Human kidneys perform the most important function - they purify the body of a lot of harmful substances, remove the liquid from the body, and provide the necessary balance. If they become clogged, they start to function incorrectly. As a result, there are problems with vision, chronic fatigue, often the temperature rises. In this case, the question arises - how to clean the kidneys? This procedure is very simple, easy to carry out at home.
When there is a need for renal cleaning
To understand that it's time to clean the kidneys is quite simple. The fact that this body has accumulated mucus, slag and sand, says such clinical symptoms:
- Painful sensations of a stitching, aching or dull character in the sacrum, lumbar region, lower abdomen, in the groin;
- Painful, frequent or meager and too rare urination;
- Intensive puffiness, puffiness of the face, especially under the eyes;
- Articular pain;
- Frequent migraines;
- Hyperexpension, frequent attacks of severe weakness accompanied by cold sweat;
- Muddy urine, bloody or mucous impurities in urine;
- Visual disorders, pain in the eyes( high IOP).
If you suddenly find some of the listed symptoms in yourself, immediately go to a specialist. Categorically, one should not begin cleaning the kidneys without medical approval, since such a symptomatology can indicate the presence of very dangerous kidney pathologies, in which self-medication can have fatal and even fatal consequences.
General principles of cleansing
Before cleaning, it is necessary to undergo a medical examination, to check the presence of concrements in the kidneys by means of ultrasound. When detecting kidney stones in the size of more than a millimeter, purification is contraindicated, since small concrements can clog the ducts, which will require the intervention of the surgeon.
Usually our kidneys suffer from the wrong diet and lifestyle. Harmful habits, the use of untreated tap water, unbalanced nutrition, many drugs, psycho-emotional overloads - all this leads to kidney stone formation. The cleansing period usually lasts 2-4 weeks, it is recommended to carry out it every six months. After a course of cleansing procedures, the balance of alkali and acid in the body is normalized, and excess fluid, mucus, sand, pebbles is extracted from the clogged kidneys. Choose suitable cleaning methods for you, which can be based on decoctions, juices, berries, fruits, but be sure to combine them with a balanced diet.
Principles of nutrition in renal cleansing
- During renal cleaning( and not only) it is recommended to eat in small portions, then the eaten food will be digested without residue, not slagging the kidneys. Therefore, you can not eat at night.
- Include in the daily diet more vegetables, fresh products, not processed thermally, fruits.
- During the cleansing period, it is recommended to do one day of unloading, during which you can not eat, in general, using only water.
- During the entire cleansing period, you should drink more green tea, freshly squeezed juices, compotes or water.
- Eat more milk, cottage cheese, sour cream, kefir, cream, curdled milk, vegetable oils.
- Be sure to eat bran unsalted bread, low-fat fish and meat products, cutlets or meatballs for steamed, vegetable stews, cereals, pasta.
- On the first it is recommended to consume vegetarian soup or borsch, soups with macaroni, cereals, vegetables.
- From drinks, lean on green tea, compote on dried fruits, a bran broth with honey and lemon, broth of dogrose, melons, watermelons, jelly, various jelly, juices from berries, fruits, birch juice.
Prohibited products
During cleansing periods, and between them too, it is strictly forbidden to eat products like:
- Baking, chocolate;
- Fatty meat or fish;
- Filled broth;
- Alcohol, strong coffee;
- Spicy seasonings, spices( mustard, horseradish, etc.);
- Cheeses, canned food, pickles or smoked products.
Popular and effective ways of kidney cleansing
The question of how to clean the kidneys is of interest to many, as most people today have signs of kidney weal: grayish skin, unreasonable fatigue, unwell feeling, swelling or puffiness around the eyes. If there is such a symptomatology, it is urgent to start kidney cleansing from toxins and slagging, fine sand. Most of the known purification methods are based on the use of beverages and diuretic products.
Warning! In the process of kidney cleansing, there may be lumbar pain and cutting pain when urinating. Do not worry - it should be so. These kidneys begin to work actively, remove slag and sand. From a similar soreness, a warm bath will help.
Watermelon cleaning
A similar method is usually used in the autumn season, when the watermelon season comes. Such cleaning involves eating rye bread with watermelons for a week. In the process of such cleansing, urine may become cloudy, a noticeable weakness appears. These symptoms indicate that the urinary system is cleared of sand. If you feel that the cleansing is slow, then the watermelon diet should be extended to 14 days.
In the watermelon cleansing period, you can also prepare watermelon crusts. To do this, they are ground and dried in a dry closet. Six months later, during the next cleaning, these crusts are recommended to brew and drink like tea. As practice shows, the diuretic effect of such a drink is not lower than the full-value watermelons.
Rosehip broth
An excellent diuretic action is also distinguished by a rosehip broth. Thanks to the substances in its composition, the kidney stones just break up to the sand and with urine come out. This way you can clean the kidneys in any season of the year. To prepare the broth dry dogrose fruits are steamed( 2 large spoons of berries take a glass of water) and boil for a quarter of an hour. Decoction is taken three times a day. It is necessary to clean the kidneys in this manner for 14 days.
Cucumber cleaning
The cucumber cleaning method is almost identical to the cucumber variant, only here the main dish is fresh cucumbers, and rye bread is replaced with boiled potatoes in a uniform.
The essence of the method is as follows. During the day, you need to eat about one and a half kilograms of cucumbers and 3-4 medium potatoes. They should be "in pure form", without the addition of oil or salt. In the evening, shortly before night sleep, it is advisable to drink herbal tea with thyme.
We clean the buds with a sunflower
This method is very popular due to its effectiveness. In addition to cleansing the kidneys, the decoction of the roots of the sunflower removes joint salts, relieves heart or head pain, leads to normal blood pressure, beneficially affects vision and hearing. Prepare the broth is simple. The ground roots of the plant are boiled for about 5 minutes and take the medicine received for a month. Every day you need to drink a minimum of a liter of such a decoction.
Warning! The roots of the decoction can be used twice more, each time increasing the boiling time( the second time 10 minutes, and the third - 20).
Oat cleansing
This technique is considered to be gentle, since oat pussy has a mild effect on the kidneys. To weld a similar drink, you need to take unpeeled oats in the husk. It is poured with running water and cooked for 3 hours on a small fire. When the grain of the oats is boiled, they are beaten with a blender or wiped through a sieve.
A ready jelly from oats is drunk in 100 ml before each meal. The basis of the diet with this method of cleaning should be vegetable or fruit dishes and juices. Simultaneously with the intake of oat jelly, you can use the method of herb cleaning. Such a complex purification is recommended to be carried out within one and a half weeks.
Gentle cleansing can also be carried out with flaxseed, from which they prepare a decoction and take it in a glass twice a day - on an empty stomach in the morning and before bedtime in the evening. Such cleansing benefits the entire body, does not cause adverse reactions, so it is done often( in a couple of months).
Cleansing herbal collection
Very effectively cleanses the kidneys from the herbs of marjoram, St. John's wort, sage and lemon balm. These herbs are characterized by spasmolytic, anti-inflammatory, bactericidal and strongly pronounced diuretic action. To prepare the infusion, you need to pour a glass of boiling water on a table spoon of each pot and hold it for a quarter of an hour in the bath, then cool, strain and bring the resulting product to a volume of 0.2 liters with ordinary water from the kettle. To be treated in this way is recommended a week, drinking a glass of this infusion daily.
Absolute contraindications for renal cleansing
- Renal cyst, cystitis, glomerulonephritis or pyelonephritis;
- Prostate adenoma and other prostatic pathologies;
- Urolithiasis;
- Conditions after a stroke, severe bleeding, a heart attack, or surgery.
Methods of cleansing the kidneys there is quite a lot, so choose the option that is optimal for you individually.
Warning! Before you start cleaning, be sure to have a checkup from a nephrologist and go through ultrasound examination of the kidneys.
