Ayurvedic Treatment of Gallstones
If you have pain in upper stomach, upper back which lasts for the several hours, other symptoms like nausea, vomiting, indigestion, digestive problem, bloating, heartburn and gas. In this case you can be the sufferer of gall stones. It has been found that north India has the highest incidence of gallbladder stones and are increasing more frequently than in south India. Occurrence of gall stones is found to be 7.4% in adult population of the Chandigarh and New Delhi in north India. Once there was a time when this disease commonly found in the fat, fertile and female who are around at the age of 40. But now this problem is also found in the young asthenic females in the age of twenties. Gall stones complications are more common in female population (61%) than male population (39%).Female which are at the age of 45-60 years (38.5 %) are at high risk of developing the gall stones problems whereas the male (20.8 %) above 60 are mostly affected.
What are Gallstones?
Gall stones are the solid material that forms in the gallbladder. Gallbladder is an organ which is located below liver. When these solid materials get trapped in the duct inside the gallbladder it causes the abrupt intense abdominal pains that last for 1-5 hours. This type of abdominal pain is named as biliary colic.
Types of Gallstones:
- Cholesterol stones – Cholesterol gallstones are most common type of gallstones and found in 80% people. These gallstones are of yellow green in color and consist of undissolved cholesterol with various other components.
- Pigment stones – These are the black or dark brown stones and formed when your bile contains excess bilirubin.
People Who are more likely to Develop Gallstones
- Obesity – This is the biggest factor because obesity can accelerate cholesterol level and makes it tough for the gallbladder to remain empty.
- Woman who takes birth control pills and hormonal replacement therapy are more prone to this problem. Because extra estrogen levels increase the cholesterol levels.
- Diabetic patients have the high levels of triglycerides which is a blood fat and results in gallstones.
- People who take the medicine to lower down the cholesterol levels which results in the gallstones.
Ayurvedic Outlook
According to Ayurveda there are three energies vata, pitta and kapha which are responsible for a healthy body. Imbalance of any of three energies results in the health complication. Vata dosha is responsible for dryness thus causes the stone problems. Increased pitta dosha which is mainly due to the consumption of spicy food and alcohol also leads to stone formation. Increased kapha dosha also responsible for gall stone problems.
The Goodnews!?
The good news is that Gallstones is preventable and reversible, but can only be possible by using holistic approach, the one advocated in Ayurveda that addresses the issues from the very root.
Since ancient times, Ayurveda has defined diseases with their symptoms, causes and healing methods with nature.
If you are having any of the above mentioned symptoms, don’t assume it is Gallstones yet without any proper diagnosis because there are other Upper Stomach related diseases that comes with the same symptoms. Consult with a Doctor for accurate diagnosis to find out if Gallstones is what you are having or any other related disease.
Vine-Health Approach to Gallstones
As a holistic health clinic, we take accurate diagnosis very seriously in order to ascertain the root cause of a particular illness. You will be consulted with our doctor to know the type of test or scan to run base on your symptoms to detect exactly the root cause of your issue to ascertain if Gallstones is your issue or not to ensure appropriate treatment.
Accurate diagnosis is the key to the treatment of any disease.
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