Kidney Stones Homeopathy — Dr. Vandna Kanani

The most important constitutional remedy in kidney stones homeopathy — Berberis vulgaris has a primary and specific constitutional affinity for the kidneys and the entire urinary tract from renal pelvis to bladder. The Berberis vulgaris kidney stone picture has the uniquely constitutional radiating pain — a stitching, shooting, piercing pain that originates from a fixed point in the kidney region and radiates downward and outward in all directions, extending to the bladder, the groin and the inner thigh. The pain is characteristically bilateral but with left-sided predominance. It waxes and wanes in waves of piercing intensity. The urine may contain mucus, blood or crystalline deposits. Sensitivity at the left kidney region to pressure and jar. The Berberis kidney constitutional picture — radiating stitching pains from a fixed renal point, waxing and waning character, left-sided predominance and the constitutional urinary deposits — identifies this as the primary constitutional kidney stones homeopathy prescription for the majority of renal stone presentations.

For kidney stones with characteristic right-sided predominance and the constitutional Lycopodium picture — the right kidney is more affected, the right ureter carries the stone more commonly and the characteristic red sand or brick-dust deposits in the urine are the constitutional Lycopodium urinary signature. The red sandy urine deposit is one of the most specific constitutional prescribing keynotes for Lycopodium in kidney stones homeopathy — when this constitutional feature is present alongside the Lycopodium general picture of anticipatory anxiety, bloating between 4 and 8 pm and the constitutional right-sided preference, Lycopodium is the constitutional kidney stones homeopathy prescription regardless of which stone type is chemically identified. Right-sided flank pain accompanied by red sandy urinary deposits in an anxious man with evening digestive bloating is the Lycopodium constitutional kidney stone picture.

A specific constitutional remedy in kidney stones homeopathy for the renal stone presentation with characteristic burning specifically at the very end of urination — the final drops producing the most intense burning, in contrast to Cantharis where burning is throughout. The Sarsaparilla constitutional picture has the specific feature of being able to urinate freely only while standing — urine passes with great difficulty or not at all while sitting. Sand or crystalline deposits in the urine. Right-sided kidney involvement. The Sarsaparilla kidney stone constitutional picture — end-of-urination burning, standing-only free urination, sandy urinary deposits and right-sided kidney involvement — identifies this remedy as a constitutional kidney stones homeopathy prescription when these specific features are present.

For calcium oxalate kidney stones in the constitutionally overweight, chilly, slow-metabolic Calcarea carbonica man — the constitutional type whose Psoric-Sycotic metabolic sluggishness produces inefficient calcium metabolism, leading to constitutional excess calcium oxalate crystallisation in the renal tubules. This man has the characteristic Calcarea carbonica head perspiration during sleep, constitutional chilliness and the metabolic insufficiency that produces the excess rather than efficiently utilising dietary calcium. The constitutional Calcarea carbonica picture in kidney stones homeopathy addresses the most common stone type — calcium oxalate — in the constitutional type most predisposed to form it: the Psoric-Sycotic metabolically sluggish, overweight, chilly man.

For the acute kidney stone renal colic constitutional picture with violent, intolerable burning throughout urination — not just at the end as in Sarsaparilla but burning from the moment the stream begins to the moment it ends — accompanied by an irresistible, constant urge to urinate that produces only bloody drops. Cantharis is the primary constitutional remedy for the acute inflammatory phase of kidney stone passage — the constitutional picture of the stone moving through the ureter, producing the intense mucosal irritation and urinary spasm that characterises acute renal colic. While surgical management is primary for large stones, constitutional Cantharis addresses the acute inflammatory constitutional picture and eases passage of smaller ureteric stones.

A specific constitutional remedy in kidney stones homeopathy for uric acid stones — the constitutional Sycotic uric acid excess that produces both renal urate stones and gouty joint deposits simultaneously in the same constitutional picture. The Urtica urens man typically has a history of gout or urticaria alongside the kidney stones — the constitutional Sycotic purine excess expressing in joints (gout), skin (urticaria) and kidneys (urate stones) simultaneously. Burning urination. Sandy deposits. The constitutional Urtica urens picture — uric acid stones with associated gout tendency or urticaria history in a man with constitutional Sycotic purine excess — identifies this as the constitutional kidney stones homeopathy prescription for the urate stone constitutional type.