Introduction to TCM methods for treating kidney stones

There are surgical treatments and drug treatments for the treatment of kidney stones. Among them, traditional Chinese medicine is a common method of treating kidney stones, such as corn silk tea or sunflower heart tea, which are relatively effective in assisting the treatment of kidney stones.

1. Treatment with Chinese medicine

1. Stone reed and okra tea

30 grams of stone reed, 30 grams of winter calamus seeds, and 30 grams of centipede, decocted in water and taken orally, can expel stones.

2. Corn silk tea

50 grams of corn silk, 20 grams of plantain seeds, 10 grams of raw licorice, add 500 ml of water and boil until 400 ml remains. Remove the residue and take warm three times a day.

3. Sunflower Tea

Cut 100 cm long sunflower stalk into 3 cm long pieces, decoct in water and take 1 dose per day for 1 month. Treat stones accompanied by hematuria.

2. Health-care Medicinal Diet

① Lotus Root and Winter Melon Soup

500 grams of raw lotus root nodes and 1000 grams of winter melon, wash and slice, add appropriate amount of water and cook into soup. Take it all in one day.

② Rock sugar walnut kernels

120 grams of rock sugar and 120 grams of sesame fried walnut kernels, grind them into fine powder, take 60 grams each time, 4 times a day, with boiled water, which can soften stones.

③ Red bean porridge

Grind 50 grams each of japonica rice and red beans and 20 grams of chicken gizzard lining into powder. Add glutinous rice and red beans to water and cook into porridge. When cooked, add chicken gizzard powder and appropriate amount of white sugar. Take twice daily.

④ Fish brain stone powder

Grind 30 fish brain stones from the head of yellow croaker into fine powder, divide into 10 equal portions, take with boiled water, 1 portion each time, 3 times a day.

⑤ Plum peach kernel

Take 5 black plums or 100 grams of raw walnut kernels every day, and drink plenty of water. It can prevent and treat phosphate stones.