Homeopathic Treatment for Gall Stones

Gallstones are clumps of crystallized cholesterol or some pigments in the gallbladder. This condition is fairly common (affects 11% of general population) women are twice as likely as men to develop gallstones. (Medical dictum for Gallstones is: It's a disease of fat female of forty).

The gallbladder is a small sac situated just under the liver and it produces bile juice that is essential for proper digestion of fats. The bile juice mainly contains cholesterol, water, bile salts and a pigment called Bilirubin. When the proportion of these contents is altered in the bile juice, gallstones start forming.

Factors contributing to development of gallstones    

• Obesity    
• It's twice as common in females as compared to males   
• People over age of 60 years are at higher risk    
• Fasting, diabetes, rapid weight loss can also lead to formation of gallstones in some cases

Homeopathic Remedies for gallbladder stones

Some of the common Homeopathic medicines for gallbladder stones include Calcarea carbonica, Chelidonium, Phosphorus, Lycopodium clavatum, Nux vomica, China sulphuricum, Berberis vulgaris, Thuja occidentalis.

Gallbladder stones are found normally among 20% of the females. Small stones in the gallbladder could be helped with homeopathy. Large stones are better treated by surgery.