RE: Re: Info about Gallstones

January 26, 2009

WOW! This is a lot of allopathic medical intervention. I wasn't willing to

submit to that test.

Anything other than gall stones is a dysfunction that can be corrected with

the Chinese herbs. Sally Fallon also recommends Swedish Bitters. I didn't

pursue the Swedish Bitters route because I have a GREAT acupuncturist who is

also a master Chinese Herbalist.

Recommending a low-fat diet seems very out of place in this forum.

I'm the youngest of 6 girls and when I made the comment 5 years ago that I

didn't expect to get to my fifties with my gall bladder in tact because all

of my sisters had lost theirs, my acupuncturist's assistant, said but " your

sisters didn't have acupuncture and Chinese herbs " . I couldn't agree more.

Kathy

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[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Steinbachs

Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 8:20 PM

Subject: Re: Info about Gallstones

From husband's experience - Gallbladder pain may also be a result of

a dysfunctional gallbladder, not necessarily gallstones. An

ultrasound can determine if there are gallstones. If it shows nothing

(and one still has pain), an MD may recommend a follow up with a

procedure called nuclear scintigraphy - one gets injected with a

radioactive dye and then lies still underneath a camera for 1.5 hours

while the camera takes pictures of the glow-in-the-dark gallbladder

during that time. The dye binds to the enzyme known as CCK

(cholecystokinin). If the CCK doesn't discharge quickly enough, you

are diagnosed with a dysfunctional gallbladder (and a low fat diet is

recommended but lipase enzymes can help prevent symptoms if such a

diet change is not desired). Often, however, the problem more

correctly lies in the Sphincter of Oddi. A disruption in CCK activity

has been shown to correlate with gluten intolerance - at the

Hyperlipid blog posted links to articles about this about a year ago.

-jennifer

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