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1. Overview and Causes
2. Symptoms
3. TCM Effectiveness and Evaluation
4. Common Syndromes and Treatments in TCM
  a. Qi-stagnation
  b. Damp-heat type
  c. Kidney-Deficiency Type
5. Healing by Other Therapies
  a. Qigong and other
  b. Medicated diet
  c. Life style


1. Overview and Causes

Kidney stones are deposits of mineral or organic substances formed in the kidney or the kidney tubes. The size varies from little sand particles to the size of a walnut.

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2. Symptoms

Kidney stones: there is a dull pain in one side of the low back, the pain radiates from the loin to the groin. In some cases, there is hematuria (blood in urine) or pus cells in the urine and the patient may have fever.
Ureteral calculus: There is an acute pain in one side of the upper abdomen and the low back with hematuria. The pain can radiate to the part above iliac crest (most prominant bony part of the hip bone) and external side of the abdomen or the thigh, testicle and vulva region depending on the positions of the stones.
Vesical calculus: The pain is often severe at the end of urination. Pain occurs in lower abdomen and may radiate to the perineum (anal region). Other symptoms are difficulty in starting urination and hematuria at the end of urination, urgent and frequent micturition. -- Urethral Calculus: Pain during urination with difficulty in passing urine, the stream of urine being poor and in the from of scanty drops, or even retention (failure to pass urine) may occur.
X-ray examination: the majority of stones can be found in the urogram.
The laboratory tests: there are red blood cells in the urine. If there is kidney damage, urea nitrogen and creatinine tests will be remarkable.

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3. TCM Effectiveness and Evaluation

a. Acupuncture can reduce the pain right away.
b. Chinese herbal medicine can melt the stones very well and very fast.
c. Since the treatment can clean up the heat and urinary system very well, the complications such as kidney damage can be avoided.
d. It takes about two to four weeks for removing the stones

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4. Common Syndromes and Treatments in TCM

This ailment, according to TCM, has different syndromes. The treatment for these syndromes using herbal medicine and acupuncture is shown below.

Syndrome (a)
Qi-stagnation

There is a sharp pain, dull ache or even paroxysmal (in the form of attacks) colicky pain accompanied with nausea, vomiting and hematuria. Tongue with white and greasy fur and tight and taut pulse.

To treat by Herbal medicine
Therapeutic principle: promoting the circulation of qi, inducing diuresis (loss of excess water from the body), relieving the difficulty in urination and removing the stones.

Prescription/Formula: Modified Pyrrosia Decoction. Lysimachia 30g, Pyrrosia 30g, Chinese pink herb 15g, Plantain seed 15g to be wrapped in a piece of cloth). Cluster mallow fruit 15g, Talc 15g, Oriental water plantain rhizome 15, Citron fruit 15g, Vaccaria seed 15g, Radish seed 15g, Rhubarb 3-6g.

  

To treat by Acupuncture and Moxibustion

  

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Syndrome (b)
Damp-heat type

There is a pain continuously in one side of the abdomen and the low back. The patient has fever, frequent and urgent urination, cloudy or bloody urine, and pyuria (pus in the urine). The patients' tongue is yellow with greasy fur and a rapid pulse.

To treat by Herbal medicine
Therapeutic principle: Clearing away pathogenic (disease producing) heat and dampness, relieving difficulty in urination and removing the stones.

Prescription/Formula: Modified Eight Health Restoring Powder. Lysimachia 15g, Pyrrosia leaf 10g, plantain seed 10g, wolfberry achyanthes root 10g, Climbing fern spore 10g. Prostrate knotweed 10g, Chinese pink herb 10g, Bighead atractylodes rhizome, Chinese angelica root.10g Phellodendron bark 10g, Corydalis tuber 10g.

  

To treat by Acupuncture and Moxibustion
Prescription/Formula: St 25, St28, St 31, Gb 34, Lr 3.

a. Pain in one side of the abdomen or middle back, sharp pain with nausea, low fever, difficulty in urination and constipation.
b. Ultrasound or X-ray study may reveal the location and the size of the stones.
c. The blood and urination tests will be helpful.

  

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Syndrome (c)
Kidney-Deficiency Type

There is a chronic process, in which the patient feels weak and has a chronic ache in the waist and limbs, fullness of the abdomen, scanty urination. The patient has a pale tongue with thin and whitish fur, and deep , thready pulse.

To treat by Herbal medicine
Therapeutic principle: Supplementing Qi, reinforcing the kidney, relieving difficulty in urination and removing the stones.

Prescription/Formula: Modified Kidney-Yang-Reinforcing decoction. Prepared rehmannia root 15g, Wolfberry fruit 15g, Dogwood fruit 15g, Achyranthes root 15g, Bighead atractylodes rhizome 15g, eucommia bark 10g, Cinnamon bark 6g, Pilose asiabell root 25g, Lysimachia 30g, Climbing fern spore 30g.

  

To treat by Acupuncture and Moxibustion
  

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5. Healing by Other Therapies

(a) Qigong and other therapies

For effect of Qigong on the Nervous System Function, click here.

Generally speaking, Qigong is good for healing effect of this specific ailment, however individual results may vary. It improves the flow of the qi and the circulation of the blood, so you'll experience more energy, but, you won't see/ feel any immediate effects, as with many exercises and therapies, it takes a few weeks or even months of practice before you'll see any significant improvements.

The following types of Qigong may help:

For the information of different types of Qigong ,just click a link above.

This information is for education purpose only. We strongly advise you seek a licensed Qigong master to learn the correct ways to conduct these exercises before attempting them.


(b) Medicated diet
1) Lophyatherum 30g, 10 Dates, Green Tea 60g, 3 liters of water.
Cook them as the soup for three- days supply; Take it twice a day.
(c) Life style
a. Drinking 6-7 glasses of water daily is necessary.
b. Try to avoid seafood and red meat.
c. Avoid urinary infections.
d. Do not eat too much calcium containing food and avoid large glasses of milk daily as the increased content of calcium helps in the stone formation in the kidneys.
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