Did you know that according to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), spring time is the quintessential time to do a cleanse? This time of year is a great for ridding the body of emotions, thoughts, feelings, people, situations, toxicity, and just generally shitty things that no longer serve in the best interests of ourselves or others. Did you know that the feelings of anger, resentment, frustration, sadness, and lethargy are associated with the liver?
While it can be argued that the liver doesn't necessarily store toxins, it is responsible for cleansing toxins out of the body, and looking after our digestion. Not just the digestion of food, but how we perceive and digest the world around us. The liver is magical and mystical and you should do your best to look after yours.
I've been doing a liver cleanse for months now and I've kicked it up a notch the past couple of weeks. According to some great doctors I've discovered on YouTube, it can take upwards of 3 years of consistent cleansing to heal a fatty liver.
I've had my fair share of bad habits in my 20’s, which I believe can be reversed if I focus all my attention and intention on healing myself physically.
These are the steps I'm taking. According to my favorite YouTube Doctor, Dr. Berg, in order to heal and strengthen the liver it is a years long process. Every time you indulge in liver stress, it can take upwards of 3 - 4 days to recuperate and get back to baseline. What causes liver stress? Well, you already know: smoking tobacco, a heavy night of drinking, recreational drug use, prescription drug use, or even an unhealthy processed food can cause a lot of stress on the liver.
Because I'm human beeeeeeeeeeeeing, I will most likely fall from time to time, I've allowed myself one night of drinking every month. I've done my calculations and I believe that incorporating recovery time from drinking once per month, I’ll need an extra 36 days of recovery. 36 multiplied 3 years, is 108 days of allocated liver recovery time. So if I just go straight edge, I can get it done in 3 years. IF, I decide to drink once per month, that adds another 3.5 - 4 months of recovery time needed.
And that’s just drinking once a month, which is the healthiest way to do it because it allows your body 30 days to reset your alcohol tolerance. If you’re drinking multiple times per week, or worse yet, every single day, you’re constantly barreling your liver with punches of stress, killing all hope of future happiness in the process. What goes up, must come down. Once you get to 30, you’ll look around you and realize the happiest people are the ones who invested less into their vices, and more into their achievements.
Only because I'm feeling like a generous King am I going to start serving you brats my digestion secrets. My Scorpio placements are telling me to keep my secrets to myself. However, today I woke up feeling more Aquarius Venus energy after this Full Moon in Leo.
I’ve already tweeted this secret but basically you want to drink this amazing concoction every night before you go to bed:
Now, you get a little exclusive secret because you found yourself up here on my website. I actually use a lot more lemon juice. Like, a LOT more lemon juice. I use 1/4 of a cup of ORGANIC lemon juice every time. That’s a lot but for me, the intense internal cleansing is what my digestive system needs, and so it works.
This concoction is believed to do the following:
Vitamin C to prevent oxidative stress upon the liver
Increases Glutathione, which is a powerful antioxidant, and used by the mitochondria (think our body’s energy factory) to prevent oxidation
Protects against liver damage, the phytonutrients are very necessary for protecting liver cells against chemicals
Citric acid decreases oscillates
Anti-inflammatory properties to offset the inflammatory damage done by liver stress (NAFLD)
Suppresses fat storage
Speeds up digestion through encouraging the body to release bile and enzymes that break down food in the digestive tract
Stabilizes blood sugars so you develop less insulin resistance
Reduces liver damage, and when ingested extensively for a long period of time, can reverse liver damage, provided the liver has minimal stress
FAIR WARNING: Prepare to feel some intense emotions while you do this for the first few days or first few weeks, depending on the state that your liver is in. The more intense the emotion, the more it is needed. Like I said in the beginning, you will go through the following emotions that are associated with the liver: anger, resentment, frustration, sadness, and lethargy.
Give yourself time to heal. Be patient and gentle with your body. Take care of your body!
Whatever emotion you’re feeling, make sure you sitting still long enough to invite it forward, and really allow yourself to process and feel some difficult feelings. You might cry, and that’s okay, because that means it is working and your body is releasing all it is that you’ve been holding onto this whole time.
We can’t keep running from things forever, we must be brave and face difficult emotions head on. If we feel shame and deep regret, that’s fine. That’s human. It can’t be all lollipops, serotonin, and dopamine all the time. Stop running away from the difficult things and face them, alongside cleansing your liver! Maybe you can journal your feelings. Even this is a form of catharsis. Regardless, get the bad feelings out, and breath the good vibes in.
You’re going to be fine! After 3 years and 4 months of cleansing drinking only once a month.
Extra Credit: add a packet of SUGARFREE ginger tea from Trader Joe’s. Don’t be shocked by the price, it’s literally half the price when you shop in store.