Can natural medicine cure dark eye bags?

Dark circles under the eye are often related to toxicity in the body, and a frequent cause of this is food sensitivity.

Dark bags under the eyes associated with food sensitivity are especially common in children, and are sometimes referred to as 'allergic shiners'.

These often resolve quickly once the problem foods have been identified and eliminated from the diet. In adults, the darkness can fade with the right management, but it tends to take some weeks or even months to do so.

While any food may give rise to problems with sensitivity, certain foods come up commonly as problems in practice. In my experience, the front-runners are normally dairy products (especially milk and cheese) and wheat.

Eliminating these foods from your diet may help clear toxicity in your system in time. However, you might find it works better for you to have your individual food sensitivities assessed by a practitioner who is experienced in this area.

A kinesiologist (someone who assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the body with a specific form of muscle testing) may be a good place to start.

In addition to assessing food sensitivities, it might help you to take steps to reduce toxicity generally in the body.

Nutritionally, it is a good idea for you to avoid anything that tends to put stress on the liver (the primary organ of detoxification in the body) such as alcohol. I recommend that you keep your consumption of alcohol and caffeine to a minimum for this reason.

In addition, I recommend that you drink one-and-a-half to two litres of filtered or mineral water each day to help detoxification and liver health.

One natural substance that might help to reduce toxicity in your body is the herb Milk thistle (Silybum marianum). Milk thistle contains a substance called silymarin which can protect the liver and help in the regeneration of liver cells.

This natural product has been shown to have beneficial effects on liver function, and in practice appears to help reduce toxicity in the system. Take the equivalent of 70 - 100 mg of silymarin, three times a day.

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