Today, there are several ways of recovering from kidney stones. "Silent stones" pass out on their own without one ever finding about them. In most cases however, kidney stones are discovered only after the symptoms begin to appear and the pain gets unbearable and travels from the sides and the lower back to the lower abdomen and groin. Your urologist after diagnosing kidney stones would suggest the correct treatment. Waiting for the stone to pass out on its own may not be the best thing to do. There are medications that can be administered, or the stone could be disintegrated using the shock wave therapy; surgery though obsolete in case of kidney stones, may have to be resorted to in case all other methods fail. Besides the above mentioned methods, natural treatments may prove helpful.
The principal natural treatment suggested for kidney stones is Citrate. Citrate or Citric acid is a component of our diet. Citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons are an important source of citrate. Citrate helps to relieve one of kidney stones as it combines with calcium in the urine thereby reducing the amount of calcium available for calcium oxalate stones. It also prevents small crystals of calcium oxalate from clumping together to form stones. Furthermore, it makes the urine much less acidic which in turn inhibits the formation of both, calcium oxalate and uric acid stones.
Other natural treatments that may be used include magnesium in the form of magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide. Magnesium inhibits the formation of calcium oxalate stones.Vitamin B also helps prevent calcium oxalate stones. A deficiency of vitamin B increases the amount of oxalate in the urine and it has been found that supplementation decreases oxalate excretion.
In Europe, the herb called goldenrod is sometimes used to help wash out kidney stones. This herb is known to increase the flow of urine which may help the easy outage of kidney stones. A few more herbs such as asparagus, birch leaf, bishop's weed fruit, couch grass, parsley, horsetail, java, lovage, petasites, shiny restharrow, and stinging needle have an apparent ability to increase the flow of urine.Other supplements such as fish oil, GLA, glycosaminoglycans and Vitamin A are often recommended for kidney stones.
The above mentioned options are just treatments you can try as home remedies. They might just prove to be effective and cure you of kidney stones. And yes! Don't forget to consult your doctor!
