Gut, Liver and Detox
The Remedies (19)
Liver Detox
Commercial liver cleanses and flushes examined: a healthy liver detoxifies itself, evidence for the products is scant, and some supplements have injured livers.
Read the deep dive →Detox Protocols
A naturopathic overview of the liver's three detoxification phases and the nutrient, sweat, hydration and diet protocols built around supporting them.
Read the deep dive →Natural Constipation Relief
Fruits, vegetables and other natural approaches ranked by how they relieve constipation through fiber, sorbitol, water and gentle gut stimulation.
Read the deep dive →Lactulose
A synthetic, indigestible milk-derived sugar approved as an osmotic laxative and for the confusion of advanced liver disease, with emerging prebiotic research.
Read the deep dive →Gut Brain Axis
How gut microbes, the vagus nerve and immune signals link digestion to mood, with research on depression, anxiety, Parkinson's and psychobiotics.
Read the deep dive →Gut Healing
The naturopathic 5R protocol for intestinal permeability, with its remove, replace, reinoculate, repair and rebalance phases, plus testing and cautions.
Read the deep dive →Prebiotics
Fermentable fibers that feed colon bacteria to make butyrate; the strongest though modest evidence is for constipation, and research is still young.
Read the deep dive →Parasites
An overview of protozoa, worms and ectoparasites in humans, covering symptoms, why testing often misses them, conventional drugs and botanical approaches.
Read the deep dive →Liver Cleansing
A naturopathic liver-support approach covering supportive herbs, nutrients and foods, seasonal cleanse programs, castor oil packs and the red flags that need a doctor.
Read the deep dive →Oil Pulling
An Ayurvedic practice of swishing edible oil in the mouth; small trials found modest plaque effects, while its detox claims lack support.
Read the deep dive →Oral Microbiome
The mouth's 700-plus bacterial species and research linking them to heart disease, Alzheimer's, blood pressure through nitric oxide, and autoimmunity.
Read the deep dive →Iridology
Reading iris patterns as a map of body health; controlled studies found iridologists could not detect disease better than chance.
Read the deep dive →Betaine HCL
An old acid-supplying digestive aid taken for indigestion and bloating on a low-stomach-acid theory the page calls partly right, mostly overstated.
Read the deep dive →Pepsin
The stomach's protein-digesting enzyme, once prescribed for weak digestion, works only in strong acid and is studied as a factor in reflux.
Read the deep dive →Activated Charcoal
Heat-activated carbon powder that binds certain swallowed poisons in emergency care; its popular detox, gas and whitening claims have little evidence.
Read the deep dive →Ear Candling
Burning a hollow wax-soaked cone at the ear is claimed to draw out wax; studies found no suction and report burns and injuries.
Read the deep dive →Fluoride-Chelation
A plain-language record of the minerals, herbs and protocols people use to remove fluoride, from boron and calcium to iodine, and each camp's view.
Read the deep dive →Colon Hydrotherapy
Colonic irrigation flushes litres of warm water through the large intestine; evidence for its detox claims is lacking and real risks are documented.
Read the deep dive →Liver Extract
Concentrated liver once rescued patients with pernicious anemia and earned a 1934 Nobel Prize, before purified vitamin B12 replaced it.
Read the deep dive →Protocols aimed at digestion, the liver and the idea of clearing something out. “Detox” is the least evidence-backed word on this site and several pages here conclude the practice does not do what it claims — that verdict belongs on the page, and the pages give it.
A remedy is filed here by what it claims to do, not by a judgement that it works. This section deliberately covers practices whose own pages conclude they do not — read the page before the category name.