R27 | Renal calculi – drainage remedy
Indications
Renal calculi, nephrolithiasis; sharp, shooting pains in the kidneys (renal area), lower back pain; pains in the sacral region; urine appears albuminous and contains: blood, epithelial and amorphous cellular casts, sediment, and oxalic acid.
Mode of action
Acidum nitricum: Hyperoxaluria; renal calculi composed mainly of oxalic acid; painful urination; urine has an offensive or strong odour.
Berberis vulgaris: Renal calculi with sharp pains which radiate outwards or downwards, low back pain which extends from the kidneys; pains cause stiffness and immobility, must lean to the right to relieve the pain; urine is reddish and albuminous; pain aggravated by pressure.
Calcarea renalis: An effective constitutional remedy.
Lycopodium: Painful urging for urination; reddish sediment in the urine; right sided renal colic; renal calculi; pains extending from the urethra to the bladder; impotence.
Sarsaparilla: Urinary sediment; acute pains during urination, which subside once urine has been passed; urinary incontinence.
Remedies to be considered
- Drainage remedy.
- Renal inflammation, inflammation of the bladder, peritonitis, metritis: R18, BC-10
- Cystitis, cystopyelitis, and bacteriuria: R18, in addition to, or in alternation with R2, BC-10
- Prostatic hypertrophy accompanied by cystitis: R25
- Colic due to renal calculi: R37 or R37 JUNIOR, 10 drops in some water administered at 15-30 minute intervals, BC-3
- Albuminuria, nephrosis: R64
- Hypertension: BIO 85, R185
Clinical experience
- Regarded as a drainage formula, 5-10 drops 3 times daily for 4-6 weeks.
- Acutely, 5-10 drops every 30 minutes in alternation with R18, BC-10
- If associated with poor calcium assimilation, consider R34.