Abstract
: In the urinary system the organ which is involved are kidneys, ureter, Bladder and urethra. The function of kidney is excretion of waste products Like urea, uric acid, creatinine etc. Maintenance of water balance,
Maintenance of electrolytes balance, maintenance of acid-base balance, Hemopoietic function, regulation of blood pressure and regulation of blood Calcium level.
Urinary tract infection is a common problem despite age and sex Worldwide. Some of the most common bacterial infections, affecting 150Million people each year worldwide. The estimated economic burden is more than 6billion U.S. dollars, about 40% of women and 12% men experience at least one symptomatic urinary tract infection during their lifetime, and as many as 40% of affected women show recurrent urinary tract infection. In pregnant women in India is reported to range from 3% to24%. Now a day, some common diseases are day by day increasing like urinary tract infection, urine incontinence, renal stone, ureteric stone, bladder stone, hematuria, urethral stricture, urethritis, lower urinary tract infection and cystitis, retention of urine etc. If there is any disturbance in function of kidney, symptoms like burning micturition, pedal edema, strong persistent urge to urinate, cloudy urination, painful urination, usually pain in right/left lumbar region, honeymoon cystitis etc. may develop. All these symptoms are present due to some causes like bacterial cause. Viral cause, low water intake, sexual intercourse etc. In modern science these diseases are treated with antibiotics, analgesics and hydration therapy, but many antibiotics are resistant in many people and produced side effects. Calculi are also treated with surgeries. But the chances of recurrence are more and person suffers more with these diseases. In contrast to other therapy homoeopathy is cost-effective and without any side-effects. All urinary tract infections and kidney diseases can be well managed with homoeopathy. Homoeopathy believes in individualization. Medicine selection is based on totality of symptoms. Our materia medica is full of important remedies for urinary system disorders. As usual to grasp all the symptoms of all the medicines is always a difficult task. So, there are various approaches to study materia medica. One among these is group symptoms study. There are many common features of a group of medicine belonging to same sources. In homoeopathy we have animal kingdom, plant kingdom, nosodes, saracodes, imponderabilia sources from which medicines are prepared. If one studies common symptoms of each group one can found something similar. Insect group of medicine belongs to animal kingdom. They also share common features. Majority of insect group medicines have action on urinary system e.g., Medicine like Apis mellifica, Cantharis vesicatoria, Coccus cacti, Formica rufa, Vespa crabro etc. belongs to this group. Until now little work has been done on the insect group. So, I did this work to evaluate efficacy of insect group in urinary system disorders.