Cholagoga

Effects

Cholagoga are choleretic, digestive and flatulent.

Indications

Indigestion, bloating, nausea, flatulence, feeling of pressure in the stomach.

Dosage

Take 15-30 minutes before meals.

Active ingredients

Medicinal drugs containing essential oils, bitter and pungent substances, such as:

  • Elecampane
  • Artichoke
  • Bishop’s weed
  • Boldo
  • Earth smoke
  • Javanese turmeric
  • Cat’s paw
  • Lavender
  • Dandelion
  • Milk Thistle
  • Melissa
  • Butterbur
  • Peppermint
  • Marigold
  • Rosemary
  • Yarrow
  • Celandine
  • Black horehound
  • Wormwood

Interactions

It is possible that the absorption of some drugs may be affected.

Contraindications

  • Hypersensitivity
  • Children, pregnancy and lactation: see SmPC.
  • Biliary obstruction or gallstones, diseases of the liver

Adverse effects

Hypersensitivity, other adverse effects depending on the medicinal plant used.

Things to know

Terms: choleretica promote the excretion of liver bile, cholekinetica promote the excretion of bladder bile.