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digestive system
cholecystitis
botanicals

primary herbs

Berberis aquifolium.: promotes secretions, catarrhal gastritis with cholecystitis, may be used with Chamamaelum nobilis, Acorus calamus (toxic), and Veronicastrum virginicum (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 40)
Berberis vulgaris: may be used with Chionanthus virginicus and/or Veronicastrum virginicum (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 40)
Chelone glabra: gallstones with jaundice, hepatic diseases (Felter and Lloyd, p. 494; British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 63)
Chionanthus virginicus: combines well with Berberis vulgaris, Euonymus atropurpureus (toxic) or Dioscorea villosa (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 86)
Dioscorea villosa: anti-spasmodic
Euonymus atropurpureus: constipation with liver and gall bladder dysfunction; may be used with Berberis vulgaris, Taraxacum officinale (root), Chionanthus virginicus (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 86)
Matricaria chamomilla: 2 cups tea/day for 2 weeks (Anderson Geller)
Taraxacum officinale: cholecystitis and dyspepsia, used with Veronicastrum virginicum, Berberis vulgaris, and/or Chelone glabra; used 4-6 weeks at a time, best used in spring/autumn (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 208; Weiss, p. 95)
Veronicastrum virginicum: (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 229; Priest and Priest, p. 101)


complementary herbs


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