Desmodium May Help People with Kidney Stones

Kidney stone, also often regarded as a benign disease, it may block urinary tract system, stop kidneys from discharging urine, cause severe flank pains or sometimes result in kidney failure. Many researches have been started in the past years to explore the effects of Desmodium in helping resolving of kidney stones. People who suffer from kidney stones may benefit to remit their kidney stones by using Desmodium.

Desmodium, a kind of traditional Chinese herb, is named as jin qian cao from Chinese saying. It has proven of benefit to promote diuresis and expelling stones. Experimental application of jin qian cao on anesthesia dog with calcium oxalate stones suggests its effect in elevating upper ureteral cavity pressure, intensifying ureter wriggling, increasing urine output and promoting stones to be discharged out.

Analyzed from modern pharmacology, jian qian cao contains Monoterpene ketones, ursolic acid, Hu shoots acid, free amino acids, ash and potassium. It has diuretic effect, helps to reduce ascites and recover liver functions, and it has typical effects in treating liver, gallbladder and urinary tract stones. The effects of Desmodium in treating kidney stones can be seen from these aspects: increase urine output, inhibit formation of crystals; regulate PH level; resist inflammation, ease pains, inhibit liver lipid peroxidation, promote discharging of urea nitrogen, uric acids and sodium chlorides. In summary, Desmodium helps to prevent occurrence of kidney stones, resolve stones and protect the kidneys.

Kidney stone is a common type of urinary system disorder and its incidence rate keeps on rising in recent years with lifestyle is changing. As we know, kidney stones based on their composition can be divided into several types, including calcium stone, infectious stone, uric acid stone and Cystine stones. Current treatment for severe urinary tract stones are mainly surgeries in western medicine. Herbal treatment in comparison is a natural safe way to treat kidney stone. And Desmodium is a representative kind of herb that may help to treat renal stones. If you are looking for any herbal treatment, be sure to look for a doctor who understands both kidney disease and herbs. Treatment for kidney stones should be taken with caution because some medicine residuals may cause certain side effects to the patients.