Therapeutic values of medicinal plants against prevalence of Urolithiasis: A Review

Urolithiasis is a complex process which occurs in approximately 12% of the global population results from a succession of several physiochemical events including super saturation, nucleation, growth, aggregation and retention within the urinary tract. Most common urinary calculi are calcium oxalate stones. Urolithiasis has been also documented in the Ayurveda as mutrashmari and plants used for the treatment called as “Pashanabedha”. Some plants have been successfully used in the treatment of these urinary calculi for ex. Crateva nurvala, Bergenia ciliate, Lepidagathis prostrate etc.