Abstract:To study the therapeutic effect of intragastric administration of Hovenia acerba bark medicine on renal calculi in rats. Methods The rats were fed with ethylene alcohol and ammonium chloride to induce renal calculi and the effect of Hovenia acerba bark extract on renal calculi was studied. Results Hovenia acerba bark medicine had obvious effect on restoring the weight of rats with renal calculi, increasing the 24-h urinary output, promoting the excretion and metabolism of blood Ca2+, reducing the formation of renal calculi, the concentration of serum urea nitrogen and creatinine, slowing down the rat renal damage and disease caused by stones. Conclusions Hovenia acerba bark extract has certain therapeutic effect on rat kidney stones and its exact mechanism remains to be studied further.