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tx
digestive system
cholelithiasis/biliary colic
botanicals

primary herbs

Chelidonium majus (toxic): hepatitis, jaundice, gallstones, from obstructive pathologies (Priest and Priest, p. 101)
Chelone glabra: gallstones with jaundice; combines well with Gentiana lutea and Hydrastis canadensis (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 63)
Chionanthus virginica: to prevent, also dissolves soft bile stones (Ellingwood, p. 314; Mitchell, p. 52)
Dioscorea villosa: anti-spasmodic, pain: spasmodic colicky contractions; paroxysmal pain in abdomen (Felter, p. 344)
Juglans cinerea: to prevent calculi formation (Harper-Shove, p. 75)
Lobelia inflata (toxic): nausea, spasm; all forms of calculi (Ellingwood, pp. 240, 242)
Peumus boldo (leaf): with pain ( Mitchell, p. 50)
Piscidia erythrina (toxic): relieves pain, spasm (Felter, p. 548)
Podophyllum peltatum (toxic): see Ellingwood, p. 311
Taraxacum officinale (root): infusion of fresh root for gallstones, disposition to form gallstones (Weiss, p. 95; Lust, p. 171)
Veronicastrum virginicum (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1129)


complementary herbs

see prescribing details in Weiss, p. 96

Chionanthus virginica + Berberis vulgaris (Priest and Priest, p. 101)
• gallstones with jaundice: Chelone glabra + Hydrastis canadensis + Gentiana lutea (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 63)


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