What should patients with stones eat to help expel stones?

Stones are a common clinical problem, and the problem of stones must be treated by removing the stones. There are many types of stones, and different types require different treatments. For patients with stones, in addition to conventional treatment, special attention should also be paid to diet. Many foods can also help expel stones. So what should patients with stones eat to help expel the stones?

1. Calcium oxalate stones

Avoid eating foods high in oxalic acid such as wild rice stem, edamame, spinach, bamboo shoots, beets, mustard greens, and kale. Avoid foods high in vitamin C such as oranges, apricots, plums, pineapples, hawthorns, lemons, kiwis, cherries, and dates.

2. Calcium urate stones

Avoid eating foods high in uric acid such as clams, river clams, sea cucumbers, liver, tripe, kidney, small intestine, brain, pancreas, hairtail fish, white pomfret, sardines, anchovies, silver carp, herring, mackerel, dried fish, oysters, clams, thick gravy, thick chicken soup and broth, hot pot soup, yeast powder, lentils, black tea, cocoa, coffee, chocolate and other foods high in purine. You can eat more foods low in purine, such as corn, oatmeal, lotus root powder, eggs, fruits, beets, carrots, celery, cucumbers, eggplants, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, and cowpeas.

3. Plum Spade Drink

5 black plums, 100 grams of raw walnut kernels, and appropriate amount of white sugar. Soak the black plums in clean water for 15 minutes, put them into a casserole together with raw walnut kernels and boil them into soup. Just add sugar. Drink plenty of water while taking this medicine, 1 dose/day. It replenishes Qi and produces body fluids, and removes stones and petrifies the body. It is suitable for patients with qi deficiency and inability to expel stones, and has a preventive and therapeutic effect on phosphate stones.