Kidney and Liver cleanse contains herbs traditionally used to cleanse the liver and kidney.
Ingredients: Bupleurum radix root*, Chanca Piedra (Phylantus amanus)**, Milk Thistle seed (Silybum manarum)**, Hydrangea arborescens root**, Uva Ursi leaves (Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi)**, Turmeric.
Other ingredients: (capsule) Vegetable cellulose and reverse osmosis water.
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Healing Vineyard capsules feature the highest quality of organic, responsibly wildcrafted or cultivated herbs, which maintain the naturally-occurring constituents found in the plant. They are carefully selected & finely milled and are free of synthetic ingredients. Healing Vineyard is a whole food/herb supplement company.
Bupleurum - Key actions: protects liver, anti-inflammatory, tonic and diaphoretic (induces sweating). Uses: Bupleurum is used to "protect the liver from toxicity and strengthen liver function, even in people suffering from immune system disorders". (Enclyclopedia of Herbal Medicine Andrew Chevallier, p. 72) "Bupleurum stops the effects of allergies by blocking serotonin (also known as 5-hydroxytryptamine, or 5HTP). This hormonelike chemical make the walls of capillaries more permeable, leading to soft-tissue swelling, including the swelling of the nasal membranes that causes a stuffy nose". (Herbal Healing, Phyllis A. Balch p. 37)
Chanca Piedra – "kidney stone tree" is used as a "stone breaker" in both human and veterinary herbal medicine. Chanca Piedra is also used to treat diabetes and high blood pressure. "A German physician, Wolfram Wiemann, gave chanca piedra to more than 100 people with kidney stones in Germany, and found that 94 percent of these people eliminated the stones within two weeks... Dr. Weimann believed the herb provided a permanent cure for kidney stones. Subsequent research in Brazil has confirmed that chemicals in chanca piedra keep calcium crystals especially crystals of calcium oxalate, from entering kidney cells". (Herbal Healing, Phyllis A. Balch p. 46)
Milk Thistle - Key actions: Protects the liver, stimulates secretion of bile, increase breast-milk production and antidepressant. Uses: Silymarin a compound in Milk Thistle has been successfully used in Germany to treat hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. "Milk thistle is one of the few herbs that have no real pharmaceutical equivalent. It also regulates the digestion of fats, help stabilize blood sugars and cholesterol, reduces inflammation of the intestine, and promotes the excretion of certain hormones". (Herbal Healing, Phyllis A. Balch p. 95)
Hydrangea – "The Cherokee used hydrangea as a remedy for kidney and bladder stones... It is thought both to encourage the expulsion of stones and to help to dissolve those that remain". (Enclyclopedia of Herbal Medicine, Andrew Chevallier, p. 220)
Uva Ursi – is used to benefit various conditions including bladder infection, kidney disease, and prostatitis. Uva Ursi is used as a "mild diuretic and in the treatment of bladder and kidney infections. The leaves also have anesthetic properties that help to numb urinary-tract pain". (Herbal Healing, Phyllis A. Balch p. 138)
Turmeric - Key actions: Stimulates secretion of bile, anti-inflammatory, eases stomach pain, antioxidant and antibacterial. Uses: "Turmeric is a powerful anti-inflammatory. It has an even stronger action than hydrocortisone, according to research studies conducted between 1971 and 1991". (Enclyclopedia of Herbal Medicine Andrew Chevallier, p. 92) Turmeric "principal chemical component, curcumin, fights viral infection, cancer, and arthritis through its potent antioxidant action". (Herbal Healing, Phyllis A. Balch p. 136)