Are you looking for an herbal treatment for hepatitis? If this is you, look no further. In this article, I will reveal the herbs you can utilize to fight a hepatitis infection. Read on.
What is Hepatitis?
Hepatitis is a disease which affects the liver, much like when your liver throws a bit of a tantrum, and the reasons are due to viruses, lifestyle choices, and even autoimmune responses. Your liver is one of the hardest working organs in your body. I call it the body’s chemical factory. It’s like the silent hero that does the following: filters toxins, breaks down digested nutrients, regulates hormones, and dozens of other useful tasks.
However, a time comes when the liver gets inflamed due to a couple of reasons. Well, everything gets a bit wobbly, and that’s what hepatitis is: inflammation of the liver. It can be either a quick flare up (acute), or a long-haul problem (chronic).
Types of Hepatitis Infections
There are five types of hepatitis disease, namely A,B,C,D, and E. Each type is like a unique character with it’s own quirks, backstories, and ways of causing trouble. Let’s take a closer look.
Hepatitis A
This is caused by a virus that loves dirt, which is why the disease is spread through contaminated food or water. This makes is common in areas with poor sanitation. Hepatitis A is usually acute: it comes and goes without sticking around. It’s mostly spread through the fecal-oral route, so wash those hands before handling food.
Hepatitis B
This strain has a bit more edge, and it’s spread through blood and bodily fluids. Activities like unprotected sex, sharing needles without sterilizing them, or even through childbirth if the mother is infected, are some of the channels one can contract the disease.
Hepatitis B is usually the chronic type, meaning it can hang around for the long term, potentially leading to serious liver damage. There’s a vaccine for Hepatitis B, which has drastically reduced the number of new cases the world over.
Hepatitis C
This type of Hepatitis is sneaky. It also spreads through blood or body fluid contact, and can lurk in the body for years without showing the symptoms. This is why is called the silent epidemic. The implication is that many people have no idea they are infected, until liver damage has already begun.
Hepatitis D
This is a bit of a sidekick virus (it can only cause trouble if Hepatitis B is already present). Like a double whammy, hepatitis D makes a hepatitis B infection way worse, leading to faster liver damage. Now here’s a fun fact: you can’t get Hepatitis D without already having Hepatitis B. Luckily, this makes it relatively rare.
Hepatitis E
Like Hepatitis A, this strain is also a big fan of water, especially contaminated water. It doesn’t usually turn chronic, but it can be fatal, especially for pregnant women. Hep E is more common in regions with poor sanitation and lack of clean water, especially parts of Asia and Africa, more than elsewhere.
Other causes of Hepatitis
Beyond the viruses, other causes of hepatitis include
Alcohol: heavy drinking is a classic route to liver inflammation. Keep it up and you’re likely on the road to alcoholic hepatitis, which can eventually lead to cirrhosis.
Autoimmune Hepatitis: In this bizarre case, your immune system simply decides to attack your liver cells as if they’re enemies. It’s chronic, and the result is usually not pretty.
Toxins: Yep. Some drugs and chemicals don’t sit well with the liver. Over time or in high doses, drug-induced hepatitis can set in.
In all of these cases, liver inflammation usually happens, and liver damage the end-result. So, how can we treat this disease with herbs? Read on.
Herbal treatment for Hepatitis
The name of this herb is stone breaker, or with the scientific name phyllanthus amarus. This lowly plant has what it takes to eradicate a Hepatitis infection. The name of the plant is called stone breaker. It is a plant that grows in rocky and stony terrain. You can easily find it in such places. This plant has numerous healing properties and is used for treating various ailments and diseases such as
For all persons with Hepatitis B, you are guaranteed more than 98% recovery after taking this remedy. For chronic Hepatitis B and C, boil the whole plant in water for 30 minutes, take 100ml twice daily for about a month. You will be healed. It is also potent on other strains of Hepatitis.
You may need to keep the preparation in a fridge at low temperatures, but don’t freeze to avoid denaturation. Alternatively, you can prepare a little portion you can drink for a day, every day. That way, it wouldn’t spoil.
Final words
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