Lemon & Olive Oil: Effective Kidney Stone Home Remedy

I woke up at 130 this morning with pain from an obvious kidney stone. It waqs not severe at that time. I took 2 pain pills and tried to go back to sleep. By 630 my pain was 9 on a scale of 10 and I know the 10 it can reach. Looked on the internet and found your site. I live in Costa Rica and went out to my lemon tree grabbed 4 lemons. Mixed with olive oil. Within an hour I was pain free. Totally amazed! Not sure if it will be returning, but I have a whole tree full of lemons and the last drink has lasted at least 12 hours.

Hi there from Malaysia. I am 33 male. I started experiencing lower left back pain one month ago. The pain occurs just above the buttocks and not higher up where the kidneys are. And the pain only occurs when I bend over to the front right. Earlier I brushed it off as muscle pain. But now after 1 month, the pain is still there and spreaded to both left and right kidney areas.

I went for a checkup, did blood test and urine, doc says both are fine. Done KUB X-ray and ultrasound found out my right kidney is a mild hydronephrosis (swelling due to backup or obstruction of urine in ureter). This worries me more since we cannot see a dilated right ureter in the X-ray. The left kidney seems ok and left ureter is dilated as normal. I'm due for a CT scan end of this month.

Meanwhile I found this website and tried both the ACV (2 oz 2 oz of wter), and the 2 oz lemon juice mixed with 2 oz of olive oil. Nothing seems to come out when peeing. But I do notice that 10 minutes after gulping the ACV, the pain on the left seems to be reduced by quite a lot. Does ACV has some kind of anaesthetic characteristics??

Anyway, to describe my problem further, the pain that I have, is not as "giving birth". It is just a mild and dull but needle pricking sharp kind of pain. It seems to be worse when I am lying down esp when I go to sleep at night. I for sure will wake up 3-4 times each night because of the sharp pain, and I will try to adjust my sleeping position to ease it. I also experience numbness at both left and right pinky and ring fingers if I put my arms under the pillow (Ulnar?).

I am beginning to think that my problem is nerve related but due to the hydronephrosis I have I am pretty confused and depressed with all this, that I shed 4kg in the 1 month. I used to be 82kg 1 month ago and now I am 78kg. Does anyone have this kind of problem, do share.... Thanks.

I am so happy I found this site! I have had numerous kidney stones over the years and always ended up in the hospital to pass them. I felt that old familiar pain yesterday and decided to try to find relief at home and I found this site. I tried the olive oil and lemon juice remedy, except I decided to just use four ozs of lemon juice instead and leave out the olive oil since I didn't have any. I slugged down the lemon juice and then followed it up with 2 more doses of 2 ozs of lemon juice in a cup of hot water with a small amount of sugar (hot lemonade!!! ) and within an hour my pain was down by half. I continued drinking hot lemonade and this morning I can't even tell I passed a kidney stone. It's just amazing. You saved me a lot of time, money and agony of going to the hospital. I hate hospitals! Thanks so much!

Have had stones in past and got through them by drinking lots of water. This time stone only moved from back to left side and stabbing pain became unbearable. Found this web page (thank God) and took first dose of 2 oz olive and 2 oz lemon juice, washing down with glass of water, about 9am. Used Ibuprofen and Diazapam (muscle relaxer) to mitigate pain for about 10 hours. Took second dose of olive oil and lemon juice at 9pm.

Slept through the night and woke up and the PAIN was GONE. A little residual ache from stone being in place for so long, but couple of Ibuprofen solved that. Thanks to everyone for this remedy. Keeping oil and juice on hand for next time.

I can confirm that this remedy works. Two days after Christmas, about 6.30 PM I got strong pain in my lower back, with no prior announcements (except some tendernes in my groin region and car driving became unpleasant). After initial cramp pain subsided for little it moved to front lower abdomen. Tried warm showers that eased it somewhat but at 3AM I could stand no more and went to ER. After giving me anesthetic that did not help much, was sent to urinary clinic, examined by ultrasound that revealed no larger stones, urine tests that showed some blood and finally X ray clearly displayed 3-4mm stone at the entrance of ureter (tube that connects kidney and bladder). They gave me another stronger anesthetic by injection and pain finally relieved. I was told by Dr. to drink lots of water, 3-5 liters a day and walk as much as possible. If that doesn't work they'll have to put the probe up to my penis and ureter to remove the stone. It sounded as an ugly procedure. I was given pain medications. My wife found this oil/lemon remedy on the net and I've tried it. Used 60mL of olive oil and 60ml of squieezed lemon juice, mixed in a glass. I must say that it did lower the pain after a first drink. It was evening, when pain usually increase. Next day I had 2 drinks, in the morning and evening. I did not walk much as it was unplesant but not painful. On a 3rd day had another drink and went away for a walk, about 2 km. Came home and pissed out some blood and black stone chunks, some 3 pieces with no pain at all. Continued to drink lemonade and herbal teas to wash out urinary system and prevent infections.

So, seems that it works, both in pain reduction and expelling those painful SOBs.

Regards to everyone and Happy New Year.

Like thousands of others, I suffered from very severe pain with kidney stone. From the CT Scan, my doc requested that I should undergo surgery immediately, approx. 6.5mm.

Thanks to this online forum, I adopted all the recommendation from this page: lemon juices, apple cidar vinegar, olive oil, and distilled water. Keep drinking them in combinations all day long for 7 days, using oat meal and organic honey to help relieve bad taste and stomach discomfort.

Doc also prescibes me pain killer, uniary tract antibotics and flomax to help increase the urine flow. I have no fever all along!

Stone finally passed out on the 7th day morning! When I bring it in for analysis, my doc is amazed by the size and my ability to pass.

I cannot tell which remedy is the ultimate solution, but the price I paid from taking all these together are so small compared to having to go to the surgery room.

Since this forum has saved me this Christmas, I just want to share this with the rest! Sincere thanks to the previous posts!

It's 8pm and at 6:45 pm I drank 4 oz. of fresh squeezed lemon juice followed by 4 oz. of extra virgin olive oil, followed by 1 liter of H2O.

My kidney stone pain was at about a 5/10, now it's at a 2/10. This is my second bout with the pesky buggers and a nurse I spoke with on the phone refused to even make me an appointment, rather, she insisted that I come to the emergency room tonight. I can't afford to, so I was planning on coming home and drinking a few beers-which also helped me with my first go round. However, I didn't like the side effects (drunkeness for a light weight like me).

This remedy is AMAZING!! I'm going to have another lemon juice EVOO elixer before bed. Gracias a Dios!

YEA!!! Here it goes. Went to the ER with very strong pain from the abdominal towards the groin area. CT picked up a 3-4mm kidney stone. Spent almost 2 weeks on cocktail pills. Pain was in and out with different intensity for another 4 weeks. Started around 7:00P.M on Dec 08/12 the therapy with 60ml OO/LJ followed by 2 long glases of water approx. 0. 950L. Then every 30 min another 2 glases of water for about 2 hrs. Woke up the next morning and around 7:00 AM took the second shot of the OO/LJ mixture. I kept doing this for 3 days. Dec 12/12 approx. 2 hrs after the mixture I felt faint movements in the lower abdomen/upper bladder area. 5 min later the stone popped out with almost no pain at all. Dark color at around 4mm, flat with small corners.

I will keep taking the cure till the whole "thing" is flushed out.... Broke off I am not sure. I will keep posted....

It Works. Try it out. It Works.

Great website. Thank you very much guys for the this excellent website.

I really appreciated this helpful information. I experienced a kidney stone on Christmas Eve and never had one before. (I have high tolerance for pain and this was high on the painOmeter!! ). By the next morning I searched and found the olive oil and lemon juice remedy. Within the hour I did experience some relief and was grateful. I started to thing about the Chemical implications and why the oil (to lubricate) and the lemon juice (to breakdown the stone) was a good combo. Then I saw the Apple cider vinegar which made perfect sense being a better acidic approach to breaking down the stone. I went and got a bottle and took a few swigs. By Christmas day I was much improved and in very little pain. Thanks again for the help!"

05/04/2011: Terra from Citrus Heights, CA replies: "My dad just had a spinal surgery done was released from the hospital after a few days feeling great. A day after being home he had severe left side pain, so we went back to ER and sure enough it is a kidney stone. I made him the lemon juice and olive oil remedy to drink and within the next 24 hours it came out. This was very helpful beings he just had the surgery and needed to recover from that as well. Definitely going to remember this one, Thank you so much!

I have suffered intermittently from kidney stones for nearly 9 years. One was so bad I had to have surgery to remove it. Later, my grandmother was hospitalized with a kidney stone and told me about a home remedy given to her by a nurse and believe me, this really works! Mix 2 oz of olive oil and 2 oz of lemon juice, drink it straight down and follow with a large glass of water at the first sign of stone pain. The stone(s) will pass within 24 hours. I have eliminated at least 8 stones with this remedy and have not gone back to the urologist since I started taking this.

I'm 28 weeks pregnant with my first child and a couple of months ago I woke up with excruciating pain emanating from my kidney. Since kidney stones run in my family, I'm pretty sure that's what it was. The pain went away and then this morning around 4:30 a.m. I had severe pain in my stomach (poor baby), and back. At first I thought I was going into pre-term labor but after I calmed down I realized they weren't contractions. I was not about to go to the E. R. and have them probe and prod me and cause me to go into labor, so I calmed down, and just dealt with the pain as best as could. And the baby was kicking like crazy during all of this, I hope he didn't get hurt.

I just now drank the Olive Oil & Lemon Juice mixture, 2 oz. of each, with a few sips of lemonade in between to keep from gagging. It wasn't so bad, I'm just worried what's going to happen with my ulcer now. I'd much rather deal with ulcer pain than kidney stone pain anyday. If this doesn't work I'm going to wait 24 hours and do the Apple Cider Vinegar mixed with honey concoction. Thanks for all your comments! I really appreciate this information:) Good luck to everyone!

My wife also suffering from severe pain from 3 days. I got this remedy searching on internet last night. I gave my wife same preparation and she is in good condition- now her pain is less and I hope she will be 100% very soon.

Didn't work for me either unfortunately and I damn near overdosed on the stuff! Sure wish I could pass my 5mm stone and get my life back on track.

Oh well, back to searching for remedies ....

Oh my, Tahnee, you really have learned well the lessons we are taught... But mind you, they are often wrong! Please do some research about good and bad fats and I tell you, you will be shocked! Don't believe everything you are told, as far as fats go or anything else! They want you to eat, drink, live as it is more beneficial for them, no regards whatsoever for your health. Some good books are Trick and Treat, by Barry Groves, Fats and Cholesterol are good for you, Eat fat and lose Fat, there are also books solely on coconut products... then make up your mind! The more you learn the more alert you will be when governements come with all their "advice".

It is relatively low in saturated fat and very high in mono-unsaturated fat, which is a 'good' fat. Coconut oil is extremely high in saturated fat, and to a lot of researchers etc, mono unsaturated is 'better' than poly unsaturated.

The good fats lower cholesterol and support your body and liver.

Question: Why olive oil? Is it because people think olive oil is healthier? Why not some other oil or even some other fat such as butter? How about coconut oil? Why olive oil? Is there a reason?

Try Chanca Piedra as per Bill from Luzon.

I tried and still I have not passed the stone in my right ureter size 11 mm.

I drank about a 200 ml bottle with lemon ( 2oz 2oz) continusly for two days.

Looks like the remedy depends on person to person.

My husband found that he had a 3mm kidney stone in an ER. The doctor said he should be able to pass the stone with the help of a medication that helps dialate the ureter. An ER nurse suggested that we look up lemon juice on internet as she heard that it could help prevent kidney stone. My husband took the medicine for 4 days, drank lots of water mixed with some lemon juice, while suffering from severe pain, nausea, fever, chills, but there was no sign of stone.

Then I found this website and decided to try the recipe right away. I mixed 2 oz lemon juice with 2 oz olive oil. My husband drank it and followed by a big glass of water. Amazingly, the next day he passed the stone. The stone broke into smaller pieces. We're so thankful that we found this website and the recipe. Good luck to all who have kidney stones.

I have been suffering with painful kidney stones for 4 months that the doctor kept saying "it will pass". I was miserable. I had read about this remedy, but since it really makes no sense to me I never tried it. However, I finally caved in and did the olive oil/lemon juice mixture twice per day starting yesterday. By this morning the bladder spasm and pain was greatly improved and this afternoon I had some mucus come out with my urine. About an hour later out came that darn stone! Who knows how it works or if it is coincidence, but I am very happy the pain in gone.

I have had kidney stones before so I know what the pain feels like and where it's located. The pain was concentrated on my left lower back and it radiated forward to my pelvic area. I took codeine 300-30 mm tablets to lessen the pain but after 24 hours, not even this pill was helping. After enduring 24 hours of agony I decided to try the 2oz lime juice-2oz olive oil remedy and within one hour I was already feeling much better. However, the pain intensified for a few minutes on the second hour as the stone made its way out. I drank several glasses of water after I took the remedy to help me flush out the stone. This remedy worked for me. I have no idea what size stone I passed because I did not go to the hospital to get an x-ray but whatever its size; it passed. I did not see it come out when I urinated so it was probably a small one. Drinking the remedy was not that bad. I had an after taste of the olive oil for a couple of hours but other than that I was fine.

is it a painless process??? or feels pain while passing out the stones... I am a bit scared

This works! 2 oz of lemon juice and 2 oz of olive oil. Within 45 minutes of gulping down this nasty mixture I was pain free. Like night and day! For me, the pain may have intensified slightly after swallowing it. But well worth it. This was 5 days ago and still no pain. Anyone know why I now must urinate twice as often as before this cure? Perhaps frequency of urine will adjust back over time?

A big "thank you" to the author of this remedy! My first bout of kidney stones was on Easter Sunday 2005 at the age of 43 - I didn't know if I had injured my back, burst my appendix, or had kidney stones. In extreme pain, my wife rushed me to the hospital's ER where a long ridiculous process started. To make a long story short, a CT scan found a lodged 4mm stone between my left kidney and urthea and after 2 nights of being drugged up on morphine and an IV drip continuosly going, I left the hospital still in pain. The stone did eventually pass.

Over the next few years I experienced passive kidney stones now and then with little discomfort - until yesterday - another full blown pain in the kidney area radiating to my back doubling me over. Not wanting to go though the 14K hospital fiasco again, I did research and as luck would have it, found this site.

The bout started at about 7:00PM, came and subsided in waves of 5~10 minutes apart - I hadn't eaten dinner yet so nausea wasn't too bad. At 8:00PM I drank the 2oz olive oil / 2oz lemon juice concoction - within a few hours the waves of pain lessoned. I drank 5 tall glasses of water during this whole time and was urinating every hour throughout the night. By morning the pain was gone - and by noon today I was back to normal.

I never would have thought a remedy like this would stop such a severe pain!

About ten days ago I started having severe pain in my right kidney; I immediately thought it could be a kidney stone, so I went to the clinic. From the general X-rays they couldn't see anything (being this a Prime Care, they couldn't do detailed x-rays), but they found traces of blood in my urine, so they confirmed my hypothesis it could be a kidney stone. So I came home and I dealt with the pain.

Two days ago I found out about this site, and the oil and lemon cure, so I started immediately. I took 2 oz of oil and 2 lemons the first morning; during the day I felt the pain was easing, but yesterday evening the pain was still severe. This morning I tried with 3 lemons and 3 oz oil, and I'm waiting to see how it goes. I don't have insurance, and I work outdoors, but I can't really work effectively in this condition, especially in the heat (dehydration is the first cause of kidney stones). I'll keep you posted...

I had to use this remedy over the other day and I have to say I feel so much better. I was in the hospital 1 time and then to my Dr.when the pain got so bad she said to return to the er, reluctant as the first trip they diagnosed me with pheumonia when I clearly told them I might have a kidney stone, they didn't do a urine test to check for it. I did not want another run around so I tried this remedy as a last resort before a return to the er. I usually never go there, but the pain was very bad. I tried this and within a few hours the pain began to subside and by time dose 2 kicked in I could breath without pain and am sure everyting will be fine. I estimated it at 1/4 cup of each my oil wasn't extra virgin, so I'm not sure if it really matters what kind of olive oil as long as it's pure. The lemon I used was pure lemon out of the bottle.

Thank god for you and natural cures, otherwise I would have been through a long list of anitbiotics I do not believe in unless absolutely necessary.

I went to the hosptial on 6 30 2011 with back pain with a mri test I was told I had a 6.2mm kidney stone, I was giving pain meds and sent home. Two days later a friend told me of this home remedy of 2oz of olive oil and 2oz of 100% lemon juice followed by water. I was still in pain taking pain meds and did the remady again and as of today 7 24 2011 went pee and there it was a 6.2 mm stone, so the remedies must work. I have a picture to prove it I've been dealing with stones for years and first time I ever passed one that big without medical help.

I am so happy I found this site. I had a kindey stone pass from my kidney with alot of blood and pain and on it's way out it got stuck. I did what the doctor told me... Had to return twice in the course of the following 2 1/2 months and I had pain daily. I was taking pain pills that helped very little and drinking alot of water and I kept believing it would pass as the doctor said but it just got worse and when I had to urinate I sometimes had a sensation of tiny little knives stabbing me after I finished... OUCH! I was ready to go back a fourth time and it was a depressing thought because I now expected no results and since it was stuck I was reading about the alternate method of getting the stone to pass and it was not something to look forward to so I tried the olive oil and lemon juice gladly... Took it twice the first day and the next morning I drank another one (not as bad tasting as one would expect! )... And an hour or so later it passed! NO MORE PAIN! I am so thrilled... Thanks you so much for this site and for the advice!

Thank you so much for the info I am 25 years old and had my first round with kidney stones. When the back pains first started I called my mother for advice she told me there was little that could be done save going to the doctor and since I am unemployed I did not want to go unless I was in so much pain I could not stand it. Then after dealing with the pain for a over a week (during which time I got married) I got online and searched for some home remedies. I found this site and tried the Olive Oil and Lemon juice coctail after doing 2 a day for the last three days. I have passed a few and the pain is getting better. Thank you guys so much for the help.

One thought.... Diet coke has aspartame in it which is very dangerous. You had 6 diet cokes every 20 minutes.... You should read up on the dangers of aspartame. You may not have kidney stones now but you may have started bigger problems.

Hi All, I was in a car accident and went in for an XRay to check if all was in order, only to find out that I had kidney stones in my left kidney - 12mm and 8mm lodged at the bottom of the kidney. My Urologist indicated that I needed surgery (PNL) to remove these stones.

I got onto Google about 6days ago and found the lemon and olive oil treatment as well as the Coke and Asparagus treatment. Last Thursday night I started with the Lemon and Olive (60ml Lemon Juice and 60ml Olive oil), about 30minutes later I felt the pain on my left flank starting to ease off. Friday monring I went to the supermaket and bought a dozen fresh lemons and by mid morning a had another doze of lemon and olive oil (60ml each), followed by 2 tablespoon of the mixture every 15min, and drank heaps of lemonade.

On Saturday morning I switched to the coke and asparagus regime (I read somewhere to use both these combinations). So I had 6 diet cokes every 20mins followed by a can of asaparagus (mashed) and follwed this up with 2litres of distilled water.

By Saturday night (09:30), I started to see some soft, white-coloured debris in my urine (from 1mm through to 3mm). On Sunday morning squeezed 6 lemons and had this straight up, followed by water (in total I had about 20litres of water from Thursday night).

It is now Monday morning, and I am still passing out bits and pieces of debris in my urine, and the pain is almost gone - I am sure this treatment has solved my problem. I am planning to continue with the lemon treatment for the rest of the week and have a Ultra Sound next week to check the status, will keep you posted. A big thanks you to all of those that have contributed to this forum and provided this treatment..... God bless.

AFTER VIEWING YOUR COMMENTS I TRIED THIS. ONE SHOT IN THE EVENING, ONE SHOT THE NEXT MORNING AND THAT EVENING MY 5MM STONE CAME OUT WITH NO PAIN WHATSOEVER. SO I REALLY APPRECIATED FINDING THIS SITE AND I WILL TELL EVERYONE I KNOW ABOUT THE SITE AND ABOUT THE KIDNEY STONE REMEDY. THANK-YOU VERY VERY MUCH

I was suffering from a 2 mm kidney stone that was right outside my bladder. After a week of pain, I found this website. I mixed the concotion of 2 ounces of lemon juice & 2 ounces of olive oil (which I worked out to be 2 tablespoons of each; 1 oz = 1 tablespoon). Mixed that up and drank it at 11 pm on Saturday night. Then, I started TRYING to drink 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar (ACV) with water. YUK!! Instead I diluted 1 tablesoon of ACV in 8 oz of water and drank that. Then did another tablespoon with another 8 oz. That helped to pass it. Drank lots of crystal light and cranberry juice. Last but not least, I went to grocery store and found (of all things) Apple Cider VInegar tablets!!!! bought those and took some of those.

Now it is sunday around 7:15 pm and I feel a little discomfort in my pee area. Felt like I had a urine infection. Went to bathroom and my 2mm kidney stone came out!!! No pain whatsoever!! Soooo happy!!! Now I do not have to go see a urologist to get it removed!! And I can go back to work symptom free. I am ecstatic. Needless to say something of the above worked for me. I say try it at least. All you have to lose is... Well, possibly, a kidney stone!!!

My daughter Just told me she is passing stones and she is still in pain so I say, use it till you lose it! I think the dissolving stones are clogging her urethra. I would do a tonic myself weekly if I showed signs of susceptability. Red meat, milk and cheese. Anything high in Uric acid and our bodies sometimes produce uric acids for some reason.

ok, my husband has his first stone. He is in tremendous pain and I would do anything to help him. I found this site and had him, reluctantly, drink lemon and olive oil. I actually saw him fall asleep for the first time since the er visit. His pain pills are running low and I cant see him in pain anymore. How often is the treatment recommended or is it a single dose treatment? any duration between doses?days, weeks, months?

Having delt with Kidney Stones for most of my adult life with the most recent being the largest 3 years ago, a couple weeks ago I felt the familiar slight pressure and feeling of continuoisly having to go but not being able to finish and knew what I was in for.

I stumbled onto this site and ran down to the store when I got off work and bought a bottle of pure olive oil and a 100% bottle of lemon juice from extract(only lemon juice in the store), got home and took the recommended mixture and followed it by the suggested amount of water when I got home at 6:30 that morning.

After checking back on this site and reading further I noticed I should have gotten extra virgin olive oil, but since I already opened and used some I decided I would just use it after all olive oil is olive oil right? lol.

I kept a log and started 4/16 took the mix twice daily at 7am and again at 7pm.. Maybe because I wasnt completely blocked yet it didnt seem to do anything for me and on the morning of 4/22 I took the last of the olive oil mix since I was now out of olive oil and was going to chalk it up to "Murphys Law" that it didnt work for me after 6 days, 15 minutes later I went to the bathroom and passed a large piece of stone that looked as if it had been broken into 3 parts(darker color on the top and bottem but light on the sides where it broke off/apart maybe?)

Thats a "YEA" for me and ive sent my wife back to the store to get a bottle of "EVOO" and am continuing the routine using it now to try and break up/flush out the rest of the stone(s).. on a side note, extra virgin olive oil is much more oily than pure olive oil and harder for me to drink the mix down, but it is prob why its recommended since it should help the pieces to "slide" out easier.

Thank You to everyone in this comunity who have posted their experiences and shared their stories to help the rest of us.. Most people reported passing stones within 1-3 days, but may have been fully blocked at the time and I was partialy blocked and it took me 6 days to pass a piece of stone so dont get discouraged and quit if it doesnt work after a few days!

I just ordered some Chanca Piedra from amazon.com to try as prev maint also!

I think I've got stones again - started the olive oil, lemon juice and herbs last night. Did the same again this a.m. and about to have the noon dose of herbs only. Am feeling a little better with the pain and am happy to report it's not nearly as bad as the 1st time 4 years ago. At least I can walk and I don't have any pain killers anyway except for over the counter types. My 4/9/07 post lists the herbs & dosages that proved successful back then.