Antiurolithiatic activity of medicinal plants and Siddha Formulatory Medicines: A Review
Abstract
Urolithiasis or urinary calculus is the formation of stones anywhere in the urinary tract. Standard pharmaceutical drugs used to prevent or treat urolithiasis are not effective in all cases, costly, quite common recurrences, risk of potential side effects and no guarantee. Despite the improvements in invasive medical techniques (Like Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL), Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) etc.) the worldwide incidence of urolithiasis is quite high. Numerous medicinal plants have been chosen as an effective treatment of urolithiasis as they inhibit kidney stone. The use of medicinal plants assume important in siddha system of medicine. In aspect of urolithiasis treatment, the medicinal plants have the potency to interrupt in the stone formation as well as efficacy to break the formed stone. So, in this present review evaluates data from in vitro and in vivo studies of medicinal plants and clinical trials of siddha formulatory medicines revealed that the potential usefulness of herbal medicines in the management of urolithiasis.
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