Studies show that the incidence of kidney stones are common and urinary tract stones occur after urinary tract infections and prostate disorders, are the third most common disease of the urinary tract.Developing kidney stones cause severe pain and colic in patients which conventional drugs in most cases will not disappear the pain. The consumption traditional medicinal plants include the most basic methods of dealing with the disease. In Iran, since ancient times, medicinal plants have been used to treat the urinary stones. The aim of this study is identifying medical plants in different parts of Iran in traditional medicine for the treatment of stones. After collecting medicinal plants used in different parts of Iran ,68 medicinal plants was determined in Iran which published on the resources of traditional medicine for the treatment of kidney stones are used. Ethnobotanical studies led to the creation of new original ideas, which in laboratory studies and pharmacological treatment effects can be checked and evaluated and if so they be effective on urinary stone can produced natural remedies against urolithiasis.
