Stone, cystine


Look-up:   Digest / Liver


Pathology: Urinary gravel due to hereditary inability to metabolize cystine, ornithine, arginine, and lysine.

Symptoms: frequent gravel.
Signs:

Note:

Approach: Simple kidney tonic approach: more frequent passing of smaller stones.

Contra-indicated:

Herbs:
Tonic
Eupatorium purpureum 7 gm
Arctostaphylos uva- 7 gm
Apium graveolens 14 gm
Dioscorea villosa 7 gm
Rubus spp. 14 gm
Simmer in 1.5 litres of water for 20 minutes. Dose:(2 tbsp, 3 x daily).

Supplements:

DiffDiag:


Diseases: Signs (SI) & Symptoms (SY) or Cause (CA)
See Purpose-Herbs Cross-reference.


Purpose-Herbs Cross-reference.


 

 

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