Ayurvedic & Panchakarma for kidney stone treatment at Ayurvidhi Clinic in Pune
16 Nov, 2025
Dr. Kaustubh Bathe0 commentsNovember 16, 2025Ayurveda, Basti, Diet, Panchakarma, Uncategorized, Vamana

Ayurvedic & Panchakarma Treatment for Kidney Stones (Mutrashmari)

Kidney stones are one of the most common and painful urinary disorders seen today. Known as Mutrashmari in Ayurveda, this condition occurs when mineral deposits accumulate and form hard stone-like masses in the kidneys or urinary tract.
Poor diet, dehydration, stressful lifestyle, and improper metabolism have made kidney stones increasingly common even in younger individuals.

Ayurveda provides a holistic, natural, and effective approach to dissolve stones, relieve pain, prevent recurrence, and improve overall urinary health.

Understanding Kidney Stones in Ayurveda (Mutrashmari)

Ayurvedic texts describe Mutrashmari as a Tridoshaja Vyadhi, mainly dominated by Vaata and Kapha dosha imbalance. When Kapha increases, it causes thickening and accumulation of minerals, while aggravated Vaata leads to obstruction and pain.

There are different types of kidney stones in Ayurveda based on dosha dominance, but the general treatment focuses on:

  • Removing obstruction

  • Regulating urine flow

  • Breaking down the stone

  • Preventing recurrence through detox and diet

Causes of Kidney Stones

1. Lifestyle & Dietary Causes

  • Drinking insufficient water

  • Excess intake of salty, sour, spicy, and oily foods

  • High consumption of tea, coffee, alcohol, and aerated drinks

  • Eating food containing high oxalates (spinach, nuts, chocolate)

  • Skipping meals or eating incompatible foods

2. Metabolic Causes

  • High calcium or uric acid levels

  • Poor digestion (weak Agni)

  • Excessive sweating

3. Other Causes

  • Holding urine for long periods

  • Sedentary lifestyle

  • Genetic predisposition

Ayurveda emphasizes that weak digestion and impaired metabolic fire play a major role in stone formation.

🔍 Symptoms of Kidney Stones (Mutrashmari)

  • Sharp, severe pain in the lower back, abdomen, or sides

  • Radiating pain toward the groin

  • Burning sensation or pain during urination

  • Blood in urine (Hematuria)

  • Frequent urge to urinate

  • Nausea, vomiting

  • Reduced urine output

  • Cloudy or foul-smelling urine

Pain can be intermittent or constant depending on the size and movement of the stone.

🌿 Ayurvedic Treatment of Kidney Stones

Ayurvedic treatment focuses on breaking the stone (Ashmaribhedana), flushing it out naturally, reducing pain, and preventing recurrence by balancing doshas.

1. Herbal Medicines (Aushadhi Chikitsa)

Some commonly used Ayurvedic herbs and formulations:

  • Helps break stones and clears urinary obstruction

  • Known as the stone-breaking herb

  •  Diuretic, anti-inflammatory, improves urine flow

  •  Reduces swelling and detoxifies kidneys

  •  Dissolves calcium oxalate stones

  • Strengthens kidneys and urinary tract

The herbal Treatment work synergistically to dissolve stones and improve kidney function.

🧴 2. Panchakarma Treatment for Kidney Stones

Panchakarma is extremely effective for detoxifying the urinary system and preventing recurrence.

💧 1. Virechana (Therapeutic Purgation)

  • Eliminates excess Pitta and toxins from the body

  • Reduces inflammation and burning sensation

🫙 2. Basti (Medicated Enema Therapy)

  • Best for Vaata imbalance, which causes obstruction and severe pain

  • Specific bastis like Dashmool Basti relieve spasm and facilitate stone movement

💆 3. Snehana & Swedana (Oil Massage & Steam)

  • Relaxes lower abdominal muscles

  • Reduces pain and supports easy passage of stones

🌿 4. Uttarbasti (Specialized Therapy – done cautiously under expert supervision)

  • Helps in chronic urinary tract obstructions

  • Effective in recurring kidney stones

🌾 5. Hydration Therapy with Ayurvedic Decoctions

  • Special herbal decoctions are used to flush out stones naturally

These therapies reduce pain, detoxify kidneys, and improve urinary flow without surgical intervention (for small to medium stones).

🍃 Diet & Lifestyle for Kidney Stone Prevention

✔️ What to Include

  • 8–10 glasses of water daily

  • Coconut water

  • Barley water

  • Horse gram soup

  • Light, easily digestible meals

  • Fresh fruits like pomegranate, banana, and watermelon

❌ Avoid

  • Tomatoes (seeds), brinjal, spinach, beetroot

  • Caffeine and energy drinks

  • Excess salt and sour foods

  • Red meat and oily foods

  • Alcohol

🧘 Lifestyle

  • Don’t hold urine

  • Regular walking and gentle yoga

  • Maintain healthy digestion

🌼 Benefits of Ayurvedic & Panchakarma Treatment

  • Natural stone dissolution

  • Pain relief without sedation

  • Detoxification of kidneys and urinary tract

  • Strengthens renal function

  • Prevents recurrence

  • No side effects

  • Improves digestion and metabolism

Conclusion

Kidney stones can be extremely painful, but Ayurveda offers a safe, holistic, and effective solution that targets the root cause rather than only treating symptoms.
At Ayurvidhi Clinic through our expert and widely tested combinations of stone-dissolving herbs, Panchakarma therapies, dietary changes, and lifestyle modifications, kidney stones we managed naturally and future recurrences prevented.

Contact Ayurvidhi Clinic for consultation on Panchakarma & kidney stone treatment. For appointment call us

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Dr. Kaustubh BatheJune 21, 2023Ayurveda, Uncategorized

11 Yoga-asana you should start this International Yoga Day!!!

 Yoga is a word derived from the Sanskrit word “yuj” which means to connect. It helps to maintain the connection between mind, body & soul.  Nowadays yoga is popularised for maintaining health and body posture.

Let’s find some easy yoga-asana that you can do easily at home to maintain your health:

1. Tadasana (ताडासन):

This is a standing asana done standing straight and raising hands above.

Benefits: Helps to develop steadiness in the body. Releases stress on arms, legs, and back muscles.

2. Paad-angushthasana (पाद-अंगुष्ठ-आसन): This asana is one of the basic. In simple terms touching your own toes. It can be done while standing or sitting on the ground.

Benefits: Beneficial for spine health. Also helps to relive the abdomen pain that occurs during menstruation

3. Vrukshasana (वृक्षासान): This is a tree similar position created by standing on one leg with other folded and relaxed on the thigh of other muscle.

Benefits: Helps to develop the balance, concentration.

4. Trikonasana (त्रिकोणासन): Triangle pose made by touching our feets with crossed leg with wide open apart.

Benefits: Helps to release the stress of spine by twisting of muscles attached to it. Muscles of hips are stretched which helps in people having sitting jobs.

5. Vajrasana (वज्रासन): Thunderbolt pose or diamonds pose. This is simple sitting pose by kneeling and sitting back on legs to take weight off your knees.

Benefits: It is beneficial to do this asana for few minutes after meal to improve digestion. Also helps to improve strength of muscles of thigh and calves.

6. Shashakasana (शशंकासन) : Rabbit pose done by first sitting in vajrasana and then bending forward and stretching the arms.

Benefits: Helps to releves the stress and tension. Improves gut health and helps in constipation.

7. Bhujangasana (भुजंगसन): Cobra pose done sleeping on your belly then lifting the upper body from hip with help of hands.

Benefits: Helps to relieve stress. Helps to stretched abdomen which improves gut health. Good to improve the respiratory system.

8. Padmasana (पद्मासन): Lotus Pose. It is a modified Indian sitting pose done by crossed leg and resting feet on either laps facing upwards.

Benefits: Ideal for meditation. Improves muscle strength of hip muscle and thigh muscle. This asana helps to upward the blood flow toward navels which helps to improve the digestion and gut health.

9. Ardhahalasana (अर्धहलासन): This is the asana done sleeping back on and lifting both legs from hips by making 90 degree angle in the leg and hip.

Benefits: Relieves muscle tension of calf muscle and feet.

10. Pawanmuktasana (पवनमुक्तासन): This asana performed by one leg hold closed to the stomach while other is rotated in the air making an imaginary circle.

Benefits: Helps to release gases and flatulence. Helps in digestion.

11. Surya-namaskara (सूर्य नमस्कार): A complete yoga-asana actively involves all the muscle of body. It is set of  asana done in a uniformly active speed of motion.  It is good combination of asana and pranayama.

Benefits: Helps to stretch every muscle of body and release its tension. It helps to improves digestion and the gut health.

Precaution to be taken:

People suffering from arthritis, severe osteoporosis, old age patient are advised to by expert advise.

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