Castor Oil Hot Pack
A castor oil hot pack can help to relieve painful spasms of the gallbladder and bile ducts. This is a simple and inexpensive home remedy that is very effective for shortening the intensity and duration of a gallbladder attack.
The purpose of applying heat to your gallbladder is to expand the bile ducts and relieve pressure. This can be very effective for calming down painful spasms of the biliary ducts, and if a small stone is trapped in a bile duct, the application of heat may relieve the blockage.
Castor oil comes from the seed of the castor bean plant called Ricinus communis. Castor oil is commonly used in a heat pack or compress to treat a variety of painful conditions, including menstrual pain and joint pain. Castor oil also gets absorbed through your skin and has healing properties. Therefore it is beneficial to apply a castor oil hot pack to your gallbladder and liver during an acute gallbladder attack, but we also suggest you use this remedy regularly, for 30 minutes, three times a week at least two hours after your evening meal if you have an inflamed gallbladder that regularly causes discomfort.
For complete instructions on applying a castor oil hot pack, and many other easy home remedies for easing gallbladder pain, see our book 'Save your Gallbladder, and what to do if you’ve already lost it'.
A word of caution: If you are in intense pain or the pain has lasted for more than 4 hours, please see a doctor immediately.
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Yes it would be safe but addressing the underlying immune dysfunction is the most important treatment.
You may find this article helpful:https://www.liverdoctor.com/sclerosing-cholangitis/
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Margaret Jasinska ND
Naturopath for Dr Sandra Cabot
What are the remedies I can follow while exclusively breastfeeding.
Please read the article at the following link, and keep for future reference,https://www.liverdoctor.com/natural-remedies-for-gallstones/.
Please also check out Dr Cabot’s recent videos on the gallbladder, especially this one:https://www.liverdoctor.com/gallbladder-series-part-4-gallstones-in-the-gallbladder-cholelithiasis/
To dissolve gall stones, boost liver health and your vitality, Dr Cabot prescribes
‘Raw Juices Can Save Your Life’ contains therapeutic juices to stimulate liver function and, with it, bile production.
Livatone Plus – 1 cap twice daily for 2 weeks and then increase to 2 capsules twice daily, to improve liver function.
N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC 600mg) – 1 cap twice daily for 2 weeks and then increase to 2 capsules twice daily well away from food, if any upset occurs take at the beginning of your meals. This supplement works well with Livatone Plus to get your liver better faster. NAC should be taken with a whole glass of water away from food. Do not take just before retiring to bed. NAC can be strong on the stomach, and this is why you need to take it with a whole glass of water.
MSM + Vitamin C – ½ to 1 teaspoon twice daily in vegetable juice or water to reduce oxidation, inflammation and boost liver health.
You can follow all recommendations while breastfeeding, except for taking Livatone Plus as it contains herbs and studies have not been done on taking these herbs while breastfeeding. We recommend taking Livatone Plus after you have weaned your baby.
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Kind regards,
Jessah Shaw
Nutritionist
if the gallstones are not causing pain or symptoms then why have them out. See my videos on gallbladder problems on youtube and liverdoctor.com
I recommend LIVATONE PLUS 4 Capsules daily with food and NAC 2 capsules twice day with a whole large glass of water mid morning and mid afternoon away from food. This will slowly shrink them. Don't do the gallbladder flush as it can be dangerous.
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This really depends on the size of the gallbladder, there's no definite timeline for how long it will take.
Gallstones are often associated with low bile production in the liver and insufficient ejection of bile from the gallbladder to renew the bile in the gallbladder.
Please make sure to check out all of Dr Cabot’s gallbladder videos, includinghttps://www.liverdoctor.com/gallbladder-series-part-4-gallstones-in-the-gallbladder-cholelithiasis/
To dissolve the gallstone Dr Cabot recommends you take N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC) in a dose of one or two capsules twice day in between meals with a whole large glass of water. To make your bile a better quality and to detox your liver, add LIVATONE PLUS 2 capsules twice day.
https://www.liverdoctor.com/n-acetyl-cysteine-a-truly-versatile-and-powerful-supplement/
Kind regards,
Jessah Shaw
Nutritionist
after the surgery is completed, your husband needs to take the right supplements to prevent more sludge and/or stones forming in his liver and bile ducts.
he should take LIVATONE PLUS 4 capsules daily with food and NAC 2 capsules twice daily mid-morning and midafternoon with a whole large glass of water. If he eats a meal with fat in it, he should take ox bile capsule one in the middle of the meal.
let us know how he goes and watch my videos on the gall bladderhttps://www.liverdoctor.com/gallbladder-series-part-1-how-does-the-gallbladder-work/
there are 8 videos on gall bladder
Best wishes
Dr Sandra Cabot
Would TUDCA, chanca piedra plus castor oil packs help? She is already taking digestive enzymes as well.
Your wife has considerable digestive concerns and her intense pain may be due to an enlarged liver and an ultrasound can determine this.
The foods your wife chooses may determine the pain she experiences.
Dr Cabot has written a number of wonderful books that may be appropriate for your wife, Your Thyroid Problems Solved and Healing Autoimmune Disease.
Dr Cabot recommends Ox Bile – 1 to 2 capsules with each meal, Livatone Plus – 2 capsules twice daily, Vitamin C – ½ tsp twice daily.
Dietary changes are necessary to heal the liver and Dr Cabot’s 15 Day Cleanse and Maintenance Program are well indicated to help whole body healing.
Kind regards
Victoria
Naturopath for Dr Sandra Cabot MD