can you dissolve kidney stones

Answer 1

Usually they are broken up by ultrasound treatment rather than dissolved.

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Kidney stones are notorious for being painful to pass. Though it is advisable to see a doctor for a kidney stone condition, many physicians send patients home to pass minor stones on their own, usually through consuming extra fluids. If you are tired of drinking lots of water to dissolve kidney stones, consider these alternative methods below:

1. Drink beverages containing lemons everyday. Whether you drink real lemonade, lemon juice or just water with a few lemon slices, the acidic nature helps in dissolving kidney stones.
2. Consume cola in moderation. The phosphoric acid in cola is known for dissolving kidney stones naturally, but too much may actually lead to more stones. Drink cola when you are struggling to pass a stone, but otherwise limit your cola intake.
3. Take apple cider vinegar. You can consume 1 tablespoon (14.8 ml) of apple cider vinegar each day, or mix it with water.
4. Use diuretic tea to dissolve kidney stones. Diuretic tea is a mixture of herbs and hot water that encourages your body to urinate often, helping to flush out the stones.

• Combine dandelion, fennel seed, corn silk, oat straw and nettle leaf together in a bowl.
• Boil 1 qt. (.95 L) of water. Mix it with 1/2 tsp. (2.5 ml) of the herb mixture.
• Cover the mixture with a lid. Let it sit for 20 minutes.
• Pour the mixture through a strainer or coffee filter over a tea cup. This will remove the herbs, allowing you to drink the hot water in which they were steeped.
• Drink a cup of the tea in the morning, and a cup at night.

5. Make a tea specifically for dissolving kidney stones.

• Mix hydrangea, cramp bark and wild yam in a pan. Add 48 oz. (1.4 L) of water.
• Boil the mixture. Then lower the heat to a simmer for 15 minutes.
• Remove the pan from the stove.
• Add corn silk, joe-pye weed, yarrow leaf and plantain leaf. Cover the pan with a lid and let the mixture sit for 20 minutes.
• Filter or strain the herbs out of the water. To dissolve kidney stones, drink up to 4 servings of this tea per day. Keep the leftover tea refrigerated.

6. Drink cranberry juice. This beverage features polyphenolic compounds

````that can dissolve kidney stones and flush them out of the body through ````the urine.

Answer 2

Sometimes, with medication, yes - they can be dissolved. But the therapy has never been as consistently successful as the doctors who pioneered it hoped it would be.