Lemon & Olive Oil: Effective Kidney Stone Home Remedy

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Posted by Eva (Chattanooga, tn) on 01/05/2009
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I drink fresh squeezed lemon juice every day, in addition I cook with massive amounts of lemon and olive oil, I supplement acv daily and viola, I presently have 3 stones. There is certainly not any truth to this, or I would not have them.

Replied by T
(Maryland, USA)
01/05/2009

I occasionally see people state here that a remedy isn't 'real' or 'true' when it's obviously worked for others. When you say "There is certainly not any truth to this", you're basically calling those others liars; at the least it's a presumptuous statement. I haven't had a need to use this particular remedy myself but I would ask if you have actually ever taken it AS RECOMMENDED, i.e. taken together and not simply ingesting the olive oil part by way of cooking with it. And what is the rest of your diet like and your overall health? These too are contributing factors.

Different things will work (or not) for different people, for many reasons. If you're going to try a remedy, at least give it a fair shake by trying it in the manner recommended by those who have had success with it before dismissing it as not right for you. It's great to get feedback where something DIDN'T work for someone as well as when it did; this gives us all a better idea of what we may want to try ourselves. But remember that just because something didn't work for YOU does not mean it isn't 'real' or 'true' for others.

Replied by Joyce
(Joelton, Tn)
01/05/2009
490 posts

Hello Eva, You say you are drinking fresh squeezed lemon juice and cooking with massive doses of olive oil, but have you tried taking the olive oil with the lemon juice as the people said got rid of their stones? Don't knock it until you have, because cooking anything sort of changes the chemical composition of whatever is cooked. Why don't you try it the way they said it worked, before you say it can't be true?

We will await your report on the results of your honest test of the remedy.

Replied by Sangeetha
(Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands)
01/06/2009

Or, it may be that your stones are not made of Calcium Oxalate?!

Replied by Elaine
(Edmond, Oklahoma)
12/10/2009
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This is to Eva in Chatanooga - There are three kinds of kidney stones. I have the second most common kind of stones. The lemon and olive oil didn't work for me. Perhaps the olive oil and lemon juice only work on the most common kind. If anyone out there knows of a treatment for other kinds of stones, please let me know.

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Posted by Joey (New Delhi, India) on 12/27/2008

I have been suffering from ureteric stones for last 20 years. I had to undergo open surgery in 1995, since dormia basketing failed to 'grab' the stone during the procedure (left ureter). In 2006, I again suffered from uretric stone (left ureter), which, however, passed out by itself after some pain. In November 2008, I underwent dormia basketing again, to extract a 9 mm stone from my right ureter. Just as I am recovering now (December 2008), I am feeling some pain in my left flank. I am afraid of undergoing another hospitalization. I am contemplating the olive oil lemon juice self medication. What does oz stand for? Ounce? Can somebody please give me the exact composition of the concoction in ml? How much ml of lemon juice and how much ml of olive oil? Should the dose be repeated or taken once? Empty stomach? When should it be taken? Please do give details. All help will be highly appreciated. My stone extracted in November 2008 was analysed as mixed calcium oxalate + urate composition. Please help.

EC: Oz = Ounce

Try conversions on this website: http://www.onlineconversion.com/cooking_volume.htm

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Posted by Jay (New Haven, U.S.A.) on 12/21/2008
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Olive oil and lemon juice mix. I read this board several times and have decided to try it. A few years ago, I was in a car accident and had some pretty nasty lower back pains. While I don't think the two we're related...the x-rays showed I had a pretty good sized stone(I think it was 8mm) I had lithotripsy done and never really felt 100%. On and off through the years... I'd get pain. Earlier this year, I could not believe the pain I had. I left my job and drove myself to the E.R. Sure enough, I had blood in my urine and a stone was trying to pass. Hard to believe in three years time a 7mm stone re-formed. Needless to say, in the following days, I drank water and even tried cranberry juice like mad. A few days went by(The Dr prescribed flo-max and I stayed home for a few days) and sure enough, I passed a stone while on the job pain free. It's now December and I've had a few pain free passings of these little buggers. Up until this morning. I think one is trying to get out, so I re-freshed this board, mixed up some olive oil and lemon juice (God that stuff tastes awful!) and downed it. Followed by three glasses of water. I'm keeping my fingers crossed it passes pain free. Thanks for sharing the info on this site!

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Posted by SP (London, UK) on 12/19/2008
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Guys This works..It really Works..You cant imagine how relieved I'am..Thx a million to this site and all others who shared their experiences..Actually other user stories on this site kept me believed and also gave me strength in my last few very difficult days..

I had sudden severe pain in my right abdomninal area last wednesday..I was unable to figure out what was happening as i never experienced pain like that in my life..Believe me its horrible...I was rushed into emergency section and after CT scan they have confirmed i got a kidney stone..I was scared of surgery which is scheduled for next week but luckily I found this site...

3oz LEMON juice + 3oz OlIVE oil is the magic formula..Initially i had only 1 oz lemon+1 oz olive (2 times a day)for 3 days but it didnt work...so I took 3oz lemon + 3ozOlive this morning and guess what with in 4 hours I passed the dark brown stone of size 3mm..huffff..what a relief...

Guys you are not losing anything if it doesnt work but trust me its worth giving a try..GOOD LUCK..

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Posted by Joanna (Santa Fe , New Mexico) on 12/14/2008
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Kideny stones/kidney debris.
The lemon juice (2 oz), olive oil (2 Tbsp,) and Stone Free from Planetary Herbals, Michael Tierra (5 the first 3 days, 4 times a day; now 3 tablets 3 times a day with the lemon juice and oil) has changed my life. The back pain I had put off to my scoliosis, and the groin pain from sitting for college classes, however, when they both came on together and persisted for 6 weeks my daily life became really overwhelming. I got relief from both within 36 hours from the above combination. Now, 2 weeks later I get twinges in my back and groin but water keeps the above combination keeps pain from returning. However, in continuing with the lemon juice, olive oil, Stone free, physical activity and hot baths I realize had this condition for a long time. I think I have had blockage in my bladder (the groin pain) from having a seven year bout with food poisoning and just plain lowered functioning kidneys from my scoliosis. These last two weeks have removed the acute pain and although I still have a dull ache especially in the morning, I am going to keep this in my daily/weekly regime. I am sleeping better and am way more relaxed. Thank you for your web site as I had spent several hundred dollars with X-rays (that showed nothing), body work, PT, and even seeing an orthopedic surgeon. I love natural healing.

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Posted by Ben (Atlanta, Georgia) on 12/13/2008
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I have no experience with Kidney pain except for the last four weeks. I have had pain in my middle left back for weeks and was growing very concerned. In surfing the web, I found this sight and read about the Olive Oil and Lemon Juice remeday. Bottom line, my pain is GONE. I took two ounces of fresh lemon juice and two ounces of raw olive oil twice a day. One in the AM and one in the PM. Day one I feld absolutely no relief. Day two, no realief what so ever. Day three, I woke up and was very amazed that I had no pain. I drank my "cocktail" and got on with my day. No pain all day. WOW. So here I am in day four feeling great with no pain at all. I so very happy I found this sight and I have very little doubt that this remeday worked for me.

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Posted by Darryl (Hamilton, New Zealand) on 12/13/2008
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I have had kidney stones 2 times before, and when i started feeling the symptoms again, I knew I was in for it. To cut a long story short, after being hospitalized and having a CT scan, they found a 2mm stone. Doctors said that it will pass naturally and theres nothing natural or medical that they can do. So I went home in great discomfort with a prescription for pain relief and went searching for natural remedies on the net and came across the olive oil and lemon treatment (about 3oz of each). I was a bit skeptical, but I mixed the two ingredients, swallowed it followedd by a large glass of purified water and within 4 hours,I passed the stone through painlessly (although I couldnt see it in the toilet bowl, I knew it had passed), and my aches and pains have gone (although I seem to be sleeping alot). My stools are a little soft, but I took another dose this morning just to be sure theres nothing left in my kidneys, and will probably take it every 6 months or so, just to keep on top of it. Cant believe Doctors cant recommend this treatment. Thank you.

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Posted by Dana (Clinton, La) on 12/09/2008
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Since 2001 I have had three surgeries for removal of kidney stones to large to pass. Two years ago, I stumbled across this web site and tried the Lemon Juice & Olive Oil remedy. I still get some stones almost every other month, but with this remedy I pass them without any pain or discomfort. At the first of each month I drink the four ounces of mixture four times a day for three days. This routine, for me, flushes all the stones out. This past month I passed two stones each almost 2.3 mm. with absolutely no pain or discomfort.

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Posted by Darryl (Chicago, IL) on 12/09/2008
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I just went through my 4th bout of kidney stones in 30 years. I went into the emergency room one week ago where they CT scanned a 4mm stone. After the usual morphine and begging to go home since I knew they couldn't do much for me there other than load me up with morphine for the pain, I was released. 6 days and no stone. 3 more days until surgery is scheduled to pull it out. My wife ran across this site and immediately ran out and got fresh lemons and olive oil. She made me the shooter of 2 oz. of each mixed together and I chased it with water. At 11:30 the following morning I passed the stone. A mere 16 hours after trying the remedy. After 6 days of usual fluid loading, all it took was this remedy. I am an old pro at kidney stones, but this one taught me something new. Thanx for the remedy and I would highly suggest it to anyone suffering the agony of kidney stones. The taste of this is nothing compared to the pain.

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Posted by Sangeetha (Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman) on 12/08/2008

I felt pain on the right side sometime in April 2008. Since neither I nor anyone in my family ever had a kidney stone, I didn't know why the pain was. I thought I had pulled a muscle and so went for physiotherapy. After several sessions of physio, the pain didn't go away, so then the physiotherapist suggested I do an abdomen ultrasound. I didn't take that seriously as I thought it was only a muscle pull and will go away, but as it dind't go away till end of May 08, I went for abdomen ultrasound and found a 5 mm stone stuck in my kidney. As the pain was bearable, the doctor told me to just drink lots of water. I have been patiently doing it until now (Dec 08). As I was still feeling a little discomfort on the right side almost all the time, I went for another ultrasound (I didn't agree to go for CT scan) and found the stone was still there, around 4.8 mm (the ultrasound was done at 2 difernet place, so may be .2 mm loss). The doctor advised me just plenty of water again.

I surfed the net and came across lemon and olive oil remedy on your website. I started if 3 days ago, on Saturday. Since then until this morning (Monday) I have taken 5 doses of 2 oz lemon juice and 2 oz olive oil mixed together. For the first dose, I didn't have fresh lemons at home and so used 1 oz of bottled juice from concentrate with 2 oz olive oil. That made me have loose motion. Since then I have had fresh lemon juice with olive oil. After the first shot the discomfort was gone. But the next day its back and even now its there. Even today with fresh lemon too, I have passed motion several times and am feelling very weak. Also I have lost appetite. I am wondering if it is alright to continue taking this mixture for 2-3 more days (in the hope that it will come out) or is it too much work on my kidneys and body to digest it. I am a small/medium woman (120 lb), does that need any change in the quantiies?

Any other alteration required for this shot, eg. drink more often or just once in the morning and once in the night is enough?

I do not know what kind of stone I have. Just hoping this will help me. Please let me know if it is ok to use this remedy for a few more days. I am a single mother of 6 yr old daughter, so don't want to be in bed due to this shot as then there is no one to take care of my daughter.

Thank you.

Replied by Sangeetha
(Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands)
12/09/2008

Hi: This is following my post of yesterday. I took the lemon & olive olil (2 oz each)remady on the mornings and nights of laast Saturday and Sunday, and on Monday morning. I still feel the discomfort of the stone, my appetite is reduced and I have loose bowel movement and have to go often. Today (Tuesday) morning I took 3 oz of each in the hope that it will help me, as my stubborn stone is stuck right in the kidney for the past 8+ months. This quantity was huge and I almost felt like throwing up for the next few hours. I didn't throw up, though. I felt so full, I couldn't eat my breakfast, had a loose bowel and forced myself to eat lunch. I have started feeling the discomfort again. I am not sure if I will be abel to do this remedy again soon as my body doesn't seem to go very well with it. I may try it after a few days. But in the mean time, can anyone tell me what is the fennel seed remedy for removal (or dissolving) of kidney stone. One person from India had mentioned this remedy worked for him. I might try the ACV remedy next week or so, after my body come back to normal.

Has anyone had a kidney stone stuck in their kidney for months and got rid of it with natural remedies. If so, can you please share the remedy with me. This is my first stone (and hopefully the last) so I don't know what kind of stone this is. Seems like it is something the lemon and olive oil aren't able to dissolve or move!!!

Thanks for reading and sharing your remedies with me.

Sangeetha

Replied by Pamela
(Houston, Texas)
12/10/2008

Before I heard of the olive oil and lemon remedy for removing kidney stones I used marshmellow root and magnesium supplements to help the kidney stones pass. The magnesium I was told help the muscles and tissues relax and the marshmellow root provided a slippery surface for the stones to pass. It had always worked for me. I usually took 4 marshmellow roots and 2 magnesium tablets several times a day until I passed the stones. Beware that the magnesium supplements can give you diareahea. I could live with this instead of the pain from stones. But don't try this without consulting a healthcare prosseional as Ted reminds us one shoe does not fit all. If I were to get kidney stones again I would try the supplements I mentioned and the olive oil and lemon drink. But again consult you healthcare professional. Hope you feel better.

Replied by Sangeetha
(Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands)
12/10/2008

Hi Pamela, Thank you for your suggesetion. I would try the natural remedies for some more time and if that doesn't succeed, I will check with my doctor and try remedy suggested by you. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Replied by Nonni
(Cleveland, Ohio)
12/11/2008

Sangeetha, it might be that the olive oil is too laxative for you and also some people can't digest oils very well. When my brother gets kidney stones he just mixes lemon juice with water and drinks that on and off during the day. Like lemonade but without the sweetener. He might have a little bit of olive oil on a salad, but that's it. He also drinks lots of plain water throughout the day. Every time he gets a kidney stone he does this and they always pass. Hope this helps you.

Jacqui
(Buckfastleigh, Devon, Uk)
03/01/2016

I think I may have a stone, or maybe passed one, something that looked strange - white tissue-y thing about 1" long and about 1/3" wide.

I too, am puzzled by how everyone never questions how the oil part works, i.e, by 'lubricating' the stone. I have never, ever seen anything resembling oil in my urine, and I would be seriously worried if I did. I have no doubt the lemon juice works, but I am still trying to work out how the oil fits in.

P.S. I'm very 'open' to trying any alternative route to health, and at the moment am taking Black seed oil, (for allergies, asthma) which also apparently gets rid of kidney stones, which is how I ended up with what was thought to be a UTI. The warnings on the antibiotic I was given were scary and I couldn't bring myself to take them, so I knocked the infection on the head with a short sharp 3 day course of Lugol's - that stuff will kill any bug going. Have some testing strips, and the only thing showing up was trace blood in urine, but no infection. Still had pain on left side of bladder, but none of the other symptoms, but new ones of sharp, jabbing pains in kidney area and left side. I really don't want to go back to the doc's, when I could do something straightforward to get rid of a stone, and do no harm if I don't have one. I may try the lemon juice in the morning. If it brings on pain, I don't want to spend all night not sleeping, as I'm so tired.

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Posted by Tim Calvert (Portland, Oregon) on 11/26/2008
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I have had kidney stones for 15 years, a bad episode every 2 to 5 years. I was delighted to find this web site and immediately took both vinegar and lemon juice and olive oil in 2 oz portions. I took more lemon juice and olive oil subsequently, today I passed a stone, very little discomfort. I am angry at the mainstream medical profession that seems unwilling to toss out some of these safe, inexpensive and effective treatments.

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Posted by Tony (Chicago, Illinois) on 11/24/2008
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About 2 weeks ago I went to the bathroom and I urinated red. To me that is a sign of kidney stone. I have had stones come out before and that si the first warning. I did not know what to do. I started drinkin a lot of water and said to myself that I would let it come out just like the other times. On the other times I flushed out t he stone but if hurted me because it had spikes on it, and I suffered for some days after.
I did some research and I found out the remedy of OLIVE OIL and LEMON JUICE. I wanted to try since many here said it worked for them. I have Calcium concentrated stones.

I took 4 tablespoons of Olive oil and a fresh full squized lemon, ones in the morning and ones at night. Everytime I took it after a while the pain would be gone. 2 days ago, I took the last shot of the "cocktail" followed by distiled water and waited.

In the morning of saturday 11/22/2008 I felt like my blader was about to explode. I went to the washroom and urinated a whole lot....not paying any attention to anything....When I focused on the bottom of the boul, I saw it....there is was..my worst enemy...The stone had some out and was the sice of a rice grain. How come i did not feel it? WOW....I tried to pick it up so I could see it and I could not..Everytime I went to grab it it would desolve.

This was the first time I had a stone come out without even feeling it, or feeling any pain.

THANK YOU FOR THIS REMEDY, BECAUSE IS AWSOME. GOD BLESS you and if I see any signes of stones again, this will be my cure from now on....

THANK YOU FROM THE HEART.

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Posted by Dave (Dublin, IRELAND) on 11/23/2008
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kidney stones Well well here i am again tree years on and im back in the same boat,At least the last time two hours in hospital i passed 4mm stone mind you i was stoned from morphine but the site of that stone in the bottom of the loo was heaven,wow i tought thats it, untill last week, was back in hospital for tree days and back for another two in the same week with one of the most horible pains i ever felt,but i new what it was, first thing 7.30am went to the hospital and of course morphine and more morphine and morphine lol happy peace no more pain,ive got the run around from the doctors still no wiser my wife found this site and for the last two day,s have been trying 2oz lemon 2oz olive oil no sign of any stone yet but will persist hopefully it will work, one thing is the pain is gone thks be to god, ohh by the way my 5mm stone is stuck between my kidney and bladder will this method work on a stuck stone please please let me know i,ll have to go under the knife if not, NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. will keep you all posted if anything shift. Your,s hopefully Dave

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Posted by Bruce (Tacoma, WA) on 11/17/2008

I didn't even know I had a stone until they found a urinary tract infection. I was surprised, I had no clue. The CT showed two small stones that I can't seem to dislodgein the bottom of my right kidney. They appear to be about 2mm each. My urologist suggested laying head down on the stairs with a viabrator on my back and lots of lemon water. After several weeks of flushing my system and a sore back from the viabrator, nothing. I'm supposed to go back tomorrow. If they are still there, he wants to do the lithotripsy and even though I have insurance, I'm not looking forward to that. I will call first thing and postpone my appointment and try your Vinagar treatment and the oliveoil and lemon juice routine. Any suggestions on getting those little suckers out of the bottom of my kidney. I like the disolving theory, but the doctor said nothing disolves them and I read almost all of the 158 yea posts and most, if not all of them were people in pain, Stones in the Ureter. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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Posted by Jeff (Tallahassee, FL) on 11/10/2008
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Last Friday around 3 PM I got a sharp pain in my side that rapidly got worse and worse. I tried going to the bathroom, sitting in a hot bath, sleeping it off, but nothing worked. I came downstairs and my wife said I was white as a ghost and that we should go to the ER. They diagnosed it as a kidney stone, gave me some pain pills, and sent me home. For the next three days, the pain stayed in the exact same spot, and I was worried and had no answers as to what to do. My wife found this website with this lemon juice and olive oil remedy. I took my first serving (2 oz lemon juice, 2 oz olive oil) followed by a glass of water this morning. A few hours later, the sharp pains returned but this time felt like they were in a different spot. I took a pain pill, went to bed, woke up and the pain had gone away. Later that afternoon, I had my second dose of lemon juice and olive oil. About an hour later, I felt a bit nauseous and had some pain in my groin area. I went to the bathroom, and to my amazement, peed out a BB sized kidney stone, with no pain. I've never felt the pain of a kidney stone before and I hope to never feel it again. I know the stone may have been ready to come out on its own, but I really feel like it was this remedy that made it happen so quickly and painlessly. The stone hadn't budged for days, until the day I started taking the lemon juice and olive oil. Thanks so much to whoever discovered this, because it worked awesomely.