Urolithiasis

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

尿中时夹砂石，小便艰涩，或排尿时突然中断，尿道窘迫疼痛，少腹拘急，或腰腹绞痛难忍，舌红，苔薄黄

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The urine may contain tiny sand-like particles.
  • Urination is difficult and strained, feeling very rough.
  • The urine stream may suddenly stop during urination.
  • There is a strong sense of urgency and pain in the urethra.
  • The lower abdomen feels tight, cramped, and uncomfortable.
  • Severe colicky pain in the lower back and abdomen, unbearable.
  • The tongue is slightly red.
  • The tongue coating is thin and yellowish.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清热利尿，通淋排石

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help clear heat from the body and promote urination, alleviating discomfort such as fever, irritability, scanty dark urine, or burning and stabbing pain during urination.
  • May help promote smooth urination and expel stones, alleviating symptoms such as difficult urination, lower back and abdominal colicky pain, or sand-like particles in the urine.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

病久砂石不去，伴见少气乏力，舌淡边有齿印，脉细而弱；或手足心热，舌红少苔，脉细带数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The condition persists, stones in the urine cannot be expelled, accompanied by shortness of breath and lack of strength, the tongue is pale with teeth marks on the edges, and the pulse is thready and forceless.
  • Or there may be heat in the palms and soles, a slightly red tongue with little coating, and a pulse that is thready and somewhat rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

益气养阴，清热利湿排石

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help tonify qi and nourish yin fluids, alleviating discomfort such as fatigue, shortness of breath, irritability, thirst, tidal fever, or night sweats.
  • May help clear heat from the body and promote the discharge of damp-turbidity, alleviating discomfort such as body heaviness, scanty dark urine, or burning and stabbing pain during urination.
  • May help promote smooth urination and expel stones, alleviating symptoms such as lower back and abdominal colicky pain, difficult urination, or sand-like particles in the urine.

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The following products are provided for informational reference only and do not constitute medical advice or a prescription. Please refer to the product packaging and instructions, and use them under the guidance of a physician or pharmacist.