What are the best herbs for kidney stones?

When stones appear in the body, patients should pay more attention to their diet. Stones can appear in many places in the body, such as the stomach, intestines, and even the kidneys. If you are unfortunately diagnosed with kidney stones, in addition to following the doctor's advice on diet, you will definitely be more worried about how to recover faster. Many people believe in traditional Chinese medicine more. Traditional Chinese medicine and herbal medicine are indispensable. So what herbal medicine is the best for treating kidney stones?

There are many Chinese medicines that can effectively treat kidney stones, the most common ones include chicken gizzard lining, centipede grass, etc. Taking some of these Chinese herbal remedies can help expel stones. So, what can you eat to expel kidney stones? Here are 9 recommended remedies for removing stones. Let’s take a look.

Remedies for treating kidney stones:

1. Chicken gizzard soup with moneywort

50 grams of Centella asiatica and 2 chicken gizzards. Wash the Herba Centipelagoae Preparata and soak it in cold water for 70 minutes. Remove the food residue from the chicken gizzards and keep the gizzard skin. Put both into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, simmer on low heat for 1 hour, drink the soup in two times, and slice the chicken gizzards and dip them in soy sauce. Take once a day with chicken gizzards as a side dish. Huashi can relieve stranguria, nourish the kidney and clear away heat. Suitable for sand shower and stone shower.

2. Inner gold powder

500 grams of chicken gizzard lining. Wash and dry fresh chicken's gizzard lining, roast it over low heat, grind it into powder, and put it into capsules. 3 times/day, 5 grams/time, take continuously. Diuretic and stone-dissolving. Suitable for patients with sand stranguria and stone stranguria.

3. Kidney-nourishing and Stone-removing Decoction

100 grams of Centella asiatica, 30 grams each of Pyrola, Vaccaria segetalis, Chicken's gizzard lining, Sodium sulfate, and Amber, 20 grams each of Chuanduan, Eucommia ulmoides, and Talc, 15 grams each of Corydalis yanhusuo and Achyranthes bidentata, 10 grams each of Pomegranate root and Costusroot. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, 20 days as a course of treatment. It has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, promoting qi and activating blood circulation. Especially suitable for treating kidney stones.

4. Walnut and Astragalus Soup

60 grams of walnut kernels (juglans regia), 30 grams of astragalus, and appropriate amount of honey. Remove impurities from the two medicines, put them into a casserole together and boil them into a soup. After removing the residue, add honey. 1 dose/day for several days. Nourish the kidney and replenish qi, expel stones and relieve stranguria. Suitable for patients with qi deficiency and stones.

5. Blood stasis and stone removal soup

15 grams each of Trillium, Curcuma, Red Peony Root, and Plantago Seed, 9 grams each of Pangolin, Gleditsia Thorn, Peach Kernel, Cyathula, Citrus Aurantifolia, Angelica dahurica, and Citrus Aurantium, 6 grams each of Magnolia Officinalis, Frankincense, Myrrh, and Raw Coix Seed, and 30 grams of Centella asiatica. Decoction into 200 ml, take 1 dose daily, divided into 2 doses. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, promoting qi and dispersing stagnation, and promoting diuresis and removing stones.

6. Warming Yang and Promoting Water

6 grams of cooked aconite (pre-boil for 2 hours), 3 grams each of cinnamon (9 grams of cassia twig) and Sichuan pepper, 9 grams each of Psoralea corylifolia and Chuanduan, 30 grams each of Ligustrum lucidum, Alisma orientalis, Plantago seed and Plantago, and 10 grams of Polygonatum sibiricum. Decoction twice, 1 dose per day, take the juice in 2 doses, 3 months as a course of treatment. It has the effect of warming the yang, promoting diuresis and expelling stones.

7. Jinhai Shacha

15g Jinhaisha and 2g green tea. Remove impurities from the Jinhaisha, put it into a purple clay cup together with tea leaves, brew it with freshly boiled water, cover it, and leave it for 15 minutes. Drink it instead of tea, frequently every day. Heat-clearing and blood-cooling fossils. It is suitable for patients with red and purple blood in urine, painful and urgent urination, and damp heat.

8. Carp Tooth Powder

50 grams of carp teeth and a small amount of white wine. Dry the carp teeth, roast them slightly, grind them into powder, and put them into capsules. 1-2 grams/time, 3 times/day, taken with a small amount of white wine. Anti-inflammatory, removes stones and fossils. Suitable for patients with sand stranguria and stone stranguria.

9. Plum Spade Drink

5 black plums, 100 grams of raw walnut kernels, and appropriate amount of white sugar. Soak the black plums in clean water for 15 minutes, put them into a casserole together with raw walnut kernels and boil them into soup. Just add sugar. Drink plenty of water while taking this medicine, 1 dose/day. It replenishes Qi and produces body fluids, and removes stones and petrifies the body. It is suitable for patients with qi deficiency and inability to expel stones, and has a preventive and therapeutic effect on phosphate stones.