There’s a natural gallstone flush that some people have had luck with, so I’m trying that…
During the day I’m supposed to fast, only having apple juice.
Then I drink a solution of epsom salts..
Before bed, I’m supposed to drink a cup of olive oil mixed with lemon or grapefruit juice, and then go to bed, lying on my side.
The thinking is this:
The Epsom salts dialate the bile ducts, and then the olive oil floods the system with oil. The body uses bile to break down oil, so the liver and gall bladder dump all the bile they have. This, combined with me lying on my side, should push gallstones to the bile duct.
Ordinarily, the gallstones would get stuck blocking the bile duct or in the bile duct itself, causing, let me tell you, horrible, horrible, agonizing pain.
But in theory, the Epsom salts have dialated the ducts, so instead of blocking, the stones pass harmlessly into the intestines, where they eventually, ahem, exit the body.
That’s the theory.
In clinical studies of this cleanse, it had limited success, though it didn’t seem like it harmed many people, either.
Guess I’ll find out soon.
This is supposed to be done for 2-3 days, so most likely this is all I will eat:
If you get horrible pain while doing this, PLEASE go to the ER. It could be a stone in your duct, which is a real medical emergency.
Love, your ER Nurse Girlfriend
Good luck with this! I hope you find many stones in your sh……
As you say, many people report success with this. I did read one website where they posted a warning because one person did end of with a blocked bile duct, so probably good to heed your girlfriend’s advise. I imagine if you’re in bad pain, you’ll want to go to the ER anyway. But I’m going to imagine all those nasty little stones exiting your body and leaving you in peace. (I’ve heard the olive oil is hard to take….some people wind up vomiting it all up. Hopefully you’ll keep it down.)
love J.
How’s it going?
love J.
That looks like a cup of pee. Is “apple juice” a gall-stone related euphemism for pee? Because if you have to drink pee for 2-3 days, getting gall stones is worse than I thought.