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Herbal teas, infusions, and medicinal plant extracts were the first effective agents for the treatment of urinary stones. Even today, these phytopharmaca play a major role in the therapy and prophylaxis of urolithiasis. They are spasmolytic, analgesic, anti-edematous, litholytic, and diuretic in effect. The effect of a combined preparation of rad. rubiae, fruct. ammeos visnagae, herb. virgaureae, rad. taraxaci, and escin (UROL) on colic, the passage of stones, and recurrent urolithiasis was tested in two studies.
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Schneider, HJ. (1989). Medical Plant Agents in the Treatment and Prophylaxis of Recurrent Urolithiasis. In: Walker, V.R., Sutton, R.A.L., Cameron, E.C.B., Pak, C.Y.C., Robertson, W.G. (eds) Urolithiasis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0873-5_277
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