Efficacy of Homoeopathic Drugs In Gall Bladder Diseases

Abstract

To scientifically establish efficacy of homoeopathicdrugs in various gall bladder ailments with or without complications, a pilot study has been undertaken. The cases comprised of patients suffering from poorly functioning gall bladder, non-functioning gall bladder, fibrosed gall bladder and gall bladder with singular or multiple calculi, Of these cases, a few were silent ones whereas a few were accompanied by repeated biliary colics and jaundice. Most of the cases were fatty, fertile females of over forty years of age while only a few were of male sex. The diagnosis of the cases was made by Oral Cholecystography (OCG) and Ultrasonography (USG) besides, in few cases, by the C -T scan of abdomen. The drugs which yield cholagogue and calculolytic effects were Calcarea carb 30 to 10M, Chelidonium majus 30, Berberis vulgaris 30, Hydrastis canadensis 30, Chelidonium Q, Carduus marianus Q, Chionanthus Q and Cholesterinum 3x. A few drugs which were used intercurrently for associated problems were Lycopodium 30 to 1000, Cinchona officinalis 30 to 1000, Nux vomica 30, Pulsatilla 200' 1000 and Phosphorus 2OO, 1000. The results obtained are encouraging and clearly exhibit that these drugs have property to improve and reinitiate function of gall bladder, to break and dissolve the biliary calculi, to dilate the common bile duct, to a certain extent to enable the impacted calculi to pass out of it and thus help improve obstructive jaundice caused by them.