Liver support: an evidence-based review & call for research.(Naturopathic Perspectives)

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients | April 1, 2005| | Copyright

In Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM), practitioners often speak of and employ "liver support." Liver supportive therapies are widely used and incorporate the use of several different forms of natural medicines including herbs, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and organ extracts. Liver support entails the use of therapies that assist the liver in carrying out its biologic functions as well as prevention and repair of damage to this organ. Too often, critics of CAM therapies argue that research is lacking which explores the effectiveness and evidence of natural ...

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