Abstract

*Mohammad Shamim Khan and Sartaj Ahmad

ABSTRACT

Hisat-e-Kulyah (nephrolithiasis) is a most common disease of urinary system. It affects 10-12% of the population in industrialized countries which is caused by a complex process of several physicochemical events including super saturation, nucleation, growth, aggregation and retention with the kidney. Present paper deals with a case study was conducted on a 36 years old male having multiple calculi (10-12) of size 3-4 mm in left kidney and a single stone of sizes 4.5 mm at lower end of left ureter, were treated with Qurs-e-Kaknaj, Qurs Kushta Hajrul Yahood, Jawarish Zaruni and Sharbat-e-Bazuri Motadil. Efficacy of the drugs was assessed on the basis of subjective and objective parameters. Ultrasonography (USG) of abdomen was performed at base line, post treatment of 2 months and 4 months subsequently. The follow-up observation was 15 days and duration of study was 4 months. The clinical improved response was excellent and significant after 15 days of treatment. USG finding was suggestive of absence of any calculus in the left kidney and uereter after 4 months of Unani treatment without operation. The formulations were found to be safe, effective and to prevent urinary supersaturation of lithogenic substances.