Lemon cures gallstones

There are many folk remedies for treating certain diseases in the human body. Some of them have been proven to have certain therapeutic effects on human diseases over a long period of time, while some are harmful to human health. Lemon is a fruit that many people have at home. It is rich in vitamin C and acid, so it plays a very important role in whitening and anti-oxidation of the human body. Anyone who suffers from gallstones should have heard of lemon as a treatment for gallstones. Is this really effective?

Olive oil and lemon for gallstones

1. Gallstones refer to a disease caused by stones in the gallbladder and are a common disease. The incidence of gallstones increases with age, with the peak age of onset being between 40 and 50 years old, and women are significantly more likely to develop the disease than men.

2. Olive oil can stimulate the gallbladder to secrete a large amount of bile to flush the stones out of the gallbladder and out of the body, while lemon juice can soften the bile duct.

3. The folk remedies for treating gallstones with olive oil and lemon are as follows:

Ingredients: about 0.47 liters of olive oil; 10 to 12 fresh lemons.

practice:

3.1. Start cleaning at 7 pm. Use a spoon (a common household porcelain spoon) to measure 4 tablespoons of olive oil in a bowl, add 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice, stir evenly and drink it. If you are afraid that the oil smell is too strong, you can add 3 tablespoons of lemon juice (for people with constipation, you can add more olive oil and lemon juice).

3.2. Drink the olive oil and lemon juice mixture every 15 minutes for a total of 10 times until it is all finished, which takes 2 and a half hours (if you cannot finish it in 10 times, just drink until you can't drink it anymore).

3.3. After drinking, pat your body gently and go to bed. Tomorrow morning or midnight, the stones will be discharged from the rectum smoothly without pain. The discharged stones are green, red, black, etc. They are colorful and will float on the water in the toilet. You can use a net scoop to flush the water, and you will find a lot of stones.

3.4. It is best to ask family members to help with feeding, because the drinking process is very tiring because it will be very greasy if you stir it evenly and drink it by yourself. It will be much better if you have family members to help with feeding.

4. On the day of stone removal, you cannot eat any food after lunch. You can drink some apple juice or boiled water. After 6 pm, you cannot eat anything, including boiled water.

5. People with weak constitution should not try this remedy easily. If the gallstones have already caused infection, pain, fever, etc., you should go to the hospital as soon as possible and this folk remedy should not be implemented.

Can olive oil and lemon juice treat gallstones?

Olive oil does not contain cholesterol, but is rich in unsaturated fatty acids and various vitamins A, D, E, F, K and carrots. Long-term use of olive oil can reduce stomach acid and have auxiliary therapeutic effects in the treatment of gastritis, gastric ulcers, etc. It can also stimulate bile secretion, and olive oil can reduce fat to reduce the occurrence of cholecystitis and gallstones.

Theoretically speaking, vegetable oil, as a lipophilic solvent, has the potential to dissolve gallstones if it can come into full contact with them. However, although the gallbladder is connected to the digestive tract and bile can enter the intestine, the bile duct outlet is guarded by the sphincter of Oddi, making it difficult for intestinal contents to flow back into the gallbladder. There is indeed a medical treatment method that uses organic solvents to dissolve gallstones (this treatment is not currently the first choice), but the solvent must be injected into the gallbladder to work, rather than drinking the solvent. Therefore, drinking olive oil directly will not do much to dissolve gallstones.

The method of using olive oil to treat gallstones can only be regarded as a folk remedy. It is more reliable for patients with gallstones to use regular medication.

The pharmacological mechanism of lemon in treating gallstones is to produce nonspecific lipid extraction and permeation-promoting effects on the cholesterol in the stones, thereby promoting the crystallization of cholesterol and dissolving it from the stone, resulting in the dissolution and crispness of the stones. Generally, during the treatment of gallstones, doctors recommend that patients drink lemon water.

Therefore, whether it is olive oil or lemon juice, gallstones must be treated symptomatically. Olive oil treatment of gallstones only prevents the formation of stones and facilitates the excretion of stones. Taking olive oil and lemon juice alone cannot cure stones.