Natural Kidney Stone Remedies.

"Let food be your medicine and your medicine be your food. Each one of the substances in a person's diet, acts upon the body and changes it in some unique way, and upon these changes the whole life depends, whether in health, in sickness or convalescent."  

Hippocrates 2 000 years ago.

Natural Kidney Stone Remedies clearly illustrates why diet is paramount in ensuring that you help prevent the damaging accumulation of minerals that collect in urine.

Your medical practitioner should determine what your kidney stones are made up of. And If you find you are suffering from uric acid Kidney Stones rather than calcium stones then go straight to natural gout remedies to see how your diet should be adjusted to help in preventing the buildup of uric acid in your body.

• If however, you have been diagnosed with calcium kidney stones then stay right where you are to see what you should and should not be eating and drinking as part of your natural kidney stone remedy.

What Causes Calcium Kidney Stones?

• Calcium Kidney stones are formed due to high concentrations of calcium in the body.
  
  
• If these concentrations of calcium are not diluted, they can crystallize and cause calcium kidney stones.
  
  
  

Symptoms of Kidney Stones

Serious pain in the upper back, the lower abdomen and groin. Profuse sweating. Pus and blood in the urine. Nausea. Vomiting Chills and fever. Frequent urination.

As Far as Natural Kidney Stone Remedies Go....what can I do to help?

You can drink at least 10 to 12 glasses of water per day. This helps ensure that the calcium in the urine is diluted. Make a note of each glass of water that you drink, because we tend to think that we drink much more water that what we actually do.

Cinnamon and Honey - Kidney Stones Home Remedy.

Mix two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey into a glass of warm water and drink twice a day. Oxalate is the prime substance involved in calcium stone formation. Fiber helps to prevent crystallization of urinary calcium by binding calcium and oxalates still in the intestines. Cinnamon is a good source of fiber. Honey, apart from been a natural sweetener, also has antibiotic and antiseptic properties.

Celery for Home Prevention of Kidney Stones.

This home remedy for kidney stones is based on folklore and word of mouth. In saying this, celery does contain Vitamin A which is beneficial for the urinary tract. It is also a diuretic which stimulates urine production and is useful for people suffering from an over-supply of uric acid.

• Celery leaves have a fair supply of potassium which is alkaline and will help by neutralizing stone-forming aids in the body.

An Ancient Kidney Stone Home Remedy using Lemon Juice and Olive Oil.

Squeeze the juice of a lemon into some warm water and add 2 teaspoons of olive oil. Drink this every half-hour until the pain subsides. This will probably not taste so good, so keep a glass of water handy to wash it down with. The remedy is not based on any scientific facts, but on a traditional home remedy which has been passed down from generation to generation. The belief is that the lemon juice will break down the stones, and that the olive oil will ease the passage of the stone on its way to freedom, and hopefully yours.

What Should I be Eating to Stop me from Forming Kidney Stones?

Turkey Turducken

Foodstuffs containing Vitamin B6 must be part of your natural kidney stone remedies. This vitamin is essential in allowing you to pass oxalic compounds as liquids. Oxalate is the prime substance involved in calcium stone formation. You can include these Vitamin B6 rich foods in your diet, liver, fatty fish, cod, turkey, potato and chicken. A popular combination is to try a turducken, which is a combination of Turkey, chicken and duck as all three of these meats are a really good source of Vitamin B6.

And You need Fiber in your Diet.

The phytates in fiber help in preventing crystallization of urinary calcium, which in turn helps prevent the formation of calcium stones. To include this fiber in your diet you should be eating peas, broccoli, mushrooms, green beans, porridge and brown rice. On the fruit side you can help yourself to raspberries and apple with the peel. And for snacking - popcorn!!

Raspberries Mushrooms

Do I Avoid Calcium in my Diet?

• Contrary to the old popular belief, a daily serving of high-calcium foods is part of a natural kidney stone remedy.
  
  
• Calcium stone formers should not go on a drastically low calcium diet.
  
  

And Then of Course, the Things You Should be Avoiding.

As part of your natural kidney stone remedies there are obviously things you have to avoid and these are foods that promote the forming of calcium kidney stones and should be sidestepped as much as possible. Firstly stay away from oxalates which is the prime substance involved in calcium stone formation:

Firstly, stay away from oxalates which is the prime substance involved in calcium stone formation, see below a list of foods containing oxalates

Reduce your Intake of Sodium

And then if you are prone to stones you could also have an overreaction to sodium which stimulates calcium excretion, and this is what you should be crossing off your list of foods to eat.

salt (in cooking and at the table) bacon olives canned soups processed foods smoked fish sauerkraut Frozen "ready made" meals.

Avoid foods that are rich in Protein

And lastly you should also think of steering clear of foods that are rich in protein, because too much protein enriches the urine with oxalates, calcium and uric acid - all the ingredients that kidney stones are made from.

Eggs Beef Sausages Bacon Ham Cheese

Avoid all Refined Sugar and Products that Contain it.

Sugar stimulates the pancreas to release insulin, which in turn causes extra calcium to be excreted in the urine.

Last Word

STAY ACTIVE!!

People who lead a sedentary lifestyle tend to accumulate high levels of calcium in the bloodstream.

Exercise helps pull calcium from the blood into the bones, which is exactly where it belongs and doesn't cause trouble.

YOUR NATURAL MEDICINE CHEST

What to Keep in your Medicine Chest

Arnica

Keep a tube of this cream for relief for muscle strains as well as bruises.

Calendula

Get this from your health shop in a cream or gel form and use as a salve for burns, cuts, scrapes and insect bites

Chamomile

Use the dried flowers to make a tea and use for stressful situations and also stomach upsets.

Echinacea

You can get these at your health shop as an  extracts or capsuled and use for colds, flu, cuts, infections and scrapes.

Eucalyptus

An absolute must for your herbal medicine chest for respiratory congestion and muscle soreness.

Ginger

Use this herb as a fresh root from your veggie store, or if you like gardening, grow them, it is an excellent medication for colds, respiratory congestion, nausea and stomach upsets

Lavender

Keep Lavender as an essential oil for stress, insomnia and headaches.

Sea Salt

Gargle with this salt for sore throats and also for bath salts.

Tea Tree

Use as an essential oil for skin infections and insect bites.

Valerian

Use as an extract for mild pain relief and insomnia

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