Truth About Parasites: Flukes

Releasing the Flukes: A Call to Our Inner Waters

We’re in a time of great remembering — a return to our internal Earth.
And for many of us, that remembering includes acknowledging what's living in our bodies that no longer belongs.

This week in our parasite education series, we’re focusing on liver flukes — some of the most common and overlooked parasites, especially for those dealing with long-standing, mysterious, or inflammatory health imbalances.

What Are Liver Flukes?

Liver flukes are flatworms that inhabit the liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts.

They often go unnoticed in Western medicine until their damage is advanced. But in traditional systems, from Ayurveda to Curanderismo, cleansing the liver and gallbladder regularly was always part of the Earth-based rhythm.

You can become infected by consuming:

• Contaminated water (especially with snails present)

• Undercooked freshwater fish or shellfish

• Unwashed produce

• Contact with animal feces or soil

Diseases & Imbalances Linked to Liver Flukes:

When we speak of liver flukes, we are not speaking from fear.
We are speaking from the wisdom of pattern — the interconnectedness of our symptoms and the ecosystems we carry within us.

Liver fluke infections (especially chronic ones) have been associated with:

• Gallstones

• Cholecystitis (gallbladder inflammation)

• Liver fibrosis and scarring

• Hepatitis (inflammation of the liver)

• Biliary obstruction or bile duct cancer

• Pancreatitis

• Digestive sluggishness

• Chronic acne and skin eruptions

• Histamine reactions / allergies

• Hormonal imbalances (due to liver stagnation)

• Upper abdominal pain

• Right shoulder tension (referred liver pain)

• Brain fog, fatigue, and depression

For those dealing with autoimmune liver conditions, undiagnosed bloating, or IBS, this may also be a missing piece in the puzzle.

The Moon & The Waters Within

Liver flukes — like most parasites — are lunar-synchronized.
They activate around the full moon, when serotonin levels rise, peristalsis slows, and the body becomes more vulnerable to their migration.

If you're noticing:

• Itching at night

• Mood swings or irritability

• Liver pain

• Sleep disturbance around the full moon
  These may be clues from your body.

• Sugar Cravings, especially at night

Healing Is Earth Work

To clear liver flukes, we support the entire terrain:

• Liver & gallbladder herbs like Dandelion, Oregon grape root, Sarsarparilla

• Anti-parasitic allies like clove, black walnut, mimosa, neem, and andrographis

• Binders like zeolite or bentonite

• Nervous system support to regulate the waters within

• Digestive bitters to get bile flowing again

And of course: honoring your rest, your life path, your dreams, your Temple.

No Shame, No Fear — Just Truth

Having parasites doesn’t make you “dirty.”
It makes you human.
It means your body has been in contact with Earth, food, people, and life.

This is not punishment.
This is opportunity:
To cleanse, to reattune to your natural cycles, and to deepen your care.

Read the Series

Check out our past blogs to understand the Truth About Parasites, and stay tuned for our next blog which will be focused on TapeWorms.

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Thanks again for reading.

You are your medicine.
The Earth remembers. So do you.

— Pachamama’s Remedies 🌱