Essentiale belongs to the group of digestive medications, with the main ingredient being soybean phospholipids. The drug helps improve gastrointestinal symptoms such as poor appetite and right hypochondriac discomforts due to malnutrition.

Currently, there are numerous products marketed for liver detoxification and improving liver health. However, the unsupervised use of these medications can lead to side effects, and in some instances, may cause harm to the liver.