Choletherapy

/ˌkoʊləˈθɛrəpi/ noun

Definition

A historical medical treatment involving the therapeutic use of bile or bile compounds, now largely obsolete.

Etymology

From Greek 'chole' (bile) + 'therapeia' (treatment). This reflects a now-abandoned medical practice from the 18th-19th centuries.

Kelly Says

Before modern medicine, doctors believed bile was one of the four humors and tried to treat diseases by administering bile—it's one of many old treatments that didn't work the way they thought!

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