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About gallstones (Source: MayoClinic)
Gallstones are solid deposits of cholesterol or calcium salts that form in your gallbladder or nearby bile ducts. They often cause no symptoms and require no treatment. But some people with gallstones have a gallbladder attack that can cause symptoms, such as nausea and an intense, steady ache in their upper middle or upper right abdomen. In some cases, the pain can be severe and intermittent. ...
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Natural Remedies for gallstones (By Keith Berndtson, M.D. Source: WholeHealthMD)
All the supplements on this chart are selected to help prevent gallstones from forming in high-risk patients, or to help reduce the chance of problems occurring among those that already have gallstones. However, the use of supplements to actually help pass or dissolve existing gallstones is not well documented.
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Natural supplements
dandelion 400 mg freeze-dried herb or 1 tsp. liquid extract twice a day
lecithin and choline 1 capsule (1,200 mg or 19 grains) lecithin twice a day
lipotropic combination 1 or 2 pills twice a day
milk thistle 100-175 mg 2 or 3 times a day
peppermint 1 or 2 capsules 3 times a day between meals
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