Home Remedies

Jaundice Causes

1. Blocked bile ducts by infection, tumor or gallstones
2. Viral hepatitis (hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis D, and hepatitis E)
3. Drug-induced cholestasis as a result of bile pools in the gallbladder because of the effects of drugs
4. Drug-induced hepatitis triggered by antidepressants, anti-cancer drugs, steroids, oral contraceptives, testosterone
5. Biliary stricture
6. Alcoholic liver disease (alcoholic cirrhosis)
7. Cancer of the pancreas
8. Primary biliary cirrhosis
9. Ischemic hepatocellular jaundice caused by inadequate oxygen or inadequate blood flow to the liver
10. Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (bile pools in the gallbladder because of the pressure in the abdomen with pregnancy)
11. Hemolytic anemia
12. Disorders present since birth that cause problems processing bilirubin (Gilbert's syndrome, Dubin-Johnson syndrome, Rotor's syndrome, or Crigler-Najjar syndromes)
13. Chronic active hepatitis
14. Autoimmune hepatitis
15. Malaria

Jaundice Symptoms

1. Fatigue
2. Headache
3. Fever
4. Loss of appetite
5. Constipation
6. Nausea
7. Yellow discoloration of the eyes, tongue, skin and urine
8. Dull pain in liver region
9. Itching with obstructive jaundice

Jaundice Home Remedies

1. Mixture of Pudina, Lime and Ginger juice mixed with honey, could be taken frequently.
2. Soak a piece of Peepal bark in water overnight and consume the water the following morning. It stops excess urination in the jaundice patients.
3. Decoction of tamarind leaves is useful in treating jaundice and ulcers.

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