subject: Home Treatment for Gallstones [print this page] Home Treatment for Gallstones Home Treatment for Gallstones
Did you have consultation with your doctor about persistent pain in the upper abdomen and pain in the back between shoulder blades and color change of skin and white of the eyes? If the problem had been confirmed after diagnosis, he would have asked to have your gallstones removed by surgery. Don't panic, there is a home treatment for gallstones.
Liver produces bile in the form of liquid. When this liquid gets trapped in the gallbladder and turn into pieces of stone-like material called gallstones, digestion of fat becomes a problem. In addition to the symptoms mentioned earlier, indigestion problems, feeling of nausea and vomiting and clay-like stools and dark colored urine may also indicate formation of gallstones.
By virtue of a being of female species, a woman becomes susceptible to this problem. Sex, excess cholesterol, obesity, excess estrogen, being above 60 years and fasting are the causes of gallstones. Cholesterol content of cholesterol stones, pigment stones and mixed stones are 80%, 20% and 20-80% respectively. They can be treated both by conventional home remedies and improvised home remedies. Improvised home remedies work faster than conventional home remedies. Retain healthy diet and do exercises regularly. Avoid junk food and reduce carbohydrate intake. Have coffee and drink 8-10 glasses of water every day. Eat nuts and vegetables. Take apple juice for two days and drink a mixture of lemon squeeze and dark olive oil (3 ounces each) and on the third day you can pass these stones or absorb olive oil with a very hot cloth and place it over upper abdomen and the stomach to dissolve gallstones.
