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Dandelion salad with artichokes

Super simple super nice

seriously good for your gall

Why?

Well – dandelions have been famous throughout history for helping the liver and gallbladder, this little plant is also a diuretic, thus great for the kidneys and helps the immune system.

I have used the plant before in salads, it’s a bit like rucola, nice and pungent and bitter. It adds a lot of fresh flavour to salad dishes.

It is also delicious, I used the leaves chopped and the flower petals scattered over the dish.

And artichokes are scientifically proven to help the liver and gallbladder, to help with nausea and vomiting, and is also an antioxidant. I’m on firmer ground here as some of this has actually been studied. And is thus now considered proven scientific fact, which we like.

I got the artichokes out of a tin as they are not quite in season yet here, though I recommend them fresh if you can be bothered to prepare them. They are one of my favourite foods when in season.

You know you can even order artichoke on your pizza if you want, it’s all good.

Sprinkle on some lemon juice and a pinch of salt on the salad and you’re good to go.

That’s all you need.

Emergency gallstones

So I got out of hospital yesterday with my gallbladder still in me

What a treat

To get to keep all your body parts

I am pleased I managed to avoid surgery, they are all so very keen to chop you up and take bits out.

Like it’s some kind of fashion.

The problem is not the gallbladder, the problem is the gallstones, it’s the gallstones that need to go so why not leave the gallbladder which has a job to do and just remove the gallstones? That strikes me as far more logical. The surgical technique would be practically the same.

Unfortunately any and all cures for gallstones or ways of removing gallstones or in fact any other kind of treatment for gallstones except surgery is not supported in mainstream medicine, so you’re fucked before you start! You have to drop conventional medicine and go your own route if you want to keep all your insides right where they are. Which is the route I have decided to take.

Very careful menu planning, loose weight slowly and gently, drink lots of water, lots more exercise, and meditation

Specially the meditation

As, together with the searing stabbing pains from gallstones I also am extremely bad tempered lately, I mean white hot rage, temper tantrums and anger attacks for no reason.

I’ve got a gall!

It’s even in the language, it’s become part of the language. Gall!

Yes the anger, the rage, the temper are all part of gallstones and gallbladder and liver problems.

Apparently my digestive system rules.

In my research the only place I have found references to the emotional aspect of this is in chinese medicine, and partially in ayurvedic medicine nothing in western medical literature, though I’m sure if I dug a bit deeper I might find some reference to it.

So we will see what happens now.
I have an appointment with my GP to go and I have made an appointment with an ayurvedic GP as well. (Yes I wish it was Deepak Chopra as well – but he doesn’t practice here)

Of course I will be trying every fad and find and alternative AS WELL as keeping an eye on the mainstream, after all, the goal is to survive.

So now onto a good meditation hour and………..

Wish me luck – I need it.