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Ox Gallstones

Cattle(ox) Gallstones vary in size, and are a clay-like substance that develop in the gallbladder of small numbers of cows. Just like in humans, not all cows have gallstones.

As you can see in the pictures, Ox gallstones have a wide variety of size as well shape. The size ranges from a pebble size to the size of a chickens egg. The shape ranges from a shape of a pyramid, square to even oval shapes.

Gallstones are collected and are used extensively in oriental medicine, particularly in the treatment of hepatitis and other liver and gallbladder related ailments in humans. Ox gallstones are also used in fever reducers and herbal medicine that serve to detoxify the body.