Practice of Berberis vulgaris and Lycopodium clavatum in urolithiasis: A systemic review

Abstract

Urolithiasis is the most common disease of urinary tract found worldwide with approaches for its treatment that include the use of various synthetic and natural drugs or surgery in the conventional system of medicine. This systemic review was taken up to evaluate the efficacy of Berberis vulgaris and Lycopodium clavatum in the treatment of urolithiasis. Total 1471 articles were evaluated and after that 7 articles including case reports and studies were selected for systemic review and results. Total 195 patients were treated in these 7 studies and case reports, 7 patients were treated successfully with Berberis vulgaris. Patients treated with Lycopodium clavatum were 188 and the patients treated successfully were 98 (52.6%). Stone as large as 23 mm was expelled using Lycopodium clavatum. Both these homeopathic remedies showed positive results in treating kidney stones and can be a successful alternative of surgical and non-surgical removal of kidney stones