Aid in the treatment of gallstones commonly used Chinese herbs are chicken gold, tulip, money grass, etc., but whether or not it can melt away gallstones has not been clinically reported, the Chinese herbs need to be further based on the patient’s specific condition to be matched, is not recommended to use on their own alone.
1. Chicken Neijin: has the effect of eliminating food and strengthening the stomach (promoting food digestion, strengthening the function of the stomach and internal organs), astringent spermatozoa and stopping spermatorrhea (consolidating the semen, preventing and controlling spermatorrhea), treating food and drink stagnation, spermatorrhea in renal deficiency, enuresis, lithiasis and gonorrhea (urination, increased urinary frequency, astringent and painful gonorrhea), gallstones, etc.. Spleen deficiency without stagnation should be used with caution.
2. Uljin: It has the efficacy of activating blood circulation and relieving pain (relieving pain by removing blood stasis), promoting qi circulation and relieving stagnation (relieving stagnation by unclogging qi), clearing the heart and cooling the blood, and inducing diuresis to relieve jaundice (removing evil qi in the biliary tract and eliminating jaundice). It is mainly used in treating qi stagnation and blood stasis (stagnation of blood due to unobstructed flow of qi) pain syndrome, vomiting of blood, epistaxis and cholelithiasis. It is contraindicated in cases of blood loss due to yin deficiency and those without qi stagnation and blood stasis, and should be taken with caution by pregnant women.
3. Moneywort: It is effective in inducing diuresis, diuretic and diaphoretic (to improve the problem of dribbling of urine, and the problem of small amount of urine), detoxifying and subduing swelling. It is used for treating jaundice, edema, malaria, diarrhea, gonorrhea, carbuncle, cholelithiasis, and lithiasis. Caution should be exercised when there is no water-dampness , and pregnant women are forbidden to use it.
The use of specific drugs should be under the guidance of a physician, individuals should not use blindly, so as not to cause adverse consequences.