In this episode, you will learn how to speed up a sluggish liver with a multi-pronged approach:

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What is the liver? What does it do?

The liver is one of the largest organs in your body! Since football season just started, I will compare it to that - your liver, hanging out on the right side of your body opposite your spleen, is roughly the size of a football. It’s a big organ for good reason too, it might be the hardest working organ in the body.

The liver works around the clock to detoxify our blood, produce the bile needed to digest fat, break down hormones, and store vitamins and minerals. It’s the liver’s job to process all of the nutrients absorbed by the intestines so your body can use them efficiently. The liver also has the responsibility of regulating our body’s blood composition to balance protein, fat, and sugar.

Additionally, it removes toxins from the blood and breaks down both alcohol and medications.

Energetically, your liver is responsible for the smooth flow of energy through your body. It’s also your powerhouse, governed by your solar plexus chakra. The solar plexus is the seat of personal power, its also one that I frequently find is under active clinically which affects your liver’s ability to process all the things your body brings to it.

What are some signs that your liver is sluggish?

You can imagine, if you aren’t taking care of your liver, some of these jobs begin to slip. Things aren’t processed as efficiently, and you begin to notice outward symptoms. Interestingly, many of my clients don’t even realize that the root of their cluster of symptoms is the liver because sometimes they are quite subtle. Often signs and symptoms are so subtle you don’t realize the liver is behind it until the liver progressed on from sluggish to something more serious.

Signs your liver is sluggish vary quite widely. It can range from skin issues, like eczema, acne, psoriasis and everything in between, to hormone issues, to even cholesterol and triglyceride issues. Almost everyone with thyroid trouble has a sluggish liver. Some people manifest liver issues as trouble losing weight. Another sign is that your body isn’t handling medications or even alcohol like it used to.

Energetically, liver troubles show up when the liver energy has a weak flow or is obstructed, there can be anger, frustration, depression and a feeling of being “wound up.” Sometimes this manifests as additional physical symptoms like hypochondriac style pain, a sensation of oppression in the chest, a feeling of a lump in the throat, and distension in the abdomen.

Here is a pretty good list of signs:

Fatigue, weakness, confusion, and/or trouble concentrating

Jaundice (this is a sign of advanced trouble)

Weight changes

Loss of appetite, digestive troubles, bloating/gas

Pain in the center or right upper part of the belly

Bruising easily

Excessive sweat, hot flashes

Constipation

Dry and dark patches on the neck and underarms

Swelling in the legs and ankles

Skin issues (acne, psoriasis, eczema, dermatitis)

What causes sluggish liver?

The causes can be as vast as the symptoms. Sometimes it is a toxin, such as a heavy metal like copper or aluminum that can cause the troubles,