Rowena, I love your tips. Back to basics is my ideal way of living!! Thanks. Making my heart sing!!
carolg ________________________________ From: Rowena <new...@internode.on.net> To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 1:46:46 AM Subject: CS>Bitters for Gallbladder http://hubpages.com/hub/Treating-Gallstones-and-Liver-Without-Surgery-to-Remove-Gallbladder-Naturally By focusing on making the liver healthy, and with some help from a fantastic Chinese herb, I was able to treat the gall stones naturally, effectively and without surgery. Liver Health Your liver keeps your blood free from toxins, give it a helping hand in it’s weakened state by: Eat beetroot, it helps cleanse the blood. Eat apples, aside from all the vitamins, the malic acid in apples may have an affect on softening the stones.Drink dandelion tea, it works wonders bringing the liver back to its healthy state. Drink Swedish bitters, it helps get the natural flow of bile through the gallbladder, and bile is the best thing in helping dissolve the all ready present gallstones, as gallstones are formed from the hardening of unhealthy bile in the first place. (If you are pregnant, breast feeding, or having trouble with hormones, bypass the Swedish bitters as it has Black Cohosh in it which may do more harm than good) http://easternhealingarts.com/EHA_HealingHerbs.html Chinese Bitters: Ingredients: Chinese Gentian, Bupleurum. Coptis, Chinese Scutelleria Root. the taste of Coptis is extremely bitter (more so than other tinctures). Curcuma, Bupleurum King of Bitters (Andrographis paniculata) http://www.herbsarespecial.com.au/isabells_blog/isabells-articles/king-of-bitters.html http://curezone.com/schulze/handbook/lg-ap.asp Milk Thistle seed, Dandelion root and leaf, Oregon Grape root, Gentain root, Wormwood leaf and flower, Black Walnut hulls, Ginger rhizome, Garlic bulb and Sweet Fennel seed. *Liver and Gall Bladder Herbs: *Milk Thistle and Barberry. Use seed of Milk Thistle and the bark of root or root for Barberry. Latin name and genus is Silybum marianum and Berberis vulgarus. Gallexier contains artichoke leaves, dandelion and 10 other medicinal /bitter/ herbs known for centuries as being beneficial for the liver and /gallbladder/. = A *bitter* is an alcoholic beverage <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_beverage> that contains herbal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbs> essences, has a bitter <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste#Bitterness> or bittersweet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bittersweet> flavor <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor>, and is typically flavored with citrus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrus> Bitters commonly have an alcoholic strength of 45% ABV <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABV> and normally consumed only in small amounts as a digestif or when added as a flavoring agent A bitters derives it name from the fact that is does not contain added sugar or sweetener. *Angostura bitters*, often simply referred to as /angostura/, is a concentrated bitters <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitters> for food and beverages made of water, alcohol <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol>, gentian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentiana> root, and vegetable flavoring extracts <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_fats_and_oils>^[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angostura_bitters#cite_note-Fallis-0> by House of Angostura <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Angostura> in the country of Trinidad and Tobago <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago>. began to sell it in 1824. Siegert was based in Ciudad Bolívar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Bol%C3%ADvar> which was then known as Angostura, and used locally available ingredients. Perhaps he drew on the botanical knowledge of the local Amerindians.^[4] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angostura_bitters#cite_note-Mysteries-3> The exact formula is a closely guarded secret <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_secret>, with only eleven people knowing the whole recipeAngostura bitters is often believed to have poisonous qualities because it is assumed that they contain Angostura bark <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bark>. Angostura bark is itself not toxic but during its use as a medicine it was often tainted by unscrupulous sellers^[8] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angostura_bitters#cite_note-7> who padded out the sacks of bark with /Strychnos nux-vomica <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strychnos_nux-vomica>/ or copalchi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copalchi> bark in order to make more profit. Angostura bitters do not actually contain angostura bark > Would you give an example of what you consider "bitters"? > Thanks. > > I have heard that bitters are an excellent way to rebuild the > gallbladder. You have to remember to drink a lot of water, but > that seems to be easy to do. Take a half a dropper of bitters 15 - > 30 minutes before meals. >
