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The gallstones found in the liver come in all shapes and colors. Most of them are bright-colored or
dark-green; yet some others can be white, red, black or tan-colored. They result from overeating, an
unhealthy diet and lifestyle, as well as stress and repressed anger. As the stones grow in size and become
more numerous, the liver cells are compelled to reduce bile production. Normally, the liver produces well
over a quart of bile each day. This is the required amount to properly digest food in the small intestine.
When the major bile ducts are blocked, barely a cup or less will find its way to the intestinal tract. The
restricted bile secretions not only impair digestion but also prevent the liver from excreting toxins and
propelling the stones out of the bile ducts. Hence bile becomes toxic. Some of the toxic bile is
backwashed into the blood, thereby affecting all vital organs, including the brain. This also affects blood
circulation in the liver. The walls of the liver’s blood vessels (sinusoids) become increasingly clogged up.
Consequently, Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL and VLDL, also called bad cholesterol) are increasingly
prevented from leaving the bloodstream, hence the rise in blood serum cholesterol.
Since gallstones are porous, they can pick up or absorb toxins, bacteria, viruses, parasites and cysts
that are passing through the liver, like fishing nets collect fish. The stones can become a constant source
of infection, supplying the body with an ever-increasing number of fresh bacteria. The attempt to
permanently cure intestinal bloating, cystitis, Candida, stomach ulcers, infectious diseases or any of the
above conditions is likely to fail if the bacteria-harboring gallstones are not removed from the liver.
On occasion, one or several gallstones get stuck in the cystic duct—in the vessel that links the
common bile duct with the gallbladder—or in the common bile duct itself. In this case, the wall of the
duct undergoes strong spasmodic contractions in order to propel the stones onward. The contractions of
the duct wall can cause excruciating pain throughout the abdomen, in the back and also in the legs and
arms.
When the gallbladder is packed with gallstones, it also may go into extremely painful, spasmodic
muscle contractions, a condition known as a gallbladder attack. Gallstones can trigger strong reactions of
irritation and inflammation of the walls of the gallbladder and the cystic and common bile ducts. There
may be superimposed microbial infection. Today, over 20 million Americans suffer gallbladder disease,
and each year about one million of them opt for an expensive gallbladder operation.
If a person has his gallbladder removed surgically, he may feel tremendous relief from the acute
painful attacks, and his digestion is likely to improve for a short while. This is due to comparatively more
bile being available for the digestive process. The disadvantage is, however, that bile now comes in small
trickles throughout the day, rather than in large amounts when it is needed to digest a meal. Bile causes
injury to the intestinal walls unless it is mixed with food. In addition, since the patient still has all the
stones left in his liver, the digestive troubles are most likely to return or get worse. Excessive weight gain
is common. Other existing health problems such as pain, asthma, bursitis, heart disease, and arthritis
become intensified as well.
If gallstones become stuck in the ampulla of the bile duct, where the common bile duct from the liver
and gallbladder joins the pancreatic duct, jaundice and acute pancreatitis usually develop. This condition
can eventually lead to cancerous tumors in the pancreas and to a number of other diseases.
Gallstones of any kind, size and number can be easily and safely removed through the liver and
gallbladder flush described in Employing Nature’s Healing Powers, Chapter 7, or in my book The
Amazing Liver & Gallbladder Flush. The first positive effects that are commonly noticed soon after the
liver flush are pain relief and regained or enhanced energy, vitality and general well-being. Although liver
flushes can be done by people of any age, including children over 10 (many children today have
gallstones in the liver) and the elderly, I recommend doing the flush only after having followed the
general guidelines for creating a healthy body for at least four to six weeks, as is described in the