Digestorum

Traditional Herbal Principles have taught that your digestive system is without a doubt your most important system. Without your capacity to digest properly all of the other bodily systems that are literally fed by your digestive capacity would systematically weaken losing their ability to perform their many vital functions.

In this context a healthy digestive system not only feeds you but it also maintains your immunity.

Proper liver & gallbladder functions contribute greatly to the lubrication of all joints & tendons, the metabolism of food and the general health of the stomach lining and the strength of the urinary tract. The above mentioned only seem to be unrelated functions and are often dealt with separately which is likely why they are never resolved.

Among other things, the liver controls the economy of blood supply to the body. It can contain as much as one third (1/3) of the bodies blood during sleep. During sleep it cleans your blood in preparation for the following day. If this is not done people awake tired after a nights sleep. Or, if the livers capacity to do this is impaired it will have to overwork while attempting to do this causing people to awaken during their sleep at about 2-3 a.m. While resting the liver draws more blood into itself and releases it when there is a greater need for blood for the rest of the body when it is more active. This is why some people, women in particular, feel temperature fluctuations from hot to cold even at early ages. It is obvious that the livers control of the economy of blood in the body affects all but female functions in particular.