The control of gallstone disease is currently divided into 4 levels of control in China.
Level 1. Preventing the production of gallstones
Level 2. Prevent asymptomatic gallstones from developing into symptomatic gallstones
Level 3. Prevention of recurrence of gallstones
Grade 4. Prevent complications of gallstone disease: acute and chronic cholecystitis, gallbladder cancer, bile duct cancer, acute suppurative obstructive cholangitis, acute biliary pancreatitis, biliary stasis hepatitis and liver cirrhosis, etc.
For the prevention and treatment of grade 2 and 4, Western medicine can achieve very good results, but for grade 1 and 3, Western medicine has no effective methods, so we have to seek other methods, we found that our traditional medicine – Chinese medicine is very useful in this regard.
Gallstone disease includes gallbladder stones and bile duct stones inside and outside the liver, and the main treatment methods are cholecystectomy, cholecystectomy for bile preservation, choledochotomy for stone extraction, ERCP for stone extraction, resection of diseased liver segments or liver lobes, and lithotripsy for lithotripsy in Chinese medicine, etc. No matter what methods are used, the purpose is the same: to remove stones from the body. At present, most patients and some doctors think that if the stones in the body are removed by the above measures, gallstone disease will be cured. In fact, if we think about it carefully, we will find that according to the principle of causality, the gallstone we remove is only a result, but the cause of the result, that is, the cause of the gallstone, is not removed, which is why many gallstone patients recur after surgery.
Let’s say a piece of wood (liver) is moldy (stone), how would we deal with it? One is to remove the mold (remove the stone) or remove the wood that has partially decayed (partial removal of the liver); the second is to move the wood from a dark, damp environment to a dry environment where the mold (stones) will naturally disappear. Of course we would all choose method two, because it is the cure.
It can be seen that surgery is only part of the comprehensive treatment of gallstone disease, after which the more complex and difficult treatment has just begun. It is said to be complex because the cause of gallstone disease is not single, it is related to many factors such as genetics, gender, age, diet, personality, environment, etc. It is said to be difficult because the recurrence rate of gallstones after surgery, especially in patients with intrahepatic bile duct stones, is still quite high, and some patients have In order to prevent or prolong as much as possible the recurrence of gallstones, we would like to explain to you some precautions and recommendations after gallstone surgery (not only for gallstone disease but also for other diseases).
The causes of any disease are twofold, internal and external. Internal causes include physical and mental, external causes are mainly climate and environmental factors, etc. First of all, we will talk about the internal causes of physical and mental matters that should be noted.
1, sleep. Remember: sleep is the first element of healing and health. The best time to sleep should be 21:00 p.m. – 5:00 a.m. Because this time is the winter of the day, winter is the main collection, winter does not hide, spring and summer do not grow, that is, the next day no spirit. Try to avoid staying up late, staying up late is actually overspending your life. According to the midday flow note, the gallbladder meridian running time is 23:00 to 1:00, the liver meridian is 1:00 to 3:00, this time period does not sleep, the liver and gallbladder meridian will not get good moistening, which is why many young people who often stay up late now are prone to gallbladder polyps, gallbladder stones cholecystitis, fatty liver and other liver and gallbladder disease is an important reason.
2, control their diet. To be healthy, you must have enough “gas” in your body to “gasify” the food you eat. Only then, your body will not accumulate garbage, there will be no excess food to release the free “false fire” damage to your body organs. This “false fire” in turn will deplete your “qi”. So, in this sense, most modern people are sick because of poor diet.
Excessive increase in food will not only not increase the blood qi, but will become a burden of garbage in the body, which in turn will have to rely on the consumption of blood qi to clean them out. The five internal organs are a blood qi processing plant, food is the raw material, the processing capacity is limited, while food is unlimited, so the amount of food must be controlled, while it is recommended that the usual light diet, eat more grains, ban raw and cold, abstinence.
3, appropriate exercise. We had better set aside about 30 minutes a day to do some simple exercise, appropriate exercise can help people’s qi and blood to run, but remember not to do too strong exercise for a long time, because the high-intensity exercise will consume people’s qi and blood. The body’s microcirculation should mainly rely on the loose static to achieve, which is also essential for health. To learn to sit in meditation, meditation is the movement of the external static internal movement, is the method of resting the heart, the heart rest is God’s peace, God’s peace is sufficient gas, gas is sufficient blood, blood flow, then there are diseases can go to disease, deficiencies can be supplemented, has been sufficient to grow. Now the disease can go, the future disease can be prevented, this is its small. And the heart is resting, then the spirit, the spirit of the machine, quiet heart more wonderful, view the machine to identify evidence, extra agile, see the reason is right, the material is far, do not panic when encountering chaos, see the situation is not confused, can all through, since no subjective paranoia of the drawbacks, and the great machine, the great use, thus open up. It is recommended to practice meditation every day (the number of breath view) or eight vajra work, taijiquan (there are videos online can learn).
4, mental health. The most important thing in life is a word of chaos, the heart is chaotic, the external can be disorderly, the internal can disturb the blood, so that the loss of normal. All irritation, terror, happiness, worry and doubt, are chaos, the root cause of many diseases and short life, not only should not be chaotic when the sick, that is, when living in peace also avoid the heart chaos. More anger hurts the liver, more lust hurts the kidneys, and more food hurts the spleen and stomach. Worry hurts the spleen, anger hurts the liver, and strain hurts the mind. Read more books to regulate your mind on weekdays, such as Buddhist and Taoist philosophy books, which can sublimate your mind and ease your psyche.
It is best to believe in a religion, so that the soul has a home. Read the Heart Sutra, Vajra Sutra or Tao Te Ching on a regular basis, all of these scriptures have a strong power of enlightenment. It is recommended to hold Guanyin mantra or Medicine Buddha mantra 108 times a day (there are videos online to learn), holding the mantra while watching the light emitted by Guanyin or Medicine Buddha constantly purify their own sickness (liver, gallbladder or other diseased organs), and do the return after reciting. In addition, you should do good deeds and accumulate virtue in order to know your life and change your fortune. Virtue is a high energy, can repair our genes, is the basis of our self-healing power.
5. Application of medication. After gallstone disease surgery, especially after bile duct lithotomy, in order to prevent the recurrence of gallstone, often take some drugs for bile and stone removal, such as bile tablets, biliary tablets, etc. These drugs are effective for some patients, but according to our clinical observation these drugs do not work so well for most gallstone patients, why is this so? This is the result of different understanding of the formation of gallstone disease.
Modern Western medicine and some Chinese medicine believe that gallstone formation is caused by the reduction of bile secretion and poor bile excretion to bile stasis, so the treatment is to strengthen bile secretion and promote bile excretion. The liver and gallbladder are closely related to other organs from the perspective of the holistic view of Chinese medicine, the five elements of the liver are B wood, the five elements of the gallbladder are A wood, the five elements of the kidneys are Dec water, the five elements of the spleen are Hexi earth, the five elements of the stomach are E earth, everything is similar, the liver is a tree, a tree can not grow healthily without fertile soil (spleen and stomach earth), sufficient water (kidney and bladder water), suitable temperature ( The heart small intestine fire), proper pruning (lung large intestine gold), one cannot be without the other, thus, as long as we can plant trees, we also know how to treat liver and gallbladder diseases, the Tao is natural.
I often compare the liver of cirrhosis to the cactus in the desert, its thick root system and high-pressure portal vein exactly corresponding, we know that the desert environment created the cactus, thus we will also understand that cirrhosis of the liver lesions in the liver, the root of the disease in the kidney water in the spleen and stomach on the earth, water and soil is good, the trees naturally grow well. This is also the case with gallstone disease. Therefore, when I treat gallstone disease, in addition to dredging the liver and bile, I also focus on restoring the patient’s spleen and kidney functions, as the spleen is the root of the acquired nature and the kidney is the root of the innate nature.
In fact, not only gallstone disease, but also many other clinical diseases are caused by deficiencies of the spleen and kidney. This is due to the different innate endowments of each of us, each of us has a unique birth date and eight characters, which is the genetic code of Chinese medicine, it contains your health, disease, personality, fortune and many other information, gallstone disease patients have a wood deficiency in the eight characters of information, in the acquired spleen and kidney function on the basis of weakness, when the big luck or flow of the year to gold or earth or fire, or their eight characters Therefore, some seemingly accidental things are in fact inevitable, but we do not know the reason for them.
Diabetes is also caused by the deficiency of the spleen and kidneys, which explains why many diabetic patients are often combined with gallstone disease, so we will treat gallstone disease and cure diabetes at the same time.
It is recommended that post-operative patients with gallstone disease should take Pei Zi Li Zhong Wan, Jin Kui Ren Qi Wan (large honey pills from Tong Ren Tang) for a long time, and those who have a deficiency of fluid should take Guei Shao Di Huang Wan for 3-6 months, and those who have bitter fullness in the chest, hot and cold exchanges, nausea and vomiting, lack of desire to eat and drink, bitterness in the mouth, dry throat and dizziness in the eyes can take Xiao Chai Hu granules or soup. But it is not easy to apply for a long time, because it contains cold drugs to clear heat and detoxify, and attack the spleen and stomach, long-term application will damage the spleen and stomach, spleen and stomach deficiency of a hundred diseases! Remember! Remember!