Fatty Liver Disease: How Yoga Can Help
Liver is one of the vital organs of our body and we must keep it healthy. But how to keep a liver healthy in most natural way? Well, that is Yoga, it helps not only to keep our body healthy but also keeps our liver healthy too. Our ancestors had invented these amazing techniques that can help in stimulating liver enzyme’s function along with enhancing spleen functionality. There are asanas that can strengthen the liver and improves it overall functioning.
Here are some yoga asanas that helps in alleviating liver problem and are often prescribes as a part of liver treatment too.
Yoga asanas to help ease fatty liver condition
Kapalbhati is a breathing exercise, and it helps in stimulating liver functionality.
Sit in cross-legged position in plane surface
Then exhale forcefully through the nostrils
Fish pose or ‘matsyasana’ helps in stimulating and strengthening the liver.
Sit in cross-legged position, cross the left foot over your right one.
Your knees must be raised from the ground and should directed upwards.
Hold the left foot by moving right hand over your left leg.
Press the left leg towards your abdomen
Turn your head towards the right direction
Bow pose or ‘Dhanurasana’ helps strengthening and stretching the liver so that fat deposits are used as an energy source for the body.
Lie down on your stomach.
Raise the legs and torso simultaneously.
Extend your arms backwards to hold your ankles.
Be in this position as long as you are comfortable and then return to normal position.
Cow face pose or ‘Gomukhasana’ helps enhancing blood circulation in liver by stimulating liver fat metabolism. This is quite helpful in fatty liver treatment.
Sit with one leg crossed over the other.
Stretch your back straight
Extend your arms backwards
keep one of your hands over your rib area
Keep the other hand over the shoulder.
Stay in this position for as long as you feel comfortable.
Boat pose or ‘Naukasana’ helps in cleaning harmful toxins from the liver.
Now slowly try to raise your chest and legs simultaneously.
Rest your body weight on the buttocks.
Inhale slowly and exhale deeply.
Stay in this position for as long as you feel comfortable.
Yoga asanas are often advised as a part of liver treatment along with healthy diet. Incorporating yoga with healthy diet helps in reduce abnormally high enzyme level in liver for patients with CLD. Eating more green vegetables in diet helps in preventing fat build-up in the liver. Eating food rich in omega-3 fatty acids helps in the reducing liver inflammation.
However, if you are under treatment for any liver ailment then consult your doctor before starting yoga or making any diet change. Sarvodaya Hospital Faridabad offers best liver treatment facility for all liver related issues.