Stores extra blood for emergencies. Creates blood proteins as chelators and it aid blood-fluid balance. Helps maintain electrolyte and water balance in the body. Breaks down and eliminates hormones that are no longer needed. As impurities are allowed into the bloodstream by an overworked liver, headaches are common.
Constipation is also a symptom and as a result, allows poisons to be reabsorbed into the blood.
Bad breath or a bitter taste might be evident and the tongue is sometimes coated. Gas often proceeds a meal, and more frequent urination gets a person up during the night. This may be because during the day the overworked liver under-stimulates the kidneys to function. There may be sleeping difficulties, chills because the body's temperature cannot be properly controlled, heartburn, overweight or underweight, appendicitis, and anal itching. Parasites may grow uninhibited and abnormal bacteria will tend to be out of control in the bowel.