enzyme that causes inflammation in Hepatitis. It speeds up cellular protein synthesis, thus helping the liver to rebuild itself.

Dandelion, has a rich source of lecethin, helps to normalize bile flow and improve liver function and regeneration of damaged tissue. It prevents choline deficiency which guards against fatty liver damage. It can also fend off toxic substances, such as alcohol and pharmaceutical medications.

Drinking green tea, with its supply of antioxidants, on a regular basis helps prevent cell damage.

We’ve all heard of miracle cures; there’s no promise of that here. We can only tell  you what we and others have experienced by using these herbal combinations made specifically for the Hepatitis C sufferer. Herbs have been used to reduce and eliminate disease for as long as disease itself. You owe it to yourself to take a look, and maybe, take an herb.