Gallstone disease - treatment with folk methods

Treatment of cholelithiasis with traditional methods (conservative and operative) is performed depending on the severity of the disease, the age of the patient, and the presence of contraindications. An alternative to them can become folk remedies - this is basically phytotherapeutic methods of treatment of cholelithiasis.

Treatment of cholelithiasis with herbs

Treatment with herbs can be carried out only with mild and moderate severity of the disease. It is aimed at reducing the inflammatory process in the gallbladder and bile ducts, improving the motility of the gallbladder and outflow of bile.

Here are some of the most effective recipes.

Decoction herb collection

Here's how to prepare the medicine:

  1. Mix 20 grams of peppermint leaves, bitter herb wormwood , dandelion roots, horse horse roots, buckthorn bark and sand cumin flowers.
  2. A tablespoon of the collection pour 200 ml of water, boil for a minute.
  3. Leave to infuse for half an hour.
  4. Strain.

Take a decoction in the morning and in the evening for half a glass for half an hour before eating. The course of treatment is a month.

Healing infusion

To prepare the infusion, you need:

  1. To connect 10 g of leaves of a plantain , 20 g of cinnamon rosea and 40 g of horsetail grass.
  2. 20 grams of collection pour a liter of boiling water, insist half an hour.
  3. Strain.

Take half a glass of infusion three times a day for half an hour before a meal, after spending two ten-day courses with a break of two weeks.

Infusion of fennel seeds

The infusion is prepared as follows:

  1. You need to take 2 tablespoons of raw materials and pour half a liter of boiling water.
  2. Boil for 20 minutes in a water bath.
  3. Strain.

Take half cup three times a day for 3 weeks.

Treatment of cholelithiasis with mineral water

Treatment with mineral waters is possible in the absence of acute attacks of the disease for two months. The use of water promotes dissolution and excretion of stones.

In cholelithiasis, bicarbonate, sulphate-sodium, hydrocarbonate magnesium-calcium and hydrocarbonate-sodium mineral waters. These include such bottled waters: Essentuki No. 1 and No. 17, Mirgorodskaya, Borjomi, Naftusya, and others.

Dosage is prescribed by a doctor. Typically, take water one glass 2 hours before meals, and with increased acidity - 1 to 1.5 hours before meals. The course of treatment can be 4 - 6 weeks.

If after a course of phytotherapeutic treatment or treatment with mineral water there is no noticeable positive effect, more radical therapeutic methods should be used.