Kidney treatment with folk remedies
The fight against various inflammations of the kidneys is often stretched over a rather long period. Such a serious illness usually requires a serious attitude to your body. Kidney problems are often accompanied by severe pain. Among the most common types of diseases are pyelonephritis and pyonephrosis.
The symptoms of kidney inflammation are characterized by a sharp increase in body temperature, headache, and severe fever. In addition, many patients complain of excessive sweating. A person experiences severe discomfort, not only when he sweats from the heat, but also when it is cold. In this case, significant pain is often pronounced with any urination.
It should be noted that for almost any inflammation of the kidneys, along with the main symptoms, sensations of uniform soreness in the limbs, muscles and joints are characteristic. In some cases, there is noticeable tension in the smooth muscles in the abdominal region and pain in the lumbar region. Also, frequent companions of this disease are nausea and vomiting. On the part of the genitourinary system, there are very frequent urges to urinate during the day, and this process is quite painful. Flakes can be found on urine analysis.
The most common cause of kidney problems is severe hypothermia. The vasoconstriction provokes disturbances in the functioning of the renal tissue itself. Often, kidney inflammation in humans also occurs against the background of reduced immunity. To get rid of such an ailment, you can turn to traditional pharmacological drugs, or you can restore kidney function through traditional medicine.
Kidney treatment is carried out on an outpatient basis under the supervision of a urologist, nephrologist. The specialist prescribes diagnostic and health-improving procedures, medicines. Traditional medicine recipes complement the healing effect by gently stimulating the processes of nephron regeneration. Treatment of the kidneys with folk remedies at home and the means used are directly related to the general condition of the patient, the stage of the disease.
Content:
- Burdock kidney treatment
- Kidney treatment with pomegranate juice
- Corn silk for kidney disease
- Watermelon kidney treatment
- Kidney treatment with fresh juices
- A safe way to remove sand and kidney stones
- Kidney herbal treatment
Burdock kidney treatment
The use of burdock root in the treatment of kidney improves the general condition of the patient suffering from kidney failure. First, you need to grind the dried burdock root in a mortar until it turns into powder. Then one tablespoon of the crushed root is poured with 200 ml of boiling water for 10-12 hours.
Water for such an infusion is prepared in advance - it is boiled, defended and filtered so that no sediment gets into the infusion. To enrich the water, a small magnet, a silver object is placed in it for several hours. The filtered and cooled infusion is drunk in one day. At the same time, the water regime prescribed by the doctor for the prevention of edema is strictly observed. In accordance with it, the amount of fluid released during urination should correspond to the volume of the drunk.
Learn More: Properties and Uses of Burdock Root
Kidney treatment with pomegranate juice
The healing properties of pomegranate juice in the treatment of kidneys have been known since the time of Avicenna. For centuries, pomegranate juice has been used to treat acute kidney failure.
Properties of pomegranate that are beneficial for kidney function:
- Pomegranate juice contains a large amount of trace elements and vitamins that help balance the work of the urinary system.
- Pomegranate juice contains potassium, which regulates water-salt metabolism. The optimal level of this process affects the well-being of a patient with renal failure.
- Pectins, contained in abundance in pomegranate juice, remove toxins from the body, stimulate the activity of the genitourinary system.
Only freshly squeezed juice is used to treat kidney failure. It should be drunk within 2 months, 200 ml in the morning and evening and 50 ml after each meal.
Find out more: Useful properties and recipes for using pomegranate
Corn silk for kidney disease
The Inca civilization had a solid knowledge of the foundations of medicine. It was from them that it became known about the healing properties of corn stigmas. Infusions, decoctions and extracts for the destruction and removal of kidney stones are mild remedies with a gentle effect and no contraindications. For the treatment of kidneys with folk remedies at home, corn silk is often used.
Ancient tea recipe for treatment:
- Pour 3 tbsp of boiling water over one liter. l. corn stigmas.
- Heat the mixture over low heat for 30 minutes.
- Cool and strain the broth.
- Take instead of tea several times during the day for a quarter of a glass.
This remedy must be prepared daily, as the stigma broth quickly deteriorates. The shelf life in the refrigerator is no more than 2 days.
Watermelon kidney treatment
Watermelon is a product with a minimum of calories and a large amount of vitamins and minerals. Vitamins C, E, PP, carotene, salts of iron, magnesium, potassium, molybdenum, nickel, manganese - due to this unique composition, watermelon pulp combines excellent taste and medicinal properties.
With such kidney pathologies as urolithiasis and pyelonephritis, it is recommended to eat at least 2.5 kg of watermelon pulp per day. This amount is divided into several doses and eaten in order to cleanse the body.
It is important to remember that such types of kidney stones as urates and oxalates are susceptible to such effects; watermelon juice does not work on phosphates. A contraindication for prescription use is urinary retention.
The course of kidney watermelon treatment is at least a week. It is advisable to conduct it during the massive collection of this useful culture. Early specimens of watermelon are not suitable for treatment, as they may contain nitrates, which aggravate the patient's condition. To achieve the best effect, you can not include any other food in the diet other than rye bread.
Recipe from watermelon peels for the treatment of pyelonephritis:
- Grind the dried watermelon rind.
- Dissolve honey in water.
- Take 1 tsp. before meals, drinking water with honey mixed in it.
It is important to consider the contraindications to the use of watermelon treatment.
Pathologies for which it is forbidden to include watermelon in your diet:
- Renal failure;
- Colitis of any origin;
- Children under 2 years old;
- Kidney stones (urates, oxalates) with a diameter of more than 4 mm;
- Impaired urination;
- Diarrhea;
- Obesity;
- Diabetes;
- Pregnancy in the last trimester.
When treating with watermelon, you should not eat it along with salty foods and foods in order to avoid fluid retention and swelling.
Attention! Be careful if kidney stones are more than 1 cm. During intensive cleaning, such stones can budge and block the flow of urine, leading to renal colic and an ambulance call!
Find out more: The benefits and harms of watermelon, how to grow watermelon in a greenhouse and open field?
Kidney treatment with fresh juices
Kidney pathologies respond to therapy with juices from horseradish, radish, asparagus and pumpkin. Undiluted horseradish juice is not used for medicinal purposes because of its intense taste and smell. It is mixed with lemon juice or cranberries, raspberries. For every 100 g of horseradish root, take 2 lemons or a similar mass of berries. Every day on an empty stomach, apply half a spoonful of the mixture 2 times a day. A combination of this product with carrot juice or radish juice is possible.
For kidney disease, including urolithiasis, asparagus juice is useful. This vegetable contains carotene, B vitamins, potassium - substances that are extremely useful for kidney pathologies. To improve the taste of asparagus juice, add honey (1 tablespoon per 200 ml).
Kidney stone disease is successfully treated with the juice of fresh May radish. The course of treatment lasts at least 2 weeks. During this time, take 3 tbsp three times a day. l. juice. As a diuretic, pumpkin juice, rich in minerals, trace elements and vitamins, is extremely useful. The pumpkin can be either fresh or baked. Its action is similar to melon or watermelon juice.
Kidney stones are treated with black radish juice. The optimal period for treatment with this remedy is the period from August to October, the time when you can have in abundance the fresh fruits of black radish. Contraindications to treatment with this remedy are pregnancy, acute forms of liver and kidney pathologies. For treatment, a combination of radish juice with honey, taken in different proportions, is used. Dosage - 1 tsp. three times a day half an hour before meals.
Tomato and spinach juices have a similar effect if they are used in their fresh natural form. The addition of sugar or salt to them, heat treatment turns the juices from these vegetables from a medicine into a remedy with a negative effect.
Attention! Be careful if kidney stones are more than 1 cm. During intensive cleaning, such stones can budge and block the flow of urine, leading to renal colic and an ambulance call!
A safe way to remove sand and kidney stones
There is a simple and safe way to remove sand from the kidneys and dissolve large stones. Such conglomerates are not easy to dissolve and remove without complications and pain.
For painless removal of stones and sand, dissolve a teaspoon of honey in a glass of cool water the night before. In the morning, the solution should be drunk on an empty stomach. With regular use of the product, the bioactive substances of honey will begin to gently envelop stones and sand, dissolve them. Recommendations for adding lemon juice to honey water are not correct, as lemon juice neutralizes the effect of honey.
The duration of the course of treatment is determined by the patient's condition. It can be from 2 weeks to 3 months. Freshly squeezed carrot juice taken simultaneously with honey solution will speed up recovery.
Find out more: Kidney stone diet
Kidney herbal treatment
Recipe number 1. Corn silk is great for treating kidney problems. They are also effective for hypertension and are excellent at relieving swelling. Do not forget that during treatment with various alternative methods, it is necessary to limit fluid intake and completely eliminate the use of salt.
To prepare a healing infusion from ordinary corn silk, take 1 tbsp. l. of this herb, fill it with a full glass of boiling water. Then you should put the mixture on fire and cook for about 20 minutes over low heat. After that, we insist the resulting product for about half an hour, and then filter it. Such a unique infusion is recommended to be taken every 3 hours for 2 tbsp. l.
Recipe number 2. For severe kidney inflammation, bearberry can be used. This grass is also called bear ears. To prepare an excellent diuretic with antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties for 1 tbsp. l. herbs will need 1 cup boiling water. The resulting mixture should be kept in a water bath for at least half an hour. After that, cool and filter the resulting infusion. We bring the volume to 250 grams. We divide this wonderful remedy into equal 4 parts and be sure to drink in equal portions a day.
Recipe number 3. When kidney disease is accompanied by cystitis, then yarrow can be recommended. This herb has wonderful astringent and anti-inflammatory properties. It is necessary to pour 2 tsp. yarrow 250 ml boiling water. Then you need to infuse the mixture for at least one hour. After straining, divide the finished infusion into equal portions and drink it throughout the day.
Recipe number 4. In the treatment of pyelonephritis, a special herbal infusion is indicated. You will need 5 parts of flax seeds, necessarily 1 part of strawberry leaves, 2 parts of birch leaves and 2 parts of nettle. Beforehand, all herbs should be well chopped. The components must be thoroughly mixed, take 1 tbsp. l. the resulting mixture and pour one full glass of boiling water. Within two hours, it is advisable to insist the agent in a warm, dark place. Be sure to strain the infusion before taking it. An adult is allowed to drink 1 or 2 glasses a day.
The optimal course of treatment is no more than one month. It is not recommended to skip the receptions of such an infusion, since the treatment of the kidneys is always long-term, it should be treated very conscientiously.
Recipe number 5. Another infusion based on a combination of several herbs at the same time gives a good effect with long-term treatment of the kidneys. You should take in equal parts motherwort grass, roots and fruits of rose hips, common violet tricolor, field horsetail and St. John's wort. The resulting collection is advised to be taken up to 8 times a day.
To prepare the product, you need to pour 1 tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water, be sure to boil over very low heat for about 15 minutes, and then cool well and drain. The course of treatment is approximately 6 months, while the use of the infusion is carried out for one month, and then a week break follows.
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In addition to taking folk remedies inside, in the treatment of the kidneys, various baths are shown using horsetail, sage, knotweed and birch leaves. Long-term herbal treatment will greatly alleviate the patient's condition.
The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist
Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).
