Cirrhosis of the Liver Treatment

Abstain completely from alcohol and the patient should undergo an initial liver cleaning programmed with a juice fast for seven days. Freshly extracted juices from red beets, lemon, papaya and grapes may be taken during this period. This may be followed by the fruit and milk diet for two to three weeks.

In this regimen, the patient should have three meals a day, each of fresh juicy fruits and milk.  The fruits may include apples, pears, grapes, grapefruit, oranges, pineapples, and peaches. One liter of milk may be taken on the first day. It should be increased by 250 ml. daily up to two and a half liters a day. 

The milk should be fresh and unboiled, but may be slightly warmed if desired. It should be sipped very slowly. After the fruit and milk diet, a well-balanced diet of three basic food groups, namely (i) seeds, nuts, and grains, (ii) vegetables and (iii) fruits, with emphasis on raw organically grown foods. An adequate high-quality protein diet is necessary for cirrhosis. The best complete proteins for liver patients are obtained from raw goat‘s milk, home-made raw cottage cheese, sprouted seeds and grains and raw nuts, especially almonds.

Vegetables such as beets, squashes, bitter gourd, eggplant, tomato, carrot, radishes, and papaya are useful in this condition. All fats and oils should be excluded from the diet for several weeks.

The patient should avoid all refined, processed and canned foods, sugar in any form, spices, and condiments, strong tea and coffee, fried foods, all preparations cooked in ghee, oil or butter and al meats rich in fat. The use of salt should be restricted. The patient should also avoid all chemical additives in food and poisons in air, water and environment.

A warm water enema should be used during the treatment to cleanse the bowels. If constipation is habitual, all steps should be taken for its eradication. Application of alternate compress to liver area followed by a general wet sheet rub will be beneficial. The morning dry friction and breathing and other exercises should form a regular daily feature of the treatment.