دراسة تاثير حجر اليهود في علاج الحصيات الكلوية عند حيوانات التجربة

Background & Objective: The possibility of using some agents used in traditional medicin . Material& methods: Neoziland rabbits was used as experimental animals ; Fossil encrinites was used as a treatment drug ; the disease was induced by injecting 120 mg of sodium glyoxylate intraperitoneally . kidney calculi disease is a common health problem. At least 5% of women and 12% of men during their lives suffer from kidney stones. Lots of herbal drugs and medicinal preparations are used in our country in the treatment of kidney stones. So the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of jews stone Fossil encrinite on calcium oxalate stones (the most common type of kidney stones) caused by injection sodium glyoxylate intraperitoneal in rabbits. Results: we noticed that the administration of jews stone[ Fossil encrinites] powder solute in lemon juice for four weeks is enough to remove the kidney stones. The number and size of stones were microscopically calculated in histological study for all stones in the kidneys of rabbits. The results of this study clearly demonstrated the jews stone Fossil encrinite activity in reducing the number and size of kidney stones. Conculusion : these results suggest that the jews stone Fossil encrinite has special characteristics that make it useful for treating kidney stones.