Homeopathic Treatment for Kidney Stones

As anyone who has ever experienced a kidney stone knows, it is an incredibly painful medical problem. Homeopathic treatments are all-natural, non-addictive and non-poisonous. They can help relieve spasms of pain, urination problems and even disperse the stones themselves.

What is Homeopathy?

• Coming from the Greek words homeo, meaning "similar," and pathos, meaning "suffering," homeopathy is an alternative style of medicine that uses small and heavily diluted doses of a natural substance.

What are Kidney Stones?

• Also called renal calculi or urolithiasis, kidney stones are hard masses of chemicals or minerals that form in the kidney or urinary tract. Made up of crystals, they usually consist primarly of calcium, oxalates, phosphates and uric acid.

Homeopathic Treatments

• Berberis vulgaris helps to eliminate stones, relieve groin and right-sided kidney pain and prevent recurrence of more stones.

  Cantharis is prescribed for people whose urine burns when peeing and only comes in drips at a time. Colocynthis is used for people who have abdominal pain while urinating. Pennyroyal is used for those who frequently urinate and have left-sided kidney stones and pain spasms.

  Other treatments include sarsaparilla, hydrangea, benzoic acid and Ocimum canum.

Benefits

• Those who use homeopathy for kidney stones may avert surgery and the unwanted side effects of conventional medications.

Drawbacks

• In order for homeopathy to be effective, the stones must be small enough to pass without surgical intervention. If they are not, the treatments will do little to the stone itself, but may help with the pain.