Kidney Stone
Kidney Stones are formed due to crystallization of minerals and waste materials found in urine. A kidney stone may be the size of a pinhead and may pass unnoticed through urine; or it can be large, up to the size of a grapefruit, and may obstruct the urinary pathway, causing acute pain and bleeding, as well as blocking the flow of urine. In Ayurveda, it is known as Vrukka Ashmari (vrukka means kidney and ashmari means stone).
Causes
Following an improper diet and sedentary lifestyle, working for long periods in direct sunlight, doing excessive physical work, excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, tea, and coffee, indulgence in heavy, oily, sweet, and indigestible foods and reduced intake of fresh vegetables, salt, and alkaline-producing foods, drinking too little water, diet high in meat, fish, and poultry and suppressing the urge to pass stools and urine can cause urinary stones.
Symptoms
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Acute pain in the flanks radiating towards urethra
- Fever with chills might also be associated
- Bleeding through the urinary tract
- Urinary urgency or frequency
- Burning sensation while urinating
View Of Ayurveda
According to Ayurveda, improper diet and lifestyle leads to aggravation of all three doshas (Ayurvedic humors) and impairment of the digestive fire, causing formation of toxins (ama) in the body. These toxins travel down the channels carrying urine, where aggravated doshas combine with it, causing its crystallization and leading to the formation of kidney stones.
Diet & Lifestyle Advice
With the help of proper treatment, panchkarma, yoga, diet & life-style management & ayurvedic medicine, The management of Kidney Stone disease can helps the patient to enjoy happier & healthier life.