Dr. Indumati Sharma2 Dr. Amit Kumar*1

MUTRASHMARI (UROLITHIASIS): AN AYURVEDIC AND CONTEMPORARY REVIEW OF CONCEPT, PATHOGENESIS AND INTEGRATIVE MANAGEMENT

Mutrashmari, described in Ayurveda as the formation of ashma (stone) within the mutravaha srotas, closely corresponds to urolithiasis of modern medicine. Acharya Sushruta lists Ashmari among the Ashtamahagada, the eight diseases that are difficult to cure, and devotes separate ch...