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Gallbladder Pain is Debilitating
I want to share with you the best self-care techniques to reduce gallbladder pain.
Caution: these techniques do NOT treat the causes of gallbladder disease!
They are interventions you can perform that temporarily relieve the symptoms.
Suggested Stretch Pose While in Gallbladder Pain
This position is really helpful for gallbladder pain both in your abdomen and up into the right shoulder. The chest should be on the floor with the buttocks elevated as shown below. You are dropping your gallbladder forward, taking pressure off the nerves here. They connect up into the shoulder, "referring" pain along their course.
supports healthy bile flow
To do this massage, place three fingers over your gallbladder. It's on the upper side of your abdomen, below the ribcage and to the right of the navel. Apply gentle pressure and hold for three to five minutes. Then move to other areas of pain, for example, the mid-center.
Again, apply gentle pressure with three fingers. Why three? It helps to distribute pressure evenly across a tender area (no jabbing!).
Move to a point in the mid-line above the stomach and hold there for a few minutes. Then find a point just above the navel and to the right. There should be a point that is sensitive to pressure.
Massage in a circular motion, applying medium pressure. This is the sphincter of Oddi, the muscle that contracts and releases to hold or allow the passage of bile into the small intestine.
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Secondly, it’s okay to “not eat” for short periods of time. Taking a break from eating, especially from what you’re eating is a good idea. Fasting on liquids from one to three days will not kill anybody. It can give the body a needed break. You do need to drink A LOT of water. You can also drink vegetable juices, diluted. Use cucumbers, parsley, celery, carrot and beet and a little beet greens.
What you eat or drink can help your gallbladder pain problem. For example, to eat nothing but the Beet Recipe (below) for three days can be very helpful. Beets help to thin the bile and relieve some of the congestion in the gallbladder and liver. You can also eat nothing but Green Soup for three days (see below for the ingredients). This seems to be a favorite of my readers who are in pain.
Beet Recipe For Relief of Gallbladder Pain
• Coarsely grate 1 large raw organic beet root -washed but not peeled (If not organic, remove the peel.)
• Add juice of lemon to taste (about 1/4 lemon)
• 1-2 Tbsp. olive or flax oil
• Mix together.
• Take one teaspoon of mixture every hour throughout the day.
• On days two and three make a fresh batch using ¼ of a large beet.
• Take one teaspoon of mixture 3 to 4 times a day or more.
• Make this mixture to add to your salads frequently or eat alone as above 2 or 3 times a week. This will keep the bile thin and moving.
• Beets in any form are an excellent food for both the liver and the gallbladder - boiled, roasted, pickled, steamed.
Green Soup Recipe
When everything you eat causes gallbladder pain, this soup is usually very soothing, but, do NOT use during a gallbladder attack as only liquids should be taken then.
• One bunch parsley
• 3 medium zucchini
• ½ lb. Green beans
• 5 sticks (stalks) celery
• Steam together for 8-10 minutes.
• Or partially steam and boil in ½ cup water.
• If you have a steamer, you retain more nutrients and flavor with that method.
• Purée in a blender.
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