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: Treatment based on syndrome differentiation, addressing both root and symptoms. Regular jumping activities or inverted postures and tapping exercises for renal caliceal stones also facilitate stone excretion.
Recommendations:
Drink more water, at least 2000–3000 ml daily. In addition to consuming large amounts of water during the day, drink 500 ml before bed. After urinating upon waking during sleep, drink another 200 ml.
Increase physical activity, such as jumping, to make it easier for stones to pass.
Properly adjust your diet to prevent the recurrence of stones.
Calcium stone patients should reduce the intake of high-calcium foods like milk. Oxalate stone patients should limit spinach, potatoes, legumes, and strong tea.
Phosphate stone patients should follow a low-phosphorus and low-calcium diet and take ammonium chloride orally to acidify urine.
Urate stone patients should reduce the consumption of purine-rich foods like animal organs, meat, and legumes. Taking sodium bicarbonate orally to alkalize urine also aids in dissolving urate stones.