Are there any home remedies to dissolve kidney stones?
No. If there were any effective treatments of this nature, they would be very well known because stones are so common. However, there are things you can do to inhibit their growth. Most kidney stones are formed of salts that precipitate out of your urine. This may be caused by an excessive amount of these salts in your system, your urine lacking the normal inhibitors against stone formation, side-effects of certain drugs, or certain abnormalities of the renal system such as MSK (Medullary Sponge Kidney). About 80% of stones are formed from calcium salts, the remainder from a variety of other substances. Stones may range in size from something as small as a grain of sand to staghorn stones that may fill most of a kidney. Most stones are small enough to pass on their own, albeit accompanied by significant pain. Some stones are too large to pass or are located in the kidneys and these may require a surgical procedure to remove. Many types of stones can be broken into much smaller pieces u
