5 facts about how baking soda affects the liver and 4 therapeutic recipes based on it

Sodium bicarbonate or, in another way, baking soda is used in many areas of our lives. It is especially often used in cooking and folk medicine. Of course, like most other products, soda is not without a lot of myths about the dangers and benefits, in particular, among medical professionals.

Traditional medicine widely uses soda for the treatment and prevention of many liver diseases. In some studies, soda did have a positive effect on the liver and demonstrated a cleansing and hepatoprotective effect.

But you need to understand that any, even relatively natural and folk remedies may have contraindications. We will discuss all these issues in this article.

5 useful properties of soda

The liver is the organ that is negatively affected by almost all people. And here it is not at all a matter of malicious intent, but rather in the modern rhythm of our lives.

In order to somehow reduce the load on the gland, various methods are used, including cleaning with soda solution. Soda has the following positive effects on the liver gland:

1. Liver cleansing . Recipes with the addition of soda as one of the main ingredients are often used for cleansing procedures. Soda helps to remove toxins from the body and establish a bile duct, which reduces the load on the liver and regulates its work;
2. Improving the protective functions of the liver and the body as a whole. Soda helps to enhance the synthesis of lymphocytes and leukocytes, which, in turn, helps to strengthen general and local immunity and increase the resistance of the liver to negative factors.
3. Normalization of acid-base balance in the blood . This is perhaps one of the most important points. Sodium carbonate is able to make blood more fluid, which simplifies the delivery of vital elements to organs, including the liver;
4. Regulation of digestion. It is known that soda is able to suppress the symptoms of heartburn, reducing the level of acidity. It is also able to improve digestion, get rid of unpleasant sensations in the gastrointestinal tract, improve the functioning of the pancreas, stomach and intestines;
5. Removal of stones and sand from the gallbladder. Normalization of bile outflow helps not only to relieve the liver from unnecessary stress, but also to remove all unnecessary accumulations from the gallbladder, helping to rid the patient of inflammation and bile exchange disorders;

Contraindications and possible harm

In fact, soda is a fairly safe means of cleansing, and in some cases, treating the liver. It does not have many contraindications compared to other traditional and non-traditional therapies.

Specifically for the liver, this product is safe (if consumed wisely). However, there are some contraindications and side effects associated with external organs:

1. Ulcer and gastritis. The presence of ulcerative lesions in the stomach or duodenum or chronic gastritis prohibits the use of sodium carbonate and any other products containing it in the composition. This can provoke an exacerbation of pathologies, as well as cause internal bleeding;
2. Excess of the alkaline titer. This effect is observed in those patients who do not know how to control themselves. Fanatical use of soda for and without (and even without the supervision of a specialist) can cause unpleasant symptoms. For example, with an increased alkaline titer, headaches and dizziness occur, mood deterioration , weakness and lethargy, chronic fatigue , nausea, pain, sometimes vomiting. If the patient continues to take soda in large quantities, he will easily get an ulcer.

Preparing for cleaning

Liver cleansing is a serious event. It requires special training and permission from a doctor.

2-3 weeks before therapeutic activities, make sure that you do not have any contraindications for cleaning, and also adjust your diet:

1. As standard, all fatty, fried, spicy, salty, canned and smoked dishes should be removed from the diet.
2. You should also not forget that alcohol is completely eliminated from your life (here either alcohol or liver).
3. Sweets should also be somewhat limited or replaced with marshmallows, marshmallows (you can use natural marmalade), honey , dried fruits . No soda!
4. All dishes need to be steamed or stewed.
5. Diversify your diet fruits , vegetables , low-fat varieties of meat and fish.
6. Drink as much water as possible.

4 methods of the procedure

The following proven liver cleansing methods have shown maximum effectiveness and are available at home.

1. Soda solution with lemon juice

One of the simplest cleaning recipes is a mixture of soda and lemon juice. For cooking, you need to take:

• 0.5 teaspoons of baking soda;
• 300 ml of warm boiled water;
• Juice of 1/2 lemon.

In a glass of water, mix all these ingredients. Drink such a chatterbox immediately after you cook it. You need to drink on an empty stomach once a day. The therapeutic course is 5 days.

This elixir in the first place cleans the blood , thereby relieving the extra load on the liver. In the presence of infectious diseases, this remedy will help you get rid of toxins well. The drink helps especially well with jaundice, as well as other liver pathologies, accompanied by jaundice reactions of the skin and mucous membranes. Vitamin C in the composition will strengthen the overall immune system and increase the body's resistance to the effects of pathogenic bacteria.

2. Soda baths

This procedure is one of the most effective. It is especially good to combine it with third-party therapeutic measures for the liver.

The procedure looks like this:

1. Fill the tub with water.
2. The water temperature should be as comfortable as possible for you (not too hot and not too cool).
3. In the bath, stir about a third of a glass (100 grams) sodium carbonate. If more is added, adverse reactions may occur, since too high a concentration of soda in the water will dry out the skin and cause peeling and dermatitis.
4. Go into the tub and lie there for about half an hour. Do not neglect the recommended time, as too long and regular procedures can lead to dehydration of your body.
5. Before taking a cleansing bath, drink a cup of mint tea. This will help to enhance the cleansing effects.

In total, you need to perform ten such procedures over the course of a month.

3. A. P. Neumyvakin's cleaning scheme

Professor Neumyvakin has compiled his own program for cleansing and treating the liver with soda, olive oil and lemon. It consists of the following items:

1. A week before the main cleansing process (if you didn't do it in advance), we go on a vegetarian diet;
2. For the next three days, drink only freshly squeezed apple juice or a special vegetable broth all day (recipe below). In the morning before that, make enemas with soda;
3. On the third day, starting at seven o'clock in the evening, we conduct a liver probe: prepare a glass (200 ml) of olive oil and the same amount of lemon juice;
4. Now we lie down on the sofa or in bed and put a warm hot water bottle to the right side;
5. We drink 3 tablespoons of oil, wash down with the same amount of juice, lie down on a hot water bottle. Repeat the procedure every 15 minutes until we drink all the oil and juice;
6. Keep the hot water bottle for 180 minutes, and then go to bed;
7. Keep in mind that all the rubbish in the form of toxins and toxins can go not in the morning, but after a few hours;
8. Make a cleansing enema in the morning. Do this until the water that comes out of the intestine becomes absolutely clean;
9. After all the morning activities, you need to have breakfast. Eat a small portion of any vegetarian dish (large amounts can be dangerous);
10. If 3-4 days after these procedures you still feel heaviness in your right side, it means that the cleansing has not been completed completely, and it should be repeated after 14-28 days;
11. During the second approach, you only need to drink apple juice for one day;
12. A couple of days after all the activities, start taking a decoction based on the herb immortelle and rosehip fruits.

How to make a specialized vegetable broth:

1. Take a kilogram of potatoes, rinse them under running water and cut them into pieces right with the peel;
2. Throw the potatoes into a saucepan, add to it five chopped carrots, parsley root or celery (50 g);
3. We also throw a sliced large onion here;
4. Fill the mixture with water so that the liquid completely covers the ingredients and begin to cook the drink for 60 minutes on low heat;
5. The decoction should be drunk per day, you will need to prepare a new drink every day.

4. A mixture for the treatment of polyps in the gallbladder

Cooking process:

1. Take 150 g of aspen bark and the same amount of fresh natural honey.
2. Heat the mixture in a water bath until the honey has completely melted.
3. Cook the mixture for 6 minutes.
4. Mix the pre-cooked mass with half a teaspoon of baking soda.

Take the mixture two to three times a day, one tablespoon 30 minutes before meals. Continue the therapeutic course for 14-20 days, depending on the individual clinical picture.

Can I take it with a sick liver?

Soda is often used to treat the most complex liver diseases. However, in order to carry out any procedures, permission from your doctor is required.

Sodium carbonate helps to remove toxins from the body, cleanse the liver of toxins, and establish bile metabolism. Against the following diseases, this remedy has shown maximum effectiveness:

• Cirrhosis. Many people are wondering if it is possible to drink soda for cirrhosis. It is important to understand that it is impossible to cure this liver disease with folk remedies. In most cases, even traditional medicine is powerless. But soda can be used to slow down the progression of the disease. To do this, you need to prepare a decoction of birch buds and soda. Pour boiling water over the kidneys and leave them to stand for two hours. Then add soda to them (you need just a drop, about at the tip of the knife). Infuse the drink with soda for another two hours. Take the decoction after each meal. Such a decoction is also useful for the prevention of fatty hepatosis;
• Hepatitis C. To alleviate the condition of hepatitis C, take one medium-sized lemon, a teaspoon of sodium carbonate. Squeeze the juice out of the lemon and mix with baking soda. Immediately drink the resulting drink. Repeat the procedure once daily, half an hour before the morning meal. The therapeutic course is 3 days, then a break for three days and a repeat of the treatment is required.

Contraindications

Sodium carbonate can bring not only benefits, but also harm. Therefore, do not forget about the existing contraindications to the use of this remedy for the treatment or purification of the liver gland:

• Pregnancy;
• Breastfeeding period;
• Age under 12;
• The presence of ulcerative lesions, gastritis or pancreatitis;
• Allergic lesions;
• Intolerance to sodium carbonate;
• The use of some third-party medicines;
• General weakness of the body.

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Conclusion

Some joke that baking soda is bought once and for life. Of course, this rule does not work for those who actively use sodium carbonate in cooking or medicine. Soda has long established itself as an excellent cleanser. That is why it is used to remove all harmful metabolic products from the liver and the body as a whole. This powder is even used to prevent certain liver pathologies.