Bear bile, the gallbladder of bears, which are animals of the bear family or brown bears, is a type of Chinese medicinal material. It is mainly produced in Yunnan, Heilongjiang, Jilin, and other places. What are the effects and functions of bear bile?
Swelling reduction and pain relief
Bear bile is bitter and cold, with strong heat-clearing and detoxifying effects. It can also reduce swelling and relieve pain, and can be used for conditions such as boils, abscesses, hemorrhoids, and throat swelling and pain caused by heat-toxin accumulation.
Antispasmodic
Bear bile is bitter and cold, with good cooling and liver-clearing effects, and can relieve wind and spasms. It is mainly used for conditions such as high fever and convulsions, epilepsy, infantile convulsions, and limb spasms caused by excessive liver fire and extreme heat generating wind.
Eye health
Bear bile mainly enters the liver meridian and is good at clearing the liver, improving vision, and treating conditions such as liver heat with red, swollen, and painful eyes, erysipelas around the eyes, and exudative soreness.
Gallstone dissolution
Bear bile can reduce cholesterol biosynthesis, increase bile secretion, improve the ability of bile to dissolve cholesterol, and reduce the formation rate of gallstones. Moreover, bear bile contains ursodeoxycholic acid, which can dissolve gallstones and is very suitable for treating cholecystitis and cholelithiasis.
Liver protection and bile secretion
Bear bile has a protective effect on liver cells and can relax the common bile duct and sphincter, promote bile secretion, and facilitate the digestion and absorption of fats and fat-soluble vitamins. It is suitable for acute and chronic hepatitis, jaundice hepatitis, toxic liver disorders, fatty liver, and cirrhosis.
Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory
Bear bile contains ursodeoxycholic acid and deoxycholic acid, which have obvious inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus, and pneumococcus.
Lowering blood lipids
Bear bile can reduce blood viscosity, red blood cell aggregation index, platelet adhesion rate, and inhibit thrombosis. It is used for hyperlipidemia and thrombotic diseases.
Lowering blood pressure
Bear bile can dilate coronary arteries, increase coronary blood flow, enhance myocardial contractility, and regulate arrhythmias. It is used for arteriosclerosis, hypertension, angina pectoris, coronary heart disease, and arrhythmias.
Lowering blood sugar
Bear bile can promote the synthesis of glycogen from sugars and lactate in the liver and enhance insulin secretion. Therefore, it can lower blood sugar and urinary sugar levels. Whether used alone or in combination with insulin, it is effective in treating diabetes.
Anti-fatigue
Bear bile can inhibit the formation of lactate substances in the body and accelerate the excretion of fatigue substances, providing anti-fatigue and physical recovery effects. It is used for high-intensity physical and mental labor, physical weakness, and bedridden patients.
