How to improve the stone body

Stone body, mainly related to the patient’s diet and lifestyle habits, for example, some people usually do not drink water only like to drink drinks or high intake of oxalic acid containing drugs, this lifestyle is prone to stone recurrence. Therefore, it is necessary to change the lifestyle habits to change the stone body. In terms of TCM treatment, the first point is to distinguish between yin and yang. There are both yang and yin body types. For yang body type, the clinical manifestations of patients are mainly damp-heat type. In the clinical situation, we need to clear heat and dampness, reduce the source of dampness and heat, and prevent dampness and heat from decocting fluid and refining it into stones. In this case, we mainly use Chinese medicine prescriptions such as Da Chai Hu Tang and Yin Chen Artemisia Tang to clear heat and dampness, drain stones and soften them. Then there are patients with yin constitution, which are often seen clinically with the liver meridian deficiency cold evidence type. This type of patient often has clinical symptoms such as fear of cold, intolerance of sound, and easily frightened. This type of body needs to be treated by warming the meridians, dispersing cold, and warming the liver, usually using Chinese herbal formulas such as Angelica Sinensis Si-wei Tang or Angelica Sinensis Si-wei Plus Wu Ju Guo Sheng Jiang Tang. Lastly, to improve the stone body, the herbal remedies should be combined with the improvement of lifestyle.