Patient's question:
How is kidney stone treated? Does drinking lemon water have a curative effect?Doctor's answer:
Drink plenty of water: Increase urine volume to flush the urinary tract, promote the downward movement of stones, and dilute urine to reduce crystal precipitation.Herbal medicine treatment: Treat according to syndrome differentiation, addressing both root and symptoms.
Regularly performing jumping activities or adopting inverted positions and tapping exercises for renal pelvic stones also facilitates stone expulsion.
Advice: Drink more water, at least 2000–3000 ml daily, in addition to consuming large amounts during the day. Drink an additional 500 ml before bed, and 200 ml after urinating upon waking.
Increase physical activity, such as jumping, to make stone expulsion easier. Appropriately adjust your diet to prevent the recurrence of stones.
Calcium stone patients should reduce their intake of high-calcium foods like milk, while oxalate stone patients should limit spinach, potatoes, beans, and strong tea.
Phosphate stone patients should follow a low-phosphate and low-calcium diet and take ammonium chloride orally to acidify the urine.
Urate stone patients should reduce their intake of purine-rich foods, such as animal organs, meat, and beans, and take sodium bicarbonate orally to alkalize the urine, which also aids in dissolving urate stones.