Thorne's Liver Detox with Mepron?

Rikky1

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Posted 12/28/2015 1:22 PM (GMT 0)

Want to start taking a liver cleanse and have read and been recommended to try Thorne's. Thorne's has milk thistle in it and I think I read somewhere that you shouldn't take it with Atovaquone as it can make it less effective. Is this true? Is the amount purported to be in Thorne's not enough to worry about? I think it says there are 6 different herbs mixed together in 500mg pills so figure 90mg of milk thistle per pill. Thx.

CD3764

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Posted 12/28/2015 1:40 PM (GMT 0)

Milk thistle can indeed lower the levels of certain drugs and Atovaquone is one of them.

Just because you have 500mg of 6 different herbs mixed together does not necessarily mean it's equal amounts of each herb unless the bottle indicates as such.

A family member started taking 125mg milk thistle over the summer to support his liver since he takes an anti-seizure med that is hard on the liver....without checking for interactions. Unfortunately, after being controlled for many years, he started having seizures again.... until he stopped taking milk thistle when he discovered it was contraindicated.

I don't know if I'd chance it.

Rikky1

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Posted 12/29/2015 12:03 AM (GMT 0)

Thanks cd I'm going to find other liver detox solutions that don't involve milk thistle.

Traveler

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Posted 12/29/2015 3:48 PM (GMT 0)

Have you found any yet, Rikky? I have one that I use, since I can't use milk thistle due to a rag weed allergy. Let me know if you would like to me share the recipe that I use. It's a gall bladder & liver cleanse that uses orange juice, lemon juice, garlic, ginger and olive oil.

Also you could check in to the Yogi brand detox teas. The two I have in my house don't have milk thistle, although you would have to check for interactions with the other herbs used.

sarahm620

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Posted 12/29/2015 4:06 PM (GMT 0)

Rikky, I don't know if your doctor stocks them but I've found them online. I recommend the the Pekana detox kits.

www.modernherbalist.com/pekana.html

Rikky1

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Posted 12/29/2015 5:34 PM (GMT 0)

Thanks Traveler and Sarah. Would love to see the recipe Traveler and I will look into Pekana.

Traveler

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Posted 12/29/2015 5:47 PM (GMT 0)

I use this usually twice a year, plus I have what I jokingly call a 'yard salad', as the greens all grow wild in my yard. I use curly dock, chick weed and dandelion greens usually, although there are others that are good for a liver cleansing that grow wild here. I don't use pesticides, fertilizers, weed killers or any other chemicals on some parts of the yard, so I collect them from that area only. I use a bug killer on the rest of my yard.

30 minutes before any food in the morning (liquids are okay though), mix:

1 cup fresh squeezed orange juice that has about 1 - 2 ounces of lemon or lime juice added to it.

1 - 2 cloves of fresh squeezed garlic

1 Tbs Olive oil

You can add (I do) several drops or more of fresh squeezed ginger root.

Stir and drink - quickly. LOL! The first taste is a bit of a shock (garlic in the orange juice), but you can tone that down by adding the olive oil to your cup first, then garlic (the oil then coats the garlic a bit).

Use this daily for 10 days in a row. Then take a 3 day break and do another 10 day round, or until you begin to see lots of bile in your BM's.

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