Do kidney stones require kidney supplements?

The kidney is a very important and large organ in the human urinary system, and the kidney referred to in traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine has different meanings. The kidney tonification that we often hear about was proposed by traditional Chinese medicine. The kidney here mainly refers to the deficiency of kidney qi, so it is very different from the kidney, an organ of the urinary system in Western medicine. The most common disease problem in the kidneys is kidney stones. After suffering from kidney stones, it will seriously affect a person's ability to urinate. Does kidney stones require kidney tonic?

The kidney for kidney stones and the kidney for kidney tonification are actually not the same concept. According to TCM theory, kidney tonification lies in replenishing kidney deficiency, which refers to insufficient kidney essence, qi, yin and yang. There are many types of kidney deficiency, the most common of which are kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency. Kidney yang deficiency manifests itself as cold symptoms, which mainly include cold limbs and fear of cold. Kidney yin deficiency manifests itself as heat symptoms, which include dryness, low back pain, night sweats, tinnitus, dizziness and other symptoms. It is worth noting that the kidney in traditional medical theory is not the kidney in our true anatomical sense. That is, the kidney in Chinese medicine theory is an abstract concept in the ancients' theoretical model, and does not refer to the kidney as a physical organ. The so-called kidney deficiency is just a vague traditional saying. In modern medicine, it is just a simple subjective guess about the symptoms, and the cause has not been found. If you really have kidney stones, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital for treatment and expel the stones as soon as possible.

Kidney stones

Folk remedies

(1) Walnut porridge: 100g each of walnut kernels and glutinous rice, 30g of crystal sugar. Put the washed japonica rice and shelled walnuts into a rice pot, add 500 ml of water, crush the rock sugar and put it into the pot. After boiling, simmer for 30 minutes over low heat until it becomes porridge. Take it 3 times a day as a staple food. Nourish the lungs and kidneys, and expel stones.

(2) Stir-fried duck gizzards with bamboo shoots: 30g each of chicken gizzard lining and black fungus, 100g duck fat, 200g bamboo shoots, 20g each of Shaoxing wine and green onion, 10g ginger, 50g vegetable oil. Wash and slice the bamboo shoots and duck fat, grind the chicken gizzard lining into fine powder, remove the stems of the black fungus, cut the green onion into sections, and slice the ginger. When the oil is half cooked, add the scallion and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant. Then put in the duck fat, bamboo shoots, fungus and Shaoxing wine. Add a little salt and fry until cooked. Then add the chicken gizzard lining powder and stir well. Eat once a day as a side dish. It can eliminate food accumulation, relieve stranguria and dissolve stones.

(3) Job's tears porridge: 50 grams of Job's tears, 150 grams of polished rice, and 30 grams of sugar. Put the washed Job's tears and polished rice into a pot, add 1000 ml of water, bring to a boil, and then cook over medium heat for 50 minutes. Add sugar, mix well and eat as staple food during breakfast and dinner, twice a day. It can eliminate food accumulation, relieve stranguria and dissolve stones.

(4) Red Dates, Job's Tears and Shark's Fin Soup: 10 red dates, 30g each of Job's Tears and lotus seeds, 50g of shark's fin. Wash the soaked shark's fin and tear it into strips. Wash the coix seeds, remove the core of the lotus seeds, and pit the red dates. Put the lotus seeds, coix seeds and red dates into a pot and stew them first. Add 500 ml of water. After stewing for about 30 minutes, add the shark fin and stew for another 20 minutes. It can be eaten alone once a day. Replenish Qi and blood, relieve stranguria and promote urination.

(5) Job's tears steamed chicken: 1 live chicken, 30g Job's tears and walnut kernels, 15g chicken's gizzard lining, 20g sea sand, 15g amber, 15g rehmannia root, 10 red dates, 10g salt, 20g scallion, 15g ginger, 20g Shaoxing wine, 30g sesame oil. Put Job's tears, walnut kernels, chicken's gizzard lining, sea sand (wrapped and decocted), amber (taken with water), rehmannia root, and red dates into a pot and add 500ml of water. Boil over medium heat for 25 minutes. Filter out the residue and keep the medicinal juice. Kill the chicken, remove the hair, apply Shaoxing wine and salt, put scallion and ginger into the chicken's belly, and put the medicinal juice and chicken into the steaming basin. Put the steaming basin into the steamer and steam for 1.5 hours. Eat the chicken and drink the soup twice a day. Nourishes Qi and blood, dissolves stones.

External remedies

Method of applying alum : Grind alum into fine powder, add appropriate amount of flour and green onion, wrap it with gauze and press it into a cake shape, apply it on the navel, and then wrap it with gauze to fix it.