primary biliary cirrhosis

[Guest guest]

DearAll

could any one offer some thoughts on a patient Ive been seeing for 10 years - he

came to see me having been diagnosed with auto immune hepatitis .with herbs he

has managed to reduce his steroid doseage and his liver function tests have

always been pretty stable much to his consultants amazement.

early on in treatment it was thought that he had signs of pbc and the consultant

put him on a low dose of ursodeoxycholic acid ( a bile acid ) and he has

remained more or less stable and free of any symptoms for the last 8- 9 years.

However at his last hospital appt blood tests show araised GGT which is

indicative of a worsening of the pbc . ( interestingly though his ALP which is

nearly always raised with a high GGT is normal ?!)

his prescription has been milk thistle seed powder plus a mix of powders which

has been the same most of the time and that contains berb vulg , foeniculum ,

eleutherococcus / zingiber / glycyrrhiza .I did give him curcuma at one point

but he started to have some bleeding under the skin but his steroid doseage had

been increased at that time .He is on 2.5 mg prednisolone at the moment .

sorry for the length of this post but if anyone can think of any changes

/additions to his herbs I would be grateful.

thanks , annette

[Guest guest]

Hi Annette,

I wonder if it may be worth treating like any other autoimmune disease with

Kerry Bone approach? It may be also worth trying other general

anti-inflammatories (Boswelia? Calendula? Filipendula?).

Hope it helps

Annette Wass wrote:

DearAll

could any one offer some thoughts on a patient Ive been seeing for 10 years - he

came to see me having been diagnosed with auto immune hepatitis .with herbs he

has managed to reduce his steroid doseage and his liver function tests have

always been pretty stable much to his consultants amazement.

early on in treatment it was thought that he had signs of pbc and the consultant

put him on a low dose of ursodeoxycholic acid ( a bile acid ) and he has

remained more or less stable and free of any symptoms for the last 8- 9 years.

However at his last hospital appt blood tests show araised GGT which is

indicative of a worsening of the pbc . ( interestingly though his ALP which is

nearly always raised with a high GGT is normal ?!)

his prescription has been milk thistle seed powder plus a mix of powders which

has been the same most of the time and that contains berb vulg , foeniculum ,

eleutherococcus / zingiber / glycyrrhiza .I did give him curcuma at one point

but he started to have some bleeding under the skin but his steroid doseage had

been increased at that time .He is on 2.5 mg prednisolone at the moment .

sorry for the length of this post but if anyone can think of any changes

/additions to his herbs I would be grateful.

thanks , annette