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Posted 10/9/2017 11:54 PM (GMT 0)
I’m taking milk thistle as I have elevated liver enzymes, this contains alcohol... is that not bad for the liver???

Also, do I need to take it away from the abx or does it not matter and how much should I be taking? My liver enzymes were 123 if that means anything to anyone?
Posted 10/10/2017 12:02 AM (GMT 0)
If it is a tincture, the alcohol is probably very minute, so I don't think it would be an issue unless you had some liver damage already and an MD has advised to not use alcohol.

I take milk thistle capsules, one in am, one in afternoon pm and then a few at bedtime.

I use Jarrow brand standardized capsules. I have had no issues with these and when I was on ABX for 10 months my liver blood work always came back good.
Posted 10/10/2017 12:08 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you goshawk, it says 62% alcohol on the bottle, I don’t think I had liver damage before.

What strength are the capsules you take?
Posted 10/10/2017 12:59 AM (GMT 0)
I take 150 mg capsules. So about 750 mg a day. The Buhner Bartonella protocol recommends 1250 mg a day for milk thistle.
I have been doing ok on this amount so I have not increased as of yet.


I looked at my tinctures from Woodland essence and the alcohol percentage varies fro 5 % to 60 % for the various tinctures.
Posted 10/10/2017 1:16 AM (GMT 0)
coffee is great for your liver

https://www.livescience.com/48228-coffee-good-for-liver.html
Posted 10/10/2017 1:27 AM (GMT 0)
you can steam off most of that alcohol in hot water
Posted 10/10/2017 3:34 AM (GMT 0)

Lapis_29 said...
you can steam off most of that alcohol in hot water

Not sure if that is true - here's a thread on that subject:

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3707175
Posted 10/10/2017 4:54 AM (GMT 0)
I hate the alcohol in these tinctures - and I take a lot of them. So I always have a couple of small glasses of water going and add tinctures throughout the day. And then I let them sit for a few hours for the alcohol to evaporate. It's pretty successful - no alcohol taste.

-p
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