Dietary Recommendations for Urinary Stones, From the Perspective of Persian Medicine and Comparison with Current Management

Abstract

Urinary stone is a common health disorder worldwide. Although there are various pharmacological and surgical therapies for urinary stones, it is still a common emergency complaint that can impose a financial burden on society. Therefore, seeking proper approaches to prevent and reduce the recurrence of urolithiasis is necessary.

Urinary stone has been described in Persian medicine (PM) that widely practiced and accepted. Based on the main PM manuscripts, the present study focuses on the concept of urinary stone as an important systemic disorder in order the development of urinary stones management. Accordingly, lifestyle modification is one of the main approaches to the control and treatment of urinary stones in PM.

This review discusses the etiology of urinary stones and the control and treatment of urinary stones by lifestyle modification, diet, and foodstuffs according to the theory and practice of PM, which can be considered as useful complementary recommendations for controlling urinary stones. Some of these recommendations are approved by numerous studies, and some others should be investigated in further studies.