Breathwork
Breathwork can benefit liver health indirectly but meaningfully through its effects on the nervous system, circulation, metabolism, and inflammation.
Meditation
Meditation benefits liver health indirectly but biologically plausibly, primarily by acting on neuroendocrine, metabolic, inflammatory, and behavioral pathways that are central to liver disease—especially MASLD, alcohol-related liver disease, and stress-exacerbated hepatic inflammation.
Mindfulness-based stress reduction
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can support liver health through well-defined neuroendocrine, metabolic, inflammatory, and behavioral mechanisms.
Tai Chi
Tai Chi can benefit liver health through metabolic, autonomic, inflammatory, musculoskeletal, and behavioral pathways that are especially relevant to MASLD, metabolic syndrome, and chronic liver disease. While it is not a liver-directed therapy, Tai Chi functions as a low-impact, mind–body exercise that targets several key drivers of liver injury and progression.
Yoga
Yoga can benefit liver health through metabolic, inflammatory, autonomic, musculoskeletal, and behavioral mechanisms, making it a valuable adjunctive therapy—particularly for MASLD, metabolic syndrome, and chronic liver disease.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture may support liver health through neuroimmune, metabolic, autonomic, and anti-inflammatory mechanisms, particularly as an adjunctive therapy in MASLD, metabolic syndrome, chronic hepatitis, and symptom management in chronic liver disease. Its strongest evidence is for modulating pathways that drive liver injury, rather than reversing established fibrosis.
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) may support liver health through a systems-based approach that combines herbal therapy, acupuncture, movement practices (Tai Chi/Qigong), diet, and mind–body regulation. From a biomedical perspective, its potential benefits relate to metabolic regulation, inflammation control, gut–liver axis modulation, and symptom management, especially as an adjunct to conventional care.