Gall stones @ Viagero

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Evening Viagero,

My hubby works part time at a supplement store. Customers tell him what

they find works. For gall stones they say chanca piedra, which dissolves

stones, combined with hulga clark liver flush. Start with chanca piedra

first for a couple of weeks followed by hulga's liver flush.

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Customers are saying it works.

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Chanca Piedra is a composite name, " chanca " meaning " to break " in Quechua

and " piedra " meaning " stone " in Spanish. It is the popular name given to

several small shrub-like plants in the Phyllanthus genus (botanical family

Euphorbiaceae), including Phyllanthus niruri, and Phyllanthus stipulatis.

These two species have the same medicinal effects and look identical, except

for their seeds, by which the botanist can tell them apart. A third species,

Phyllanthus amarus, has been considered identical (perhaps not a different

species at all) to Phyllanthus niruri. These species of Phyllanthus have

been proven in scientific research to have antihepatotoxic, antispasmodic,

antiviral, bactericidal, febrifugal, and hypoglycemic activity.

Traditional Uses

Chanca Piedra got its name because one of the outstanding qualities of this

herb, according to the therapeutic herbal tradition of Peru, where knowledge

of rainforest remedies spread to Andean civilizations, including the Incas,

is to break up and expel both kidney stones, and gall stones. It is believed

to help stimulate the production of bile and to promote healthy liver and

gall bladder function. The plant is shredded and boiled and then lemon juice

is added as a tonic for the liver (taken in small amounts four times daily).

It is also traditionally used to clear obstructions throughout the various

internal organs of the body by promoting the elimination of mucous and

stones.

In different areas of South America , Chanca Piedra is used to treat a wide

variety of conditions. It is used to treat edema and excess uric acid, as

well as to treat stones of the gall bladder, kidney, and bladder. In some

areas, it is used to treat malaria, typhoid fever, flu, colds, constipation,

dysentery, or stomachache. It is also used there, for inflammation of the

bowels (IBS), pimples, diabetes, and ulcers.

Chanca Piedra has also traditionally been used for diabetes, prostate

disorders, asthma, fever, tumors, bladder infections, as a diuretic, to

remove excess uric acid (as in gout), for painful joints, jaundice,

indigestion, constipation, vaginitis, viruses of the reproductive tract,

proctitis, poor circulation, excessive phlegm, bronchitis, and coughs. It is

also considered an anti-spasmodic and muscle relaxant, specific to the

urinary tract system.

Traditionally it is also used as an anodyne (pain reliever), apertif

(appetite stimulator), a digestive, carminative (helps gas to be expelled

from stomach and intestines), and vermifuge (expels worms and other

parasites from the intestinal tract), diuretic, and emmenagogue (stimulates

menstrual flow).

Doctors' Experiences

Maxwell, the author of the groundbreaking Witch Doctor's Apprentice,

first published in 1961, and based on research done in the 1950's in the

Peruvian rainforest, considers chanca piedra one of the most important

healing herbs, which she encountered in the rainforest through her

interactions with shamans and Amazonian Indians. She later met a German

doctor who had been using chanca piedra in his medical practice in Germany

who told her that 94% of all the cases he encountered among his patients of

gallstones and kidney stones were " completely eliminated " within one or two

weeks. For several hours during the actual process of elimination of the

stones, some patients experienced stomach cramps. Another physician whom

Maxwell interviewed about his use of chanca piedra for his patients said

that the plant worked 100% of the time and without any side effects.

In France, Chanca Piedra has been used for some time to treat gall and

kidney stones. It is part of a pharmaceutical product called Pilosuryl,

which is sold as a diuretic.

Liver Detoxification

Modern life has stressed the liver of the average person. Chanca Piedra can

be used, cycling on and off throughout the year, to assist the liver in

performing its normal function of detoxification of the body. Liver

stressors include eating excessive dairy, meat, and sugar, fried fast foods,

processed foods with preservatives, antibiotics, pesticides, drinking water

" decontaminated " by chlorine, drinking water containing parasites, the use

of hormones in young women as contraception and in menopausal women as a

means of preventing osteoporosis and heart disease, the use of steroid

hormones to combat chronic inflammatory diseases, and the use of toxic

chemotherapies to combat cancer.

Research Findings

Research done in Brazil at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in 1984

on Chanca Piedra revealed an alkaloid (phyllanthoside) in the leaves and

stem with strong antispasmodic activity. It served as a relaxing agent for

smooth muscles and they concluded that its spasmolytic action probably

accounted for the efficacy of chanca piedra in expelling stones.

Brazilian researchers have also discovered powerful, long-lasting

pain-blocking activity in the roots, stems and leaves of several different

species of Phyllanthus, including Phyllanthus niruri. In a book called Cat's

Claw: Healing Vine of Peru, the author states in a section of

the book devoted to chanca piedra: