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What are different home remedies for Jaundice? – Part 3

What is meant by Jaundice?

• Jaundice is the most common of all liver disorders.
• It is a condition in which yellow discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes occur.
• This yellow color is due to an increase in the bile pigments, namely, bilirubin in the blood.

Jaundice Symptoms

• Extreme weakness
• Headache
• Fever
• Loss of appetite
• Severe constipation
• Nausea
• Yellow discoloration of the eyes, tongue, skin, and urine.
• Dull pain in the liver region

Jaundice Causes

• Obstruction of the bile ducts
• Haemolytic anaemia
• Typhoid
• Malaria
• Yellow fever
• Tuberculosis

More Home Remedies for Jaundice

Jaundice treatment using Barley Water
• Barley water should be drunk several times during the day.
• This is another good remedy for this disease.
• One cup of barley should be boiled in three liters of water and simmered for three hours.

Jaundice treatment using Snake Gourd Leaves
• The leaves of snake gourd have been found useful in jaundice.
• An infusion of the leaves should be prepared by mixing 15 gm of dry leaves in 250 ml of boiling water.
• A decoction of coriander seeds in 500 ml of water till it is reduced by one-third.
• This infusion should be given in doses of 30 to 60 ml, mixed with the decoction of coriander seeds.
• This should be taken thrice daily.

Jaundice Treatment using Papaya Seeds
• The black seeds of papaya have been found beneficial in the treatment of cirrhosis of the liver.
• Papaya helps in cirrhosis associated with alcoholism and malnutrition.
• A tablespoon of juice obtained by grinding the seeds, mixed with ten drops of fresh lime juice, should be given once or twice daily.
• Do this for about a month as a medicine for this disease.

Jaundice Treatment using Trailing Eclipta
• The herb trailing eclipta which is botanically known as eclipta Alba has proved invaluable in cirrhosis.
• The juice of all parts of this plant should be taken in doses of one teaspoon that is mixed with one teaspoon of honey.
• Take it three times daily.
• This helps in the detoxification process.
• This will help in providing relief and treating Jaundice.

Jaundice treatment using Picrorhiza
• Picrorhiza which is botanically known as picrorhiza kurroa, is a drug of choice in ayurveda for this condition among adults.
• The root of the herb is given in powdered form.
• A tablespoon of the powder is mixed with an equal quantity of honey.
• It should be administered three times a day.
• If the patient has constipation too then the dose should be increased to double.
• It should be given with a cup of warm water, three to four times a day.
• It stimulates the liver to produce more bile.
• The excretion of this relieves congestion of the liver and the tissues.
• Jaundice involves blocking of the liver because of high toxicity levels.
• Consuming picrorhiza kurroa is an effective method of clearing up any blockages in the liver.
• It also reduces any swelling that the patient may be experience.

Jaundice treatment using Fig
• Wash 3-4 leaves of sacred fig (Ficus religiosa).
• Mash them with sugar candy and mix it in 250 mg of water.
• Drink it twice a day after sieving the mixture.
• This will help in treating Jaundice.

Jaundice treatment using Jaundice Berry
• The herb jaundice berry which is botanically known as Berberis vultaris is very useful in jaundice.
• The pulverized bark should be given several times a day in doses of one-fourth of a teaspoon.
• The fluid extract should be given 2-4 ml doses.
• This will help in treating or relieving from Jaundice.

Moderate exercise and fresh air baths
• Exercise daily for best results.

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What are different home remedies for Jaundice? – Part 2

What is meant by Jaundice?

• Jaundice is the most common of all liver disorders.
• It is a condition in which yellow discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes occur.
• This yellow color is due to an increase in the bile pigments, namely, bilirubin in the blood.

Jaundice Symptoms

• Extreme weakness
• Headache
• Fever
• Loss of appetite
• Severe constipation
• Nausea
• Yellow discoloration of the eyes, tongue, skin, and urine.
• Dull pain in the liver region

Jaundice Causes

• Obstruction of the bile ducts
• Haemolytic anaemia
• Typhoid
• Malaria
• Yellow fever
• Tuberculosis

Home Remedies for Jaundice

Treatment using Vegetable Juices
• The juice of carrots and spinach juice has been found beneficial in the treatment of cirrhosis of the liver.
• Prepare the juice by taking Spinach juice 200 ml which should be mixed with 300 ml of carrot juice in order. to prepare 500 ml or half a litre of combined juices.
• One can take 300 ml of carrot juice and combine with 100 ml each of cucumber and beet juices too.
• Vegetable juices are extremely easy to digest.
• They will provide the body with the nutrition required for the repair of damaged tissue.
• Damage of tissue in the liver is caused by highly complex foods.
• This causes strain on the liver and hence Vegetable juices are recommended.

Jaundice Diet

• Juice fast, thereafter an all-fruit diet.
• Simple light carbohydrate diet can be then taken.

1. Have Juice Fast
• The patient must refrain himself from alcohol in any form.
• He should undergo an initial liver-cleaning programme by going on a juice fast.
• This should be done for seven days.
• Freshly extracted juices from red beets, lemon, papaya, and grapes may be taken during this period.
• Alcohol adds to the toxicity levels in your body and puts severe strain on liver.
• It is important that you stick to a rigorous diet.
• Comprise foods that are healthy, nutritious and are easy to digest.

2. Juicy Fruits and Milk
• The patient should have three meals a day of fresh juicy fruits.
• The fruits like apples, pears, grapes, grapefruit, oranges, pineapples, and peaches, and a litre of milk divided into three parts should be taken.

3. Well-Balanced Diet Consisting of Nuts, Seeds etc
• The patient should embark upon a well-balanced diet.
• It should consist of seeds, nuts, grains, vegetables, and fruits.
• Vegetables such as beets, squashes, bitter gourd, egg-plant, tomatoes, carrots, radishes, and papaya are useful.

4. Avoid Fats, Oils Refined, processed and Canned Foods
All fats and oils should be excluded from the diet for several weeks. The patient should avoid:
• Refined foods.
• Spices and condiments.
• Strong tea and coffee.
• Fried foods.
• All preparations cooked in clarified butter, oil, or butter.
• All meats.
• All chemical additives.
• Use of salt should be restricted.
• Decrease fat intake by 20-30 grams per day.

Other Home Remedies

• Take one teaspoonful of glucose in one cup of water thrice a day in the morning, afternoon and night.
• Take juice of 2 oranges on empty stomach for 5-7 days.
• Take 50 grams of white radish leaves and stem.
• Add sugar candy in it and drink it every morning on empty stomach.
• Daily intake of a pinch of roasted alum with buttermilk twice or thrice daily is highly beneficial.
• Squeeze a lemon in 100 grams of water and add a pinch of salt and drink thrice a day for about 21 days.
• Buttermilk taken with a little salt and powdered roasted cumin seeds is beneficial.
• Keep a white-colored glass bottle filled with water in the sun for 6-8 hours and drink it after cooling.
• High carbohydrate intake is recommended to get good amount of energy.
• Livup supplement is an effective blend of herbs designed to help and maintain healthy liver functions which can be taken according to the prescription on the bottle.