25 User Reviews
★★★★★
So, in more recent years, my heart sank when I felt the familiar side/back pain. After a little research I hurriedly ordered capsules of the Chanca Piedra, which has turned out to be life changing for the better! Usually, it just takes two capsules once or twice a day and by the following day at the latest I'm pretty much pain-free.
Well, this past week, i'd been under a lot of stress (loss of a beloved dog, relative coming to visit, etc.) and also was drinking a much higher amount of ACV with honey, stevia and water because it's hot here. I suddenly became nauseated, dizzy, fatigued and in a great deal of pain which kept me from sleeping. I began drinking Vitamin C powder with a little baking soda a few times a day, plus colloidal silver in case of infection.
Due to feeling so poorly physically, it took a day or more for me to suddenly recognize what the pain in my side was! It would also shift to lower back at night. I instantly began taking two capsules of the CP twice a day, which helped, but the pain at times remained almost unbearable. This had never happened before, as it ALWAYS worked at that dose quickly for me.
I came onto this website and saw a comment in which someone related taking the CP capsules every four hours until relief. So I moved up to that amount and began getting wonderful RELIEF. Today for the first time since this started, I felt almost normal the entire day. I'm tapering off of the CP, vitamin C and colloidal silver knowing I'm better.
It's impossible to express how grateful I am for people willing to share their experiences and for this special plant. I believe for whatever the reason/s, one or more extra-large kidney stones became stuck, or perhaps a bunch of them, but the Chanca Piedra came through for me.
I want to add that my neighbor suffered for six months with kidney stones a few years ago, before I knew. He was constantly in pain and going in for checks and procedures. After the last appointment (which I think involved some kind of surgery) he came home and gradually resumed activities. Suddenly, he told me he had another bout of kidney stones beginning! This time I knew and gave him some CP capsules and told him how to take them. Within a day, the neighbor said the problem was resolved!! I think this happened at least one other time and he ended up getting his own bottle.
And today, I just heard of the restaurant manager (where a friend works) breaking down in tears and having to get to the hospital because of a kidney stone/s. I'm going to try to get word to her as well! Because this is such a gentle powerful amazing remedy for humans who have gone through a kidney stone ordeal.
Hi Loretta Joy,
It is worth mentioning that in some people, vitamin C can cause or contribute to kidney stones.
Art
(Long Valley, Nj)
06/30/2024
Chanca Piedra
★★★★★
Her elderly mother was in the hospital. Her mother has many health problems including dementia and heart problems. (I am not even sure why she was in the hospital.)
While in the hospital, her mother was having severe pain but couldn't tell them why (due to the dementia) and our friend and the staff were mystified.
Then our friend remembered that her mother had a history of kidney stones. She asked the doctor if they could check. Sure enough she had kidney stones, according to a scan. They wanted to do surgery, but it would be a few days out and of course, surgery had its own risks with her age and health problems.
Our friend asked if they could try Stone Breaker herb, that her mother had used it before. The hospital was not willing. They said they didn't know how it might interact with her medications, and she had a feeding tube so that complicated giving it to her.
Well, surgery was taking a while to schedule and our friend was very kind and but persistent. She finally found a doctor to agree to try it, even though, he said, it wouldn't help.
They gave her stone breaker 4 times a day. After a couple of days, it was clear that the pain was gone. Surgery seemed to have been forgotten and they were going to send her home.
Our friend asked if they could check about the kidney stones. The doctor was reluctant but did another scan, and what do you know, the stones were gone!
There are several morals to the story - one is that hospital patients benefit greatly by having an advocate, family who knows them, especially. Second is that kindness goes a long way, you catch more flies with honey than vinegar, as the old saying says. And third, stone breaker works!
~Mama to Many~
Chanca Piedra
★★★★★
During the night, I felt very painful area around the liver area, and I thought I was having appendicitis. Went to the emergency ward, and they said it was something else. After doing MRI, it was a kidney stone stuck in the urinary tract between the kidney and bladder. But to proceed with the procedure they said I need to wait another 3 months, because of many others are waiting in line. I could only afford the government funded hospitals.
Tried to research the internet, and I found something about Chanca Piedra. Fortunately, this herbs grows wildly in my garden. I took a bunch of it and simmer it in water and drank it half a cup daily.
To my astonishment, the pain diminished. Previously I couldn't eat too much since if I eat too much it presses on the affected area and it became painful. I couldn't sleep well at night because of back pain and just tossing around the bed became painful. There is something in Chance Piedra that acts as analgesics. After drinking it, I can sleep better since the pain reduces to tolerable threshold.
One day, I have the urge to urinate, and it felt a bit difficult since I need to push harder in order for the urine to flow out. Suddenly, I hear a loud sound from the toilet bowl like a big pebble clashing down the toilet. It was the kidney stone, coming out without any notice. After that I felt a great relief, I can eat more food, since the pain was already gone.
Another thing that I notice is, my blood pressure reduced to a normal level. I've been taking blood pressure medication without any success, it only capable of reducing my reading in a small numbers. I'm not sure what Chanca Piedra has done to my blood pressure, but the normal value persists for a month. But it came back to abnormal level, perhaps because I was not taking Chance Piedra anymore.
Gonna try again if it could fix my blood pressure since changing several bp medications couldn't fix my bp level.
(Hernando MS)
04/24/2023
I have kidney stones at the moment and searching online found out that the BO medication I was put on causes kidney stones in 60 percent of the people on it at about 6 mints exactly how long I've been on and especially women over 60 which I am. It was an FDA study. The medication is losarton potassium which doesn't help bp much. Wondering if you might be on the same. I quit taking it.
Jackie, I formerly had problems with kidney stones, mostly from eating foods containing oxalates, like spinach, peppers, beets, and potatoes. I searched for a natural remedy and read about Chanca Piedra, Spanish for Break Stone. The English call it Royal Breakstone. I ordered Chanca Piedra from Swanson Vitamins and took it as soon as I felt a stabbing pain in my middle back on one side. I would take two capsules and never suffered again from the agony of kidney stones.
My daughter recently was taken to the Urgent Care clinic by her husband due to severe pain in her lower abdomen radiating around to her back. The xrays showed a kidney stone in her ureter, which was bigger than any of the medical staff had ever seen. They could only give her pain meds, and they sent her home with a strainer to catch her urine and to watch for any "sand" from the stone breaking up. Well, at 1:00am after getting a call from her husband, I raced over to the clinic and took her a bottle of Chanca Piedra, which I KNEW would relieve the problem. She took two capsules every 4 hours, and by morning, around 10:00am, she was completely free from pain and found sand in the strainer and continued to see it every time she urinated for the rest of the day. Now she takes Chanca Piedra, one capsule, everyday, just like her Mom!
Chanca Piedra is God's gift to those of us who suffer from kidney stones. Try it! You WILL be so glad you did!
Chanca Piedra
★★★★★
If your stones are formed from calcium, this may be relevant.
Art
(Ny)
11/19/2018
My husband went for cat scan and it was discovered that in addition to his usual handful of kidney stones, he also had visible calcium deposits in his kidneys. The doctor wants to do surgery to suction it out. I would love to find a natural way to get rid of it. He started taking Chanca Piedra recently.
(Faithville, Us)
11/21/2018
Borax displaces calcium out of soft tissue and silica (horsetail) is needed for calcium to go in bones and teeth. So magnesium, vit D-3+K-2, other minerals in balance, and my memory is on vacation lately so you'll have to go read up on it some more . Oh yeah coconut oil is amazing stuff from teeth to rectum for healing organs like kidneys. I make almond biscotti and when I bake it the second time, I butter both sides with coconut oil . Remember all things cause detox die off symptoms so start low dose and stay hydrated.
Chanca Piedra
★★★★★
A friend of mine who has a history of kidney stones recently developed a new case which he hadn't had in years. The pain was bad enough that he had to crawl out of bed very slowly and could not stand up straight for the little while that he was able to get out of bed to go to the bathroom. He started on Chanca Piedra and the pain started to diminish the first day and was gone by the third day, but he continued to take it "just in case".
He took two 500 mg tablets at breakfast, two at lunch and two at dinner and each time with a full glass of water for 3 grams total per day.
Art
(Delta)
06/18/2018
Hello Olamide,
Re your chanca piedra tea, how many cups are you taking per day? My tea packaging says cover and steep minimum 20 mins and consume 5 cups a day for two weeks. If the tea at this strength is not working for you, perhaps capsules at the strength in the above post is worth a try. Although I have always had great results with medicinal teas. The malic acid in Apple cider vinegar is also effective to break the bonds of stones. I would also ensure your supplements do not contain calcium. Best to you
(Ga)
06/19/2018
Have you tried apple cider vinegar? I have passed many kidney stones without pain. It turned mine into a gel like substance. which makes them easier to pass. I take 1 tblsp. of ACV each day for a preventative. If I was suffering, I did not measure, I just turned up the bottle as often as I felt like it.
(Usa)
06/19/2018
Maybe try fresh lemon juice or raw apple cider vinegar instead.
Chanca Piedra
★★★★★
Now I have two methods of getting rid of stones. Oh happy day.
(Massachusetts)
04/29/2017
(Northern California)
02/06/2018
Chanca Piedra
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Chanca Piedra
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She then had me decrease to the normal dosage of just two capsules per day (one morning, one evening... total of 450mgs) to attack the stones before they had a chance to fully form and now I've been 20 months now without one stone. NONE! ZERO! I even had to go back for a scan I had scheduled and my regular doctor was dumbfounded to see that there were no stones visible in the scan (same doctor who told me I was wasting my time with herbs). The previous scan had shown DOZENS of stones but they had all been dissolved. I did later pass one stone but it was tiny and gave me no pain. The rest were just reduced to sand.
The mega lemon regimen did not work for me and just made my stomach hurt but this solution has been a blessing. I did get some pleasure when my regular doctor admitted he was amazed and told me to "keep doing whatever you've been doing" :)
I don't know if you can post photos here on EC but if you can I'll go ask for a copy of my before and after scans.
Chanca Piedra
★★★★★
I gave him two bottles of Chanca Piedra and told him to take 6 capsules per day total at a rate of two capsules three times per day or 3 grams total per day.
From the first day he started taking the chanca piedra, his pain went away and he just called me to say that his urologist took xrays yesterday to decide how they would proceed with his treatment and told him he didn't have any stones and he was very lucky! The doctor asked him what he had done and when he started to tell the doctor about taking chanca piedra, the doctor just stopped him, looked at him like he was crazy and told him, 'whatever you did, just keep doing it'. The doctor also asked him if he passed brown urine (blood) or if it hurt much when they passed. He answered by saying that he had been screening his urine and nothing had shown on the screen and he never felt any of the stones pass and there had been no brown urine! The doctor said, 'I don't understand'.
Cost for this cure.......less than $20 for two bottles of chanca piedra including shipping! It worked just like everyone has said here on EC!
Art
(Uki Nsw)
04/10/2016
★☆☆☆☆
I have a large amount of small kidney stones connected to the meat of the kidney. I have one 8mm stone and have just been told I have quite a few more even larger ones. They are only in my right kidney and none in the left kidney. I have tried stone breaker tea, and the lemon juice, honey and olive oil remedy in equal amounts and none of these remedies worked.
I have Kidney stones, and from what I understand 3 really big ones. And from time to time they remind me that they're there.I had a stent put in about a year ago, to keep me from being, corked up like a champagne bottle by my kidney stones.And at times I will see a little black grain come out.And if I'm not looking, I will miss it. Because the stent allows the little bits that break off from the kidney stones, to pass easily and pain free. However, this only happens a very little bit at a time. (Small pieces breaking off from the stone ). So, after many searches and keywords. I came across CHANCA PIEDRA and went straight to eBay to order so of the dry out herb and a tea infuser. So that I would be able to make tea from it. I also have been marketing Ginger Root tea for a few weeks prior to ordering CHANCA PIEDRA. So now, I find myself having to make two different teas, two different ways, in two different cups. Than drinking two times the amount of liquid. And on top of all that two times the amount of trips to the restroom. Not so bad for my condition and when I'm at home. But, when I go to work, well this can kinda be a bother....😲 So, what I like to know if anyone can help is.... can I mixs the two teas together and still receive the full health benefit from both tees, when mixed together. I don't necessarily need to brew the two together.Only after making the tea from each ingredient then taking them and mixing them together . Well I still receive the full health benefit from each when mixing them together. I feel that this would not only be convenient but, I would only have too store in one jar and take less trips to the restroom. However, if mixing together after brewing the two teas is going to deplete any of the health benefits from either one. Than I will continue making the teas as is. And drinking them about 1hrs after each other. I know that running to the restroom many times is good. Not only for pushing out kidney stones. But, it's also good for the fleshing out and cleansing of the kidneys. However, like I said their is times that this can be a bother. Not only just at work but, at night when trying to sleep.The first two nights I started drinking to two. I was up every 45 minutes to 1hour going pee. So, any knowledge any one may have about this please . I would love to hear from you. Thank you Dave
(Tennessee)
01/25/2018
Dave,
I do not know of a reason to not use those two herbs together. I regularly mix several herbs together for the sake of ease in preparing and taking. You could try it and see what you think.
~Mama to Many~
Hello Dave just a thought, when I finally started drinking the correct amount of liquid for my body to be properly hydrated, 2.2 liters for my 65 kg frame, I was constantly urinating. When I added a decent pinch of unrefined salt to each liter as per the watercure, my body (and each cell) is able to utilise this water better, and it is retained much more with much less 'exiting'. Good choice with the chanca piedra, my canister of tea says 5 cups per day for Stone treatment, I am using only for prevention (One cup per day).
(Serbia)
02/11/2018
Hello, I need to ask you something about Chanca Piedra because people from my country had never heard about it and on the Internet I found almost everything except one thing - is it safe to take 3g per day!? My mom has started a few days ago from a 500mg bottle and we are afraid of dosing more... Please answer to me, I would apreciate!
Chanca Piedra
Chanca Piedra
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(Dallastown, PA)
04/06/2024
Chanca Piedra
★★★★★
Bummer! Urologist wants to go in there, laser it, and leave a painful stent behind. I was willing to do anything to avoid that.
Found this site, read about Chanca Piedra and decided to try it. Took the tea version (ordered from Amazon), twice/day (8 ounces or so at a time). I felt different and though not in much pain, could tell the stone was moving again. Four days later (and two weeks before my surgery), out came the stone! It was still 5mm and rather jagged, but at least is was out. I can't tell you how relieved you feel when you know you don't have to deal with it anymore.
I am convinced this stuff works. Give it a try (be careful as it can mess with your heart and heart rate) and save yourself an expensive and uncomfortable procedure.
Chanca Piedra
Lots of love to all earth-cliniquers. Elisa
(Oakville, Canada)
09/26/2012
Commercial colas do dissolve the calcium in the body. I am not sure whether chanca piedra dissolves the calcium, but it is famously called as Stone Breaker.
From my folk learning it is a liver strengthener, pancreas strengthener. Chanca Piedra is a herb, so use it for the purpose you want to be healed, you will be safe.
FYI, this is a very potent herb.
(Los Angeles)
09/26/2012
There are different forms of calcium and Chanca Pedra effects the calcium-olalate. It does not effect calcium in bone, teeth and denton. If one is still concerned, dry herb cpasules are available.
(San Fernando, Philippines)
09/27/2012
Hi Elisa... It is true that Chanca Piedra is a calcium channel blocker because it solublizes calcium in the body -- which is how it has gained its much-deserved reputation for ridding both gallstones and kidney stones from the body because gallstones and kidney stones contain calcium.
It is also generally true that western diets contain way too much calcium -- in the form of milk, ice cream, yoghurt, cheese etc, which can cause excess calcium problems in the body. Excess calcium in the body will also block the absoption of iodine in the thyroid gland and iodine absorption throughout the rest of the body and so this can significantly contribute to other symptoms and problems like hypothyroid, myalgia pain and loss of energy.
Chanca piedra is also well-known for its anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, lipid lowering, glucose-lowering, blood-pressure-lowering and mildly diuretic effects. CP also has strong hepatoprotective and kidney-protective effects as well. You can see all CP's other beneficial effects here:
http://rainforest-database.com/plants/chanca.htm
http://www.herballegacy.com/Thomas_Medicinal.html
I don't generally use Chanca piedra on a daily basis, but I do use it as a decoction on a monthly basis to help clear any excess calcium from the body and for its liver/kidney protective and reviving effects.
Also, in all the research that I've ever seen on Chanca Piedra, I have never seen any warnings stipulated about its calcium blocking effects in the body(as apart from drug contra-indications). There also seems to be no known overdose limit for Chanca piedra -- the natives in South America have been drinking it as a tonic tea for centuries.
Chanca Piedra
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(Houston, Tx)
09/02/2012
Please share which brand of Chanca Piedra you are using. I have 7mm calcium stone that moved and causing mild hydronephrosis. I am using "Rainforest liquid". So far stone is still there. No pain though. I have been using Chanca Piedra since 17 August. Started with just few drops and last one week full dose (10 drops) once or twice a day. Please reply or email me.
(Dallas, Tx)
09/03/2012
Chanca Piedra
★★★★★
(Akron, Oh)
08/29/2012
I sent this stuff (Chanca Piedra) to my grandma who also had to have them surgically removed or special medication. She had a separate doctor she would visit quite regularly.
I sent her the herb in tea form, already sealed in a tea bag. She would drink a cup 2 times a day several times a week. Fast forward a year and a half. She gets a call from that doctor to find out what's going on as her once regular visits were now zero.
She said she was so well and things seemed so normal that she eventually forgot about the kidney stones. She then recalled why she started drinking the tea I sent her. I love grandma, she is at the age where she forgets things sometimes. She did not realize all that time that it actually worked.
In the beginning before I sent her the tea, she was complaining about how bad the pain was and that she was in the hospital because how bad the pain was. She was dreading that the pain was returning and foreseeing another hospital nightmare. I immediately thought of that tea, bought it online and sent it to her.
