Does cooling water cool the liver?

According to BS.CKI Huynh Van Trung, Center for Endoscopy and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, the liver helps the body fight toxins by metabolizing, reducing toxicity, and transforming substances. toxic substances into non-toxic or less toxic substances and then excreted through feces and urine.

However, toxic elements from dirty food, bacteria, viruses, parasites, molds, drugs, toxic chemicals, alcohol… will activate Kupffer cells (immune macrophages located in hepatic sinuses) release inflammatory substances that damage liver cells. Impaired liver function will lead to impaired digestion and detoxification, causing problems such as boils, hives, itching, sleep problems, and digestive disorders.

Due to the epidemic situation hindering medical examination, when the above symptoms appear, many people self-diagnose that they are having liver heat and rush to find water to cool the liver and detoxify the liver.

General, cool drinksHerbal tea, if effective, only temporarily cools, cools, and diuretic, but does not affect the liver – the organ that performs the body’s main detoxification process. Currently, there are no studies that show that cooling drinks provide a clear benefit to the liver in enhancing its detoxification ability or protecting the liver against toxins.

The types of cooling water do not have the effect of enhancing anti-toxicity, detoxifying and protecting the liver as many people think Photo: Shutterstock

Meanwhile, if you overuse heat-clearing water, the diuretic effect can cause electrolyte imbalance, increase elimination, and poor absorption of some micronutrients needed by the body such as calcium, potassium, etc. In case of consuming too much artichoke (more than 2 liters/day) causes spasm of smooth muscles of the digestive tract, causing bloating, abdominal distension, affecting the stomach. In addition, some herbs or remedies have residual toxic chemicals such as Benzyl Acetate, P-Dimethoxybenzene… which will stimulate Kupffer cells to be overactive and release inflammatory substances such as TNF- α, TGF-β, Interleukin… cause liver damage, in the long run can cause dangerous diseases such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer. For people who already have liver disease, taking herbs can mask the symptoms of the disease, making patients subjectively think they have recovered without active treatment, missing the effective treatment phase.

Therefore, when the body shows symptoms related to liver function such as itchy skin, pimples, urticaria, loss of appetite, jaundice, you should go to medical facilities for examination and early diagnosis.

In particular, it is necessary to supplement products containing natural substances that have the ability to support detoxification and protect the liver, which have been proven for effectiveness and safety in long-term use. Recently, American scientists have found that two precious essences, Wasabia and S. Marianum, have the ability to effectively control Kupffer cell activity, reduce inflammatory substances, thereby reducing the number of liver cells. destroyed, enhanced detoxification, anti-poison and liver protection effective.

Precious essences that have been proven to help detoxify the liver effectively Source: ECO

In addition, to enhance liver function and limit toxic factors on the liver, each person needs to build a reasonable lifestyle and nutrition regime. You should eat enough, choose fresh and clean foods, exercise regularly, limit alcohol and tobacco, do not abuse drugs to treat diseases, and have regular liver exams.