Patient's question:
My body has always been fine, and I don't have any bad habits. I just don't like eating snacks. I'm not very heavy, around 140 pounds, and I've always maintained this weight. But recently, I've been feeling a dull ache in the middle of my right ribs. The hospital did a thorough check and said it's fatty liver disease.Doctor's answer:
So far, Western medicine has no comprehensive preventive and therapeutic drugs for fatty liver disease, and the long-term regulatory treatment with traditional Chinese medicine is the best. Using professional drugs containing traditional Chinese medicine ingredients such as curcumin, like Ganbell, are all good options. Among traditional Chinese medicines, prepared polygonum multiflorum and hawthorn are the best. These two herbs can reduce blood lipids and prevent cholesterol from depositing in the liver. Western medicine often uses hepatocyte-protecting drugs, lipid-depleting agents, and antioxidants, such as vitamins B, C, and E, lecithin, ursodeoxycholic acid, silymarin, inosine, coenzyme A, reduced glutathione, taurine, carnitine lactate, Gan-Tai-Le, and certain lipid-lowering drugs, etc. Although the above drugs are numerous, most still require further confirmation of their efficacy and safety. Therefore, they should be used correctly under the guidance of a doctor and must not be misused.