Not yet investigated
What we have so far
The one real use of the same chemistry: uric acid stones dissolve in alkaline urine, and certain overdoses clear faster. The mechanism is sound; the wellness claim attached to it is not.
This star is on the map because the show intends to take the question apart properly — the trials, how it is actually tested, whether the thing sold is the thing studied. That work is not done yet, and nothing here should be read as a conclusion. When the investigation is published it will appear on this page.