Chanca Piedra and Reduced Stone Formation

• Systematic review of pharmacological, complementary, and alternative therapies for the prevention of calcium oxalate stones.

  • 2024-07-04
  • Review
  • Asian journal of urology 12(2)
  • • Christopher Y Z Lo
    • Qian Hui Khor
    • Victor A Abdullatif
    • Cesar Delgado
    • Yadong Lu
    • Jonathan Katz
    • Roger L Sur

  • PubMed: 40458577
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ajur.2024.04.006

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Stone Formation

  • Low evidence
  • Clinical

  Therapies that reduced urinary risk factors and stone formation were Phyllanthus niruri, rice bran, and magnesium hydroxide.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes