HEPATO DR®: THE COMPLETE PACKAGE ON LIVER CARE AND PROTECTION

Bestselling Hepato DR® is yet another one of our unique herbal combinations. In fact, it’s our foremost liver restorative and protectant. A highly important organ, the liver not only aids digestion and the regulation of blood sugar, but also detoxifies the body. Happily, the liver is the only organ in the human body that can actually regenerate itself.

Acknowledged by both tradition and modern science as a superb general tonic and liver restorative, Milk Thistle is the principal ingredient in this formula. About this classic herb, physician and herbalist Rudolf Fritz Weiss MD points out significantly that, “In cases of chronic hepatitis of all types, there is an improvement in the general condition within the first two weeks of treatment.”(1) Research shows that Milk Thistle’s medicinally active constituent is a group of flavonolignans called silymarin, which induces the formation of liver cell proteins that are then incorporated into the cell wall, rendering it stronger and more resistant to toxins. Milk Thistle helps to prevent toxic overload to the liver arising from alcohol and substance abuse, pharmaceutical drugs, and the ingestion of chemically saturated food and water.

Globe Artichoke plays a role similar to that of Milk Thistle, reinforcing its action. It’s also a cholagogue, a type of herb, in other words, that promotes the healthy flow of bile into the intestine. Well-respected North American herbalist Paul Bergner considers cholagogues as one of the most important classes of herb in addressing functional liver disease.(2) Because the herbs other than Milk Thistle in this formula are cholagogues, they play a superbly effective complementary role in contributing to “the complete package”.

Health Canada has given its formal approval to St. Francis Herb Farm’s product, “Hepato DR®” (NPN 80023948).

(1) R.F. Weiss. Herbal Medicine. 6th edition. Gothenburg (Sweden): AB Arcanum; 1988, p. 83.
(2) Paul Bergner, “Hepatic - Herbal treatment of functional liver disease”, Medical Herbalism, 2001; 5(4):1-4.