Get some ease of the pain and agitation of kidney stones by home remedies for kidney stones. The home remedies are some therapies as well as some natural herbal medicines that act very effectively in healing the kidney stones. The herbal supplements have very less chemical proportions that pose no side effects. The holistic healing by herbs can remove or destroy the stone without a surgery.

The kidney stones are formed when the chemicals found in the urine such as calcium, uric acid, phosphorus, and oxalic acid are too high and they start building up crystals. Most of the kidney stones are either crystals of calcium oxalate or phosphate, the latter is more common.

Causes of kidney stones:

• Defects of general body metabolism.
• Excessive intake of acid-forming foods, wrong diet, sugar products, and white flour.
• Deficiency of vitamin A and excessive intake of vitamin D.

Some home remedies for kidney stones are:

1. Kidney beans known as dried French beans, are very effective home remedy for kidney stones. The medicine is prepared by removing husk and slicing the pods. Put about sixty grams of slice pods in four liters of hot water and boil them slowly for hours. This mixture should be strained through fine muslin and allowed to cool down for long hours. Again pour the liquid through another piece of muslin. A glass of this solution should be given to the patient every two hours a day and the treatment should be continued for a week or so.

2. In case of kidney stones, one can take a teaspoon of basil juice and a teaspoon of honey daily, for six months. It has been found that the stones get expelled from the urinary tract by the treatment.

3. Celery is a valuable food that prevents stone formation.

4. Ripe apples have also been found valuable in this case.

5. The diuretic value of grapes has an exceptional account since they have high content of water and potassium salt. The fruit has low albumin and sodium chloride content which helps to cure kidney stones.

6. The seeds of pomegranates, either sour or sweet are useful medicine for kidney stones. Ground a tablespoon of the seeds into a fine paste and take it along with a cup of horse gram soup that helps in dissolving the gravel in kidneys. Use two tablespoons of horse gram only for preparing the soup.