Are there any herbs to dissolve gallstones?
There are many Chinese herbs that are said to dissolve
gallstones. However, review of the literature indicates that they do jackshit.
Complete waste of money. There is an agent called urosdecholic acid. This agent
can dissolve very small cholesterol stones, but it takes several years. Definitely
not practical or cheap.
If you have no symptoms from your gallstones, leave them
alone. Lose weight, avoid a fatty diet and this may get rid of your stones.
Surgeons often claim that leaving gallstones alone can lead to
complications-this is BS. They only say this to scare patients into having
unnecessary surgery-so that they can make money.
While surgery to remove
gallbladder is relatively safe, serious complications continue to occur on a
weekly basis-many of which are never reported.
