Kidney Stones

• Renal calculi, or kidney stones, are hard crystals that form in the kidneys from substances in the urine. They sometimes travel down the urinary tract, resulting in extreme pain. Dietary factors are usually to blame for the production of stones, which are of four major types, according to homeopathyhelps.com. The most common type is made of calcium. Other stones contain magnesium. Uric acid stones form from too much acid in the urine. Cystine stones are relatively rare.
  
  The common symptoms of kidney stones are pain in the back that worsens with movement, blood in the urine, fever and chills, vomiting, and a burning sensation when urinating.
  
  

Homeopathic Treatment

• According to homeopathyhelps.com, both acute and chronic kidney stones can be effectively treated with homeopathy. A case history of the patient is taken, and a remedy is given that not only relieves immediate symptoms but removes the tendency for stones to recur.
  
  Renal calculi can often be prevented if you drink lots of water, at least 12 glasses a day. Water flushes away the substances that tend to form stones. If you suffer from uric acid stones, it also helps if you eat less meat, which produces uric acid when it breaks down. A salt-restricted diet can prevent the recurrence of stones.
  
  According to homeopathyclassical.com, homeopathic remedies are effective in relieving the pain as well as other symptoms of an acute attack of renal calculi. After the attack has passed, a constitutional remedy will be given, that is, one based on the patient's entire constitution. This remedy is meant to cure the underlying factors that tend the person toward stones.
  
  For an acute attack, homeopathyclassical.com recommends bed rest and warm compresses on the site of the pain. Dietary calcium is advised but not calcium supplements.
  
  Drhomeo.com states that the remedy berberis vulgaris has been effective in treating kidney stones, both for acute pain and the prevention of recurrence. Sarsaparilla, hydrangea, and benzoic acid are also common treatments. Hpathy.com lists kidney stone remedies as arsenicum, apis mellifica, mercurius corrosivus, terebinth, digitalis, plumbum, phosphorus, and belladonna.