Herbal Alternative for Kidney Stone Diseases

Protective Effect of Sankol Herbal Product on Kidney Stone in Balb/C Mice

Background and purpose: Kidney stone is a common form of kidney disease and many efforts have been made to find medications for its prevention and treatment. Current study evaluated the protective effects of Sankol herbal product in the formation of renal stone in male Balb/c mice. Materials and methods: Nephrolithiasis was induced in male Balb/C mice within 21 days by adding 75% ethylene glyc...

Herbal medicines used in kidney diseases in Europe.

Herbal Medicines for Inflammatory Diseases

1 Laboratory of Clinical Biology and Pharmacogenomics and Center for Clinical Research and Genomics, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea 2 Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea 3 Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, East Ch...

Herbal treatment for renal diseases.

Renal fibrosis is a common consequence of chronic kidney diseases (CKD). Standard therapy to prevent progression of CKD in western medicine includes dietary protein restriction, blood pressure control, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition and angiotensin receptor blockade. However, little is known about the renoprotective effects of Chinese herbal medicine. Cumulative evidence suggests that...

Herbal Medicines for Cardiovascular Diseases

The global burden of disease has driven a broad shift from communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional causes to noncommunicable diseases. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the most prevalent cause of human morbidity and mortality all over the world [1]. According to the survey by Global Burden of Disease Study, 29.6% of all deaths worldwide were caused by CVDs in 2010 [2]. It is esti...