Can Chinese medicine dissolve gallstones?

Gallstones are a common disease among many people, and it is also a disease that can cause great suffering to the patient's body. There are many ways to treat gallstones. If the gallstones are relatively small and the symptoms are not serious, they can be treated by taking Chinese medicine. However, if the symptoms of gallstones are more serious, then they can only be treated through laser lithotripsy or surgical treatment!

1. Treatment with Chinese medicine

The principles of Chinese medicine treatment are to "regulate qi and relieve depression, clear away heat and dampness, and clear the interior and attack the lower part". There are many commonly used Chinese medicine prescriptions in China, all of which are evolved based on the above principles. It is best to give treatment based on each person's specific condition, but general prescriptions also have certain effectiveness. Take the current prescription as an example:

Stone-removing soup: Citrus aurantium 9g, costusroot 5g, Corydalis yanhusuo 15g, Gardenia 12g, Polygonum cuspidatum 30g, Lysimachia 30g, Rhubarb 15g. Suitable for patients with intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile duct stones.

Generally take 1 tablet per day, divided into 2 doses. For young and middle-aged patients, take 2 doses per day, divided into 4 times. From the perspective of modern medicine, Chinese medicine treatment can regulate bile duct function, stimulate bile secretion, control infection, and expel stones.

2. Acupuncture

Acupuncture has the effects of relieving spasms and relieving pain, promoting bile secretion, removing stones, and stopping vomiting. However, the therapeutic effect of acupuncture alone seems to be insufficient, and it usually needs to be combined with oral Chinese medicine. The body acupoints include Yanglingquan, Zhongwan, Qiuxu, Taichong, and Danshu. Leave the needles in for half an hour each time, 2 to 3 times a day. The ear acupoints include Shenmen, sympathetic, gallbladder, pancreas, duodenum, etc.

3. Notes

The use of oral stone-removing soup and acupuncture to stimulate bile secretion and adjust the contraction and relaxation activity of the bile duct has achieved the effect of removing stones in some patients. However, traditional Chinese medicine is more difficult to remove larger stones. The effect is not ideal for stones in the gallbladder because the cystic duct is small. Therefore, bile duct stones larger than 1.5 cm or gallbladder stones larger than 0.5 cm are generally not suitable for treatment with traditional Chinese medicine.

After suffering from gallstones, you must pay attention to reasonable treatment. People may wish to try the above-mentioned traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods in life, but patients must pay attention to choosing a regular hospital for treatment and strive for early recovery from the disease. It is also very important to do a good job of prevention in life.