Sunday, November 10, 2013

Natural Kidney Cures

By Christine Manning


The kidneys are used to rid waste from the body and expel it. Kidneys can get problems if they develop stones or if there is an imbalance of blood pressure. Nearly twenty million people suffer from kidney disease. There are many natural remedies and herbs to reduce and reverse kidney disease. Anything that contributes a good amount of potassium or calcium is very helpful to the kidneys as well. Keeping sodium intake low and potassium high is key.

Here are 7 natural ways to help get you and your kidneys started on the healing path:

Diet You can include certain foods in your diet to assist in building your kidneys. These include: cucumber, adzuki beans, fish, sprouts, seeds, bananas, vegetables, watermelon, and parsley.

Exercise and eat healthy Lack of exercising and eating junk food may lead to obesity, a condition that interferes with insulin levels and increases your blood glucose levels. If the levels of glucose in the blood remain high for a long duration of time, your kidneys may get damaged.

Another fruit that can help with preventing kidney stones is cherries. Cherry juice is, like lemon, high in potassium. Cherry juice can even prevent the formation of stones. Drinking cherry juice can lower uric acid levels as well. One more fruit - grapes. Grape seed extract gives the kidneys an agent that can aid in reversing kidney disease.

Apple Cider Vinegar Apple Cider Vinegar has been used for years and is considered as effective by most people as it helps in breaking down kidney stones. Certainly, any substance that dissolves pearls can disintegrate the calculi caused by calcium inside kidneys. Also, the substance has a diuretic effect which assists in flushing kidneys out. In addition, it is alkalising to the body which helps the kidneys by giving it one less job to do.

Diabetes is the leading cause to kidney disease. Obesity is the leading cause to type II diabetes; continual high blood sugar can damage kidneys. Over 280 million people around the world live with diabetes.

Cornsilk In many ethnobotanical traditions, corn cob tassels have been used in treating urinary and kidney infections, eliminating edema (symptom of kidney disease) and treating edema.

Stress management Because of the kidneys are anatomically next to the "stress glands" known as the adrenal glands, the kidneys are very much impacted by stress. Therefore performing stress relieving exercises or techniques greatly improves kidney health. Some examples are: meditation, exercise, and yoga.




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