This article aims to help the reader in the rapid identification of natural remedies useful in the treatment of various symptoms, disorders and pathologies. For some of the listed remedies, this utility may not have been confirmed by sufficient experimental tests conducted with a scientific method. Furthermore, any natural remedy presents potential risks and contraindications.
If available, we therefore recommend that you click on the link corresponding to the individual remedy to learn more about the topic. In any case, we remind you of the importance of avoiding self-treatment and to consult your doctor beforehand to ascertain the absence of contraindications and drug interactions.
We talk about jaundice in the presence of a yellow pigmentation of the skin, mucous membranes and ocular sclera, conferred by the deposit of excess bilirubin present in the blood.
In relation to the different intensity of the jaundice coloring, we speak of SUB-ITTERO when it is recognizable only at the level of the sclerae and of the sublingual mucosa (bilirubin levels between 1.7mg / dL and 4.5 mg / dL), and of ITTERO FRANCO when all the integuments are clearly impregnated (bilirubin levels higher than 4.5mg / dL).
Bilirubin derives from the catabolism of aged or damaged red blood cells and is processed by the liver which transforms it into direct bilirubin. Once the jaundice is recognized, it is therefore necessary to establish whether it is due to the excess of direct bilirubin (conjugated with glucoronic acid) or indirect (not yet processed by the liver); in the first case it is very probable an obstruction of the biliary tract (gallstones of the gallbladder or biliary tract, pancreatitis, neoplasia of the biliary tract or of the head of the pancreas, cysts), while in the second hypothesis the presence of a damage to the liver (hepatitis viral or toxic) or haemolytic anemia.
Given the seriousness of the possible diseases at the base of jaundice, herbal medicine does not offer specific remedies for jaundice. On the contrary, particular prudence should also be used in the use of choleretic plants and cholagogues, because they could increase the flow of bile secretion and with it the migration of microcalcols.
Useful medicinal plants and supplements against Ittero
Hepatoprotective, choleretic and cholagogue drugs: artichoke, asperula, centaurea, inositol, lecithin, milk thistle, Boldo, glutathione, silymarin, licorice, brewer's yeast, sweet oak fern, acerola. Rhubarb, Boldo, Aloe, chicory, Dandelion, rosemary.
Antispasmodic drugs: yarrow, green anise, bitter orange, basil, belladonna, chamomile, lemon verbena, piscidia, coriander, ivy, butterbur, lettuce, lavender, peppermint, poppy, passionflower, serenella, valerian, menthol, hops, carnation, melon, Melissa, elderberry.
