Ethnobotanical Survey on Antiurolithiatic Activity of Some Medicinal Plants

Abstract

Now a day's 80% of world population depends on herbal drugs. Apart from the synthetic drugs, Herbs has a medicinal properties as they have active constituents which are found to be more beneficial with less or no side effects. On the other hand overuse of synthetic drugs has create an interest to return to natural remedies. Prevalence of kidney stones or calculi is most common and painful disorder in population these days. Urinary stones are found in all parts of the urinary tract, the kidney, the Ureter and urinary bladder. Different causes of renal calculi are deposits of minerals, infections, hereditary factors. This may result into uremia, pyelonephritis , kidney failure etc. In the present study has been made to prominence and potential of herbal option for urinary stone or renal stone.