Re: Liver herbs and eczema, was: Gilbert's syndrome

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" Mohi Rezvani " wrote to

<ukherbal-list >:

>(the classic case of worsening of skin

>rashes after knee -jerk prescribing berberis/arctium etc for example)

>

>Please accept my ignorance I do not know about this calssic case would you

please elaborate ?

It's the usual " You got an eczema? Here, take some dandelion /burdock /berberis

/rumex " - without getting deeper into the why and how of that eczema.

Jonno's point of view is new to me. I've was taught liver herbs this way:

There's two major types of stress in people: anabolic and catabolic. (Actually

there's also a third, thyroid stress, but that doesn't involve the liver.)

Anabolic people get bigger and bigger and bigger under stress.

Catabolic people get thinner and thinner and thinner under stress.

They have different " liver energies " .

If you look at the liver in the catabolic person, it makes mostly fuel and

little body building materials. This is a " cool " liver.

The anabolic person, on the other hand, has a liver that runs slightly " hot " ,

because it makes mostly building materials and little fuel.

Either is easier to spot under stress.

Either is easier to spot in men, because women go from anabolic to catabolic to

anabolic to catabolic every two weeks, in sync with menses.

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If you have a " cold " liver, you like light foods because your liver can't handle

fats, proteins, or really rich foods. Too much just sticks in your throat. If

given the choice between lasagna and a lunch salad, you pick the salad. If

nothing but lasagna is available you leave most of the cheese from your piece in

the dish for the next person - or on your plate. You're prone to allergies, and

because you eat high glycemic foods (potatoes, rice, bread and the like)

(_because_ your liver can't handle rich foods), you're also prone to blood sugar

yoyos.

If you have a " hot " liver, you like rich fatty foods, and go to the salad bar

because you've been told to, and perhaps there's that yummy creamy salad

dressing again - a few token salad leaves, lots of dressing, and you feel quite

satisfied with your healthy diet. If there's cream cake you take a look around,

then scoop some extra cream onto your plate when you think nobody's looking. You

seldom have allergies, but sometimes your liver runs so hot that you get a rash.

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The terms cool liver and hot liver can seem confusing, because:

Cool liver folks look hot -- they bounce of the walls, driving everybody around

them crazy with their energy.

Hot liver people seem cool - they don't really move much, preferring a comfy

chair and everything within reach, thank you.

Nonetheless, they're quite descriptive.

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Herbs that cool the liver are dandelion and burdock (root and leaf of both),

among others.

Herbs that heat the liver are mahonia, berberis and rumex, among others.

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If you use liver heating herbs with a hot liver you're making the problem worse.

If you use liver cooling herbs with a cool liver you're making the problem

worse.

A good way for the cool liver person to get rid of most allergies, most

liver-related problems, is to take tincture of Berberis, 15-30 minutes before

each major meal.

A good way for the hot liver person to help his/her health is to keep dried

dandelion or burdock root slices in a jar on the table, and to munch on these

whenever they remember.

If you have hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, or whatever other letters they've come up

with lately, you by definition have a hot liver - inflammation is always hot.

That's why cool liver herbs help. Silybum is neutral, as far as I can tell.

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Both the hot and the cool liver person will benefit from moderate exercise. The

cool liver person will see less blood sugar problems and more bodybuilding (have

you had people who simply cannot gain weight? This is one possible reason. Heat

their liver.), the hot liver person will see some shrinkage of body mass.

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The above is a synopsis of what teaches about liver energy at the

Southwest School of Botanical Medicine (SWSBM) in Arizona. Some parts are my

observations. This works very nicely in practice.

You'll find more details on hot and cold liver in 's " Herbal Energetics "

booklet, online on his site (http://chili.rt66.com/hrbmoore/HOMEPAGE ).

Cheers

Henriette

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