I'm with you on the science angle. Far too much woo-woo out there preventing people from doing sensible things for what ails them. See the Making Light post about immunizations today, for example.
So "clean his liver?" Probably not. Have some substances that may, with additional scientific methodology, be found to have some benefit for liver diseases the way slippery elm had analgesic properties? Maybe.
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Date: Friday, 20 February 2009 07:19 am (UTC)That said, it appears, "Evidence exists that milk thistle may be hepatoprotective through a number of mechanisms: antioxidant activity, toxin blockade at the membrane level, enhanced protein synthesis, antifibriotic activity, and possible anti-inflammatory or immunomodulating effects." Though the same article concludes, "Clinical efficacy of milk thistle is not clearly established."
So "clean his liver?" Probably not. Have some substances that may, with additional scientific methodology, be found to have some benefit for liver diseases the way slippery elm had analgesic properties? Maybe.