Kidney stones can be too stubborn, even a minute one can cause lot of pain and might test your patience at times.

• Drink lots of fluid to dilute the urine and flush out the salts and minerals that cluster together to form stones.
• Mix 1tsp fresh basil juice with honey. Have this daily for 6 months for maximum benefit.
• Mix 1tbsp of pomegranate seed powder in 1 cup of horse gram soup (prepared from 2 tbsp horse gram). Pomegranate seeds are considered as a useful treatment for kidney stones.
• If you have calcium oxalate stone then restrict the consumption of foods rich in oxalate namely spinach, parsley, celery, tea, strawberries, blueberries, chocolate, grapes and green pepper.
• Also limit (do not eliminate) the consumption of calcium rich foods – milk and milk products, sesame seeds and leafy vegetables.
• Reduce the intake of coffee, carbonated beverages, pickles, white flour, salt, sugar, processed foods, alcohol and soda.
• If you have uric acid stone then restrict the consumption of purine rich foods namely meat, fish, poultry, lentils, spinach, peas and beans in diet.
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