Therapeutic evaluation of unani pharmacopoeial formulations for hisat-e-kulyah [nephrolithiasis]

ABSTRACT

Nephrolithiasis is one of the most common health hazards worldwide. Despite advance technology of lithotripsy the management of renal calculi remains a challenge. Most of the Indian patients prefer alternative medicine rather undergoing painful surgery. The present paper deals with case study in which a 33 years old male patient of bilateral multiple renal calculi was treated with Unani pharmacopoeia! medicine Qurs Kaknaj, Qurs Kushta Hajnd Yahood, Arq Kasni and Sharbat-e-Buzoori Motadil as oral medication. Patient showed promising result in subsequent investigations and finally recovered from renal calculi without undergoing surgery?