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QUEBRA PEDRA
Also known as the stone breaker!
Quebra Pedra is a small, erect annual herb that grows up to 30 or 40cm in height. It is indigenous to the rainforests of Brazil, and to other tropical areas. Incidentally, the English term for this little plant is "“saxifrage"”, which derives from the Latin and means – you guessed it – Stone Breaker.
The gallbladder sits underneath the liver and acts as a reservoir for a substance called bile that is made in the liver and then passed into the digestive tract.
The function of bile is to dissolve fat, a bit like washing-up liquid, so that it can be properly digested in the gut.
Gallstones are common in Western society. Mostly, they are symptomless, although some seem to give rise to recurrent bouts of pain and discomfort (cholecystitis), usually felt in the upper right hand side of the abdomen.
In natural medicine there exists an herbal remedy which has been used for hundreds of years to dissolve stones in the body including gallstones (and also kidney stones).
The herb, called Quebra Pedra (which literally translated means 'stone breaker'), is still used by the indigenous people of the Amazon.
Quebra Pedra - 90 x 2500mg Vegicaps
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