Stress and mental state in relation to digestion and bile function

Stress and digestion

'Stress has a significant impact on the entire digestive system, including bile production and excretion. The dysfunction of bile production and excretion reduces or suspends one of the body's very important defence systems, the so-called physico-chemical defence based on the detergent action of bile acids, which, in its absence, leaves the body defenceless against certain toxins (e.g. endotoxins) and so-called "large viruses" (e.g. herpes) in the gut.'

Dr Lóránd Bertók New aspects in the pathophysiology of stress (Hungarian Science, 2007/05)

People often think that choleric people are angry and nervous, and that they suddenly lose control. This saying also explains that stress can have a negative effect on the secretion of bile. This is because bile enters the duodenum through a channel, the Vater's papilla, which contracts and spasms in the case of stress. The sphincter of Oddi, which is located there, contracts too, so the bile doesn't reach the right place where it should be used.

This can have the effect of making you bloated from food. Even though enough bile is produced, it does not reach the duodenum and does not break down fats properly.

Source: short conversation with Dr. Erika Balaicza, internist, on reducing the symptoms of stress (with subtitles, about 4 minutes, Fix TV - Szinusz)

Bile diseases and gallstones may have a psychological background

Our physical problems reveal our spiritual problems, our unresolved tasks. It is worth reading the signs, because healing requires that we change our life situations.

Gallstones can be caused by long-lasting negative emotional burdens such as financial problems, relationship problems, guilt. Bile duct stones can be caused by jealousy, remorse or anxiety due to fear.

A biliary spasm can be caused by rebellion against a life situation, a repressed psychological injury, etc.

What can you do if you have digestive problems due to mental health or stress?

It is also worth consuming products containing magnesium, which relaxes smooth muscles and improves stress tolerance.
You should also take bile acid capsules and bile-diluting herbs to support digestion. Bile supplementation is especially recommended for people who have cholesterol deposits, gallstones or have already undergone biliary surgery or have reflux.

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