Homeopathy as a saviour for urolithiasis: A narrative review shading light on pathophysiology of renal stones and homeopathy drugs

Kidney stone disease is a crystal concretion formed generally within the kidneys. It an accumulative urological disorder of human health, affecting about 12% world population. Higher risk kidney failure which has been associated with end stage renal failure. Calcium oxalate, forms at Randall's plaque on papillary surfaces, most common type stone. Stone formation highly prevalent, rates up to 14.8% and increasing, recurrence rate 50% first 5 years initial incident. The complex process results from numerous physiochemical events such as, super saturation, nucleation, growth, aggregation, retention urinary constituents tubular cells. Several therapies are being performed for treatment, including thiazide diuretics, allopurinol, painkillers, dietary changes, shock-wave ureterenooscopic percutaneous nephrolithotomy, nephrolithotomy in severe cases. However, side effects that these treatments possess reoccurrence have motivated researchers search better safer options. Homeopathic drugs as well several medicinal plants display antiurolithiatic activity thus perform important role treatment disease. Therefore, present review thereby wants bring attention wonderful homeopathy offering cases urolithiasis very non-invasive economical way not yet popularized.