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Treat Kidney Disease
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NEPHRITIS REMEDY SUMMARY
10/29/2010: Lis from Ny, Ny, Usa: "Nephritis (high protein in urine) - Summary of Remedies from Ted and the Earth Clinic Community
Often bacterial in origin or the body has an infection.
1. Alkalize (raise immunity and reduce bacteria): Drink two tablespoons of Apple cider vinegar plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 a cup of water twice a day (morning and night) on an empty stomach for four to five days a week. Or two to eight teaspoons lime or lemon juice plus 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 cup of water twice a day. You can alternate between these two formulas.
2. Zinc: Take 50 mg of zinc gluconate per week.
3. Magnesium: Take 250 mg of magnesium citrate five days out of the week -- increases the body's defenses against bacteria, thus reducing the high protein in the kidneys.
4. Sea Salt: Add 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt in one liter of water and drink throughout the day -- will raise the salinity of the urine somewhat and the antibiotic effect of the salt will reduce the bacteria thus reducing the protein buildup in the urine.
5. Oil Pulling: See here http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/oil_pulling.html
6. Lecithin Granules: One tablespoon lecithin in a cup of water one to three times a day, 30 minutes before eating -- reduces excess fatty liver and reduces the liver's congestion.
7. Clove Oil: Mix one drop of clove oil in one liter of water and drink through the day - kills the bacterium in the liver, thus reducing the high protein in the kidneys.
*For cloudy urine, taking a vitamin B complex for a couple of days may help clear it up and reduce the protein buildup.
*Also discontinue drinking carbonated beverages
Source: http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/membranous_glomerulonephritis.html"
11/01/2010: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Nephritis Summary Revised...Excess protein may be linked to taking too much protein and lack of digestive enzyme that digests the protein, such as protease, and may be supplemented with pancreatic enzymes, bromelain enzymes and to some extent papain. The total protease should be 50 to 100 mg taken before meals 3 times a day, bromelain 2500 GDU, and papain roughly 250 to 500 mg also three times a day. There was a case where a doctor gave patients 10 white eggs a day plus steroids as a way to reduce urine protein but that actually made it worse. Milk powder also worsened. An excess urine protein can also be lack of amino balance such as arginine or glutamine, for example.
A simple test is possible. A protein free diet or caloric restriction for 3 days to see if there is improvement.
Ted
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12/03/2010: Marie from Manistique, Mi, Usa replies: "I am currently nursing my 6 month (almost 7 mos. ) old. I have had high protein in the urine for a long time =1 to 2 . During my pregnancy, I had 4 and was retaining water. The Dr.s induced labor and the protein was down to 2 again by 6 week check up. Can I continue nursing and do these remedies or should I ween her first? I need to get this problem cleared up. Thank you for this site and all the info people post. It is truly a gift you give to us! I thank God I found you! "
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REMEDIES NEEDED
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05/09/2012: Ravindra from Mumbai, Maharashtra: "Dear sir/madam, My friend both kidneys size is small. So please suggest any treatment or a good doctor as he is poor and from a middleclass family living in mumbai. Would be thankful to you if get help."
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04/11/2012: Caren from Palm Springs, Ca,: "My gfr is 11. My creatine is 3.8. I am not on dialysis and don't want to be. I am feeling normal. I am confused about dietary issues. My disease is called FSGS. I am frightenend. I have been vegeterian for 20 years. Please direct me on how to take apple cider vinegar, and or baking soda."
Replies04/11/2012: Gavin from Manganui, Northland, New Zealand replies: "If you have been a vegetarian for a long time are you up with the play regarding B12?.. If your not you might have to start taking a supplement as cell function could be getting compromised."
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01/15/2012: Kjm from Fairmount, Indiana, Usa: "Hello, I've been reading posts on this page and I am very curious as to if you could help me. I'm 21, female, and currently my creatinine is 2.6 due to the kidney disease Townes-Brocks Syndrome. Is there anyway that I can naturally lower my creatinine level and begin repairing or try to repair my damaged kidney tissue? Thank you for your time, K."
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01/13/2012: Zuzana from Bratislava, Slovakia: "Dear everybody here:) Yesterday I've been searching on internet forums about kidneys failure and dialysis asking the Universe to send me any sign or informations that would help me to solve my problem. And I'm more than grateful as I've got to the forum http://www.earthclinic.com about kidneys problems, dialysis, treatment, people writing about their problems, but those who are who are positive and trying to heal themselves even though doctors and others say it is not possible and that we should only expect it get worse every day.
I have found so many forums already but unfortunatly they have been only people saying about their problems and sharing what the doctors say about treatment and giving them no hope for cure. Me myself I'm on dialysis for more than 3 years and I just KNOW and believe it is POSSIBLE to heal myself and get my precious health back again! :) I'm in very good shape, as I'm taking really great care of myself. As a former martial artist for over 20 years I'm working out, doing yoga, chi-kung and mediatations and thanksgivings :) and have strong belief there is a chance to get off dialysis( and without needing transplant) and be healthy again! My Krea is around 700, Urea around 12-15. (dialysis are 3 times a week for 4 hours). Dear Melanie I have found you on this forum and your words gave me soo much hope and put a more light to my life knowing that healing is really possible that it is not only something I made up in my mind and waiting for miracle to happen! :)
I would love to ask you whether you would be so kind and let me know if you can help me in any way. I would apprecaite from all my heart! :) I don't know what more informations would you need for any consideration of my health condition and finding out whether you would be able to help me in any way. I greatly appreciate your time and consideration, can't even express how much I treasure it!
With Love
Zuzana"
Replies01/13/2012: Mt from Ottawa, On/ Canada replies: "4 cups of a herbal tea are sipped each day. The herbs in the tea are Golden Rod, Bedstraw and Yellow Dead Nettle in equal parts. For each 1/4 litre of water add one heaped teaspoons of herbs. The tea is an infusion (herbs are placed in boiling water and are kept in for 4-5 minutes). To 3 of the cups you have to add 1 teaspoon of Swedish Bitter/ cup.Horsetail sitz bath, lasting 20 min, are taken. 100 gram of herbs/ bath are coald soaked overnight, heated in the morning, strained and the liquid added to the bath water. Water can be reused so that 3 sitz baths can be made from one lot of herbs. Warm Horsetail poultices are applied overnight and Swedish Bitter as compresses is applied to the kidney region for 4 hours during the day. Before applying the compress the skin is covered with lard/ Calendula ointment. After removing the compress apply baby poweder on the skin. In case of skin rash reduce the time or skip applying the compress until skin is healed.
For more info on the herbs see www.mariatrebenherbs.com
You should also consider acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine."
01/14/2012: Rob from Manhattan, Ny replies: "I have seen some hope in regards to diabetic kidney failure with high fat diet.. See here... and do other searches...http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/21/news/la-heb-ketogenic-diet-diabetes-kidneys-20110421"
01/17/2012: Mmsg from Somewhere, Europe replies: "Just found this and thought of you Zuzana:Susun Weed in her book, "Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year, " highly recommends drinking both nettles and raspberry leaf tea throughout pregnancy. She specifically recommends drinking nettle tea during the last month of pregnancy to insure that large amounts of vitamin K are in the blood for the birth.
She recalls a woman who was told she would need to be put on a dialysis machine and used nettles tea as a part of her therapy to rebuild her kidneys, thus avoiding the dialysis machine. According to Weed: "Since the kidneys must cleanse 150 percent of the normal blood volume for most of the pregnancy, Nettles' ability to nourish and strengthen them is of major importance. Any accumulation of minerals in the kidneys, such as gravel and stones, is gently loosened, dissolved and eliminated by the consistent use of Nettle infusions.""
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12/10/2011: Ali from Karachi, Sindh, Pakis: "Dear Respected Sir, I am Ali Ahmed, age 24 from Karachi Pakistan. I am dialysis patient since 2007. My case is CKD, I am AKUH patient, Karachi and my dialysis in Aziz Tabba Foundation, Karachi, I can't afford cost of dialysis and treatment. I am unstable person. I have no family kidney donor and no finance support for treatment.
Please help me I want to get treatment. I already send my case to DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - U. K , NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE - U.K and LONDON BRIDGE HOSPITAL U.K. They don't give reply me for treatment but the problem is that I have no big amount of finance for medical treatment. I want your support for treatment to get my health back, if there possible to help me in medical treatment can be possible by you. I my medical reports and documents. Please help me and secure my life. Please accept my medical request and reply me as soon as possible. I will be very thankful to you.
Medical records details:
AKUH (khi) M.R:140-85-66
Dialysis Center ATKC Reg: 976 Phone: 92-21-36313267 Dr. Shakeel (M.D) 923028241375
Waiting your help. Best Regards,
Ali Ahmed, Pakistan"
12/27/2011: Faith from Forest Park, Ohio replies: "You may want to try Horsetail and Nettles which are both good for the kidneys, as well as Parsley. I've seen people do kidney cleansing, if you can find an Herbalist with a cleanse. I did one when I was having problems urinating, and it worked wonders. You can also do lemon and olive oil... to flush the kidneys."
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08/06/2011: Sarah from St. Paul, Mn: "what is the best thing to give a person who is in stage four kidney disease and is G Tube fed?"
Replies08/06/2011: Gavin from Manganui, Northland, New Zealand replies: "It was posted a couple of weeks ago a glimmer of hope with severe dietary constraints."
08/07/2011: Nan from Minneapolis, Mn replies: "The best way to find a cure for anything now is the internet.... It's like a huge encyclopedia.... In the search box at top of page... Type in disease and then natural cure.... Like this:Kidney Disease natural cure or herbal cure or homeopathic cure....
They sound pretty sick... I would check into homeopathy... I've seen tremendous miracles with it.... Complete turnarounds in disease overnight.... Chronic diseases are a little tougher... But search it out and maybe consult a homeopath in your area. Good luck"
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07/12/2011: Linda from St Louis, Mo: "I have been told that I have early stages of polycystic kidney disease. The creatinine levels are 1. 33 and 'normal' is 1. The dr told me there is nothing I can do or take to reverse this or keep it level other than high blood pressure meds and to stay away from OTC meds. I feel fine and have no pain or tenderness anywhere.
Is there something I can take naturally that will lower blood pressure and help the kidneys not get worse?
Thanks, Lynda"
Replies07/12/2011: Nirwant from Hamilton, Ont/canada replies: "http://www.drnaram.com/about_drnaram.html go to this linkDr Pankaj Naram"
12/27/2011: Willow from Mendocino, Ca, Usa replies: "Seven years ago I was rushed to the ER with unprecedented HBP, failing kidneys and soaring levels of creatinine. I had contacted a super virus & had been under years of stress. I was offered a Pastor, because the docs did not think I would live through the night. Fortunately I had an extensive training in Alternative Healing in my youth. I did REFLEXOLOGY on my feet and focused on the extremely tender kidney point, which is located in the inner upper arch of the foot.Look on-line for exact located of kidney point on feet. If you have sick kidneys the kidney point will and should hurt as you massage it. As you heal the kidneys, the area will become less tender. It is a sign of recovery. I got swiftly better in the ER as I rested and rubbed my kidney pressure point over the ensuing week. My creatinine levels dropped dramatically. The doctors were confounded by my recovery. But they did not know REFLEXOLOGY is one of the most ancient healing arts on the planet and was practised by the Egyptians. Reflexology is depiected in heiroglyphics and pictures inside many of the pyramids. Those Egyptians lasted a LONG TIME!!
After a few days I was discharged from critical care and now live healthily in California. After recovery, I highly suggest cardio-vascular exercise for fifty minutes a day, because according to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the healthier the lungs are, the healthier the kidneys will be. I am going to supplement my regime now with some of the excellent suggestions on this site, like acv, mimosa, comfrey and radish leaves. I have already seen spectacular results with cayenne, garlic and lemon. I am happy to hear from people. willowleaf33(at)yahoo.com I also know some awesome remedies for infertility and know how to completely eliminate the pains of childbirth naturally, using pressure points. God/Goddess has been good to me. Be blessed!"
12/30/2011: Timh from Louisville, Usa replies: "Willow, this reminds me of Anais Nin's premature still born deliver nightmare. Anais had spent hrs in delivery with no luck at all and the head nurse and physician had become VERY irritated at the entire situation... Until she screamed out at them all to leave her alone and stand back. As she settled into her center, she made an automated response of tapping her index finger in a circular motion around the protruding belly, she continued this for a few minutes and easily birthed a still baby."
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06/23/2011: Bev from Long Beach, Ca: "My 87 year old mother is at stage 4 with kidney failure. She also has low protein. She lives in a nursing home with controlled meds and food. Her doctor has been very good letting us bring her whatever we want to. I have her on Keifer yogurt drink daily for the C-diff in her colon. I need to find something like Mimosa to bring her that the staff would be able to give her everyday. It has to be ready to use like a tincture but I can't find it. They don't recommend dialysis for her. Time is running out so please help."
Replies06/23/2011: Debbie from Melbourne, Australia replies: "Have you looked into colloidal silver?"
06/24/2011: Bev from Long Beach, Ca replies: "No, but I will. Thank you."
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05/29/2011: Melly from Columbia, Sc, Usa: "After 3 years of telling Drs. I had a kidney issue, they finally did an ultrasound and found a spot. Now I am waiting to hear if it's cancer, a cyst, or a stone. Will castor oil packs help with any of these? I have flank pain which comes and goes, puffy eyes & swollen hands upon waking, and excessive thirst. I only drink water and cranberry."
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04/23/2011: Desiree from Branson, Mo: "My mother has been sick for my whole life, always in and out of hospitals and on all kinds of medications. Recently she's become worse than ever before, but I believe she really wants to get better this time and she understands now that it takes healing the whole body from the inside. She was an alcoholic for year and now has scerosis of the liver. It seems like she has dropsy because her arms and legs are very thin as she rarely eats and drinks little water, but her midsection is very, very bloated and has been for the past 30 years. No doctor has ever been able to tell her what is causing that. To me, it seems like it's all of the issues she has with digestion.
She just got out of the hospital this morning after getting 3 blood transfusions and a whole lot of saline water pumped into her through an IV. They said that she has kidney dysfunction. Not surprising, I understand the kidney is the last step before waste is excreted in the urine and since her digestive system isn't working the way it should, her kidneys are under a lot of stress. The doctor put her on a medication called lactulose, which I read is to treat constipation (she poops multiple times a day, usually very yellow and sometimes diarrhea) and also to treat elevated blood ammonia. I assume she's supposed to take it for the blood ammonia. I'm taking care of her now and making her juice and shakes of fresh vegetables and some fruits, making her salads, fresh eggs, raw milk and butter, hearty grains once a day, and making sure she drinks enough water. I'm also giving her apple cider vinegar and aloe vera gel. Besides all that, she needs to stay away from alcohol and we're hoping she will for good this time. What else can I be doing to help her and what are some causes of elevated blood ammonia?"
Replies02/11/2012: Dn from Adelaide, Sa replies: "Desiree, her problem is liver failure not kidney (ok she may have kidney failure too I'm not sure) but yellow stools are a symptom of liver not kidney failure. Also kidney failure patients aren't given regular Lactulose liver patients are. Lactulose is an OTC laxative but it is very important for liver failure. It helps the gut dispose of excess toxins without it the toxins will circulate and cause brain damage (hepatic encephalopathy) in a surprisingly short amount of time.
Http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001347/
Thanks."
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02/01/2011: Kayla from Dallas, Tx: "Hello all! I have a good friend who has had kidney problems for a while. He just discovered that he has several cysts on his kidneys and they have started to calcify. I know k2 is good for this, but I was wondering if anyone else has some advice. My friend and I would greatly appreciate it! "
Replies02/01/2011: Bill from San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines replies: "Hi Kalya... One of the best herbs for removal of stones and decalcifying is Chanca Piedra. It's English name is "Stonebreaker" and for good reason -- this herb is well known to get rid of both gallstones and kidney stones in the human body. Chanca Piedra also has a plethora of other benefits -- including liver and kidney support -- and is completely safe to take.
I used Chanca Piedra for liver and kidney support during my candida problems -- and as an encore I also dumped all my gallstones which I didn't know I had!! Read about the many benefits of Chanca Piedra here:
Chanca Piedra Research
Also, using Ted from Bangkok's alkalizing remedies -- my favourite being a whole lemon/lime with 1/4 -1/2 tspn Baking soda in a half glass of water once or twice a day -- will also help to prevent stones. And taking magnesium (as mag chloride or mag citrate) -- 250 mgs twice a day will also work to regulate and reduce any excess calcium in the body.
I now grow Chanca Piedra in my garden in the Philippines. I take a decoction of this herb once a month to keep my calcium in check. I'm over 60 years old with no aches or pains now. It simply works."
02/02/2011: Kayla from Dallas, Tx replies: "Thank you Bill! I will definitely pass the information on; but I want to make sure that this will aid with renal calcification, not kidney stones. He thought he had kidney stones but the doctors told him that he has several cysts attached to his kidneys, and removal might not be possible at this point."
02/02/2011: Bill from San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines replies: "Hi Kayla... The two main supplements that remove calcium are the Chanca Piedra and the Magnesium. Chanca Piedra works to clear all forms of excess calcium safely from the body and also acts like a mild diuretic in this respect. And Magnesium properly regulates the calcium/potassium balance within the body's cells.
I suspect your friend with the kidney problem has excess calcium with low magnesium intake in his diet, which is why he/she is having calcified kidney cyst problems. Calcium in excess within the diet is also acidifying for the cells/blood, which is why I recommended Ted's alkalizing lime/lemon remedy. What would also help your friend is to stay away from dairy products like milk, yoghurt, cheese etc and to avoid all fortified calcium foods -- to avoid the excess calcium intake. All western food nowadays is too over-fortified with calcium."
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12/26/2010: Rob from Los Angeles, Ca: "Hi Ted
I live in the usa and from your past postings it seems like vitamin d4, kidney bean pod and lemon and baking soda are some of your favorite choices to restore kidney health, this brings me to my question in the usa I am having a difficult time of sourcing d4 and kidney bean pods , might you have any suggestion on where these can be purchased?
Thank you for everything you are doing,
Rob"
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12/23/2010: Cheryl from Kapaau, Hi: "Aloha Ted,
My husband has schizo-affective disorder and his kidneys have been assaulted twice by psych meds. The first time in 2001 with lithium toxicity which opened my eyes to blind trust and then May 2010 with neuroleptic malignant syndrome from risperdal 3mg after taking it for 10yrs. His liver bled out, his kidneys failed and did 7 days of dialysis, was in drug induced coma for 10days on life support and spent 12 days in ICU and 21 in the hosp. His muscles dissolved due to rhabdomyolysis. He only takes felodipine Er for high blood pressure due to kidney damage and no psych meds only amino acids, herbs. No psych drugs and contoling the manic swings are the worst he goes up not down.
Do you have any suggestions as to improve his kidney function. I'm considering aloe vera. He needs also to put muscle back on. He has a needle phobia so all tests since leaving the hosp. have not been done only a 24 hr creatinine clearance and that was back in July with his ur creatinine was 2.0g/period on a scale of .8-2.0. His protein an albumin were also high and a high alb/cre ratio also high. He takes a good vitamin combo with high quality B and C. With much appreciation. Cheryl"
Replies12/24/2010: Rob from Manhattan, Ny replies: "Pomegranate juice could help some.. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AL3C120101122"
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12/02/2010: Shutton72 from Savannah, Georgia: "I have developed Cryoglobulins Vasculitis and MPGN. My doctors have tried chemo with negative results and now want to injuct me with Rituxineb. Can anyone offer help with controlling the systems of this rare kidney disease? It has attacked my sisuses (nose bleeds) and kidneys (i.e. Proteen leaking in urine). Only about 3 people in 1,000,000 come down with this disease."
Replies12/02/2010: Tommy from North York, On, Canada replies: "Dear Shutton72,
Cryoglobulins Vasculitis is caused by Hepatitis C virus in 80% of CV. So You should attack the virus rather than try to treat the symptoms. You can take L-Lysine as well as Lomatium extract. Wish you good health."
[YEA] 07/10/2011: Patti from Camlachie, Ontario replies: "The best cure for any bacteria or virus removal is Jim Humbles latest protocol usage of MMS. You can find all the information at his web site www.jimhumble.biz there he has links for every ailment. The previous replier is correct, you must stop the disease at the source not the symptom!We have been using MMS for over two years now and have been enjoying great disease and virus free living! We also continue to take it randomly as a maintenance program rather than only when we 'feel' something coming on..."
07/31/2011: Barbara from Denver, Co replies: "Shutton72... I too have cryoglobulinemia, what is known as essential mixed cryo, which is secondary to the hep C virus. The ongoing issues were a rash, neuropathy in my feet, Raynaud's, as well as extremely painful and debilitating rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. Basically all autoimmune issues.I will not take the interferon, which is pretty useless against genotype 1 HCV, so I knew I had to vamp up my health somehow.
When my symptoms became almost intolerable a year or so ago, I overnight switched to a 100% raw diet. I had seen a testamonial on Dr. Jim McDougal's website that convinced me it was worth a try. Without knowing much, I started living on blended smoothies and juiced drinks, with lots of salads and healthy homemade dressings. I began sprouting mung beans, and alfalfa seeds, and within a short while growing wheatgrass for juicing. Within the first 2 weeks all my symptoms were completely gone and I felt better than I had in years. I also did body brushing every day, and enemas a couple times a week. Colonics would have been helpful as well. I did have some detox symptoms for several days, but because I was a fairly clean eater to begin with, it wasn't as bad as some have it.
Now a year later I am 25 pounds lighter, and really enjoy this lifestyle. After the first few months I began eating pastured eggs in an omelet with lots of veggies a few times a week with no bad results. I use a dehydrator to make chips and wraps for yummy veggie sandwiches or guacamole, and am happy with frozen blueberries and coconut cream for dessert. It is quite a change, but gradually has become second nature.
If you are interested, there are many good raw chefs on youtube and the internet - just google raw food.
I hope this helps. I know of so many people who have been given a new lease on life with this simple and basic lifestyle. Even if you just regard it as something temporary, after a few months you will be able to easily tell which foods work for you just by listening to your body. Good Luck! You can get well - just give your body a chance."
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11/21/2010: Dana from Mcewen, Tn: "My husband is having kidney problems. They suggested dialysis. He refuses, we tried the baking soda, now he has terrible water retention, he has high blood pressure also. He has got really low kidney funtion. Is there something you can suggest for the kidney, high blood pressure, and water retention? He thought maybe the baking soda caused the retention. Thank you, I'm desperate."
Replies11/21/2010: Mike from Montreal, Quebec replies: "Large quantities of raw Celery or in the form of Celery juice is good for high blood pressure and kidney cleansing. It works perfect for me with no side effects."
[YEA] 11/22/2010: Ben from Tampa, Fl replies: "Try celtic sea salt, look at the nutrition fact on the bag the one with 6 mg magnesium 2% works very well with high blood pressure. I am taking 3 pinches a day with a glass of water, blood pressure becomes normal in 3 to 7 days, you have to make it part of your diet to maintain the normal blood pressure. visit http://curezone.com/foods/saltcure.asp"
11/23/2010: Francisca from Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France replies: "Interesting.... A while ago there was a lady here advising Celtic Sea Salt for cherry angiomas but unfortunately she never said how much she takes. Does one take one pinch with each glass of water or three pinches in one glass once a day? Living in France I have Sel Marin de Guarande in every supermarket! Funny enough I never thought that it was any different from any other salt till that lady referred to it..."
11/23/2010: Ben from Tampa, Fl replies: "You take the salt in the morning, afternoon and evening before you go to bed 1 pinch each time with a glass of water"
11/28/2010: Andrea C from Cardiff, Wales Uk replies: "Hi dana x dandelion is a very good herb, for fluid retention. You should, if possible, find them growing wild. If not you can go to a health shop, and find them, boxed as dandelion coffee/or tea. This is a wonderful herb and is brilliant diuretic, as well as a healing herb for many illnesses. I have complete compassion for your husband's suffering as I also have kidney problems myself, and the pain he's suffering is horrendous!!! Anyway, if your going to pick the wild dandelion's yourself, what you need to do is, remove the leaves from the plant, and leave them to dry out naturally. Once they turn brown, and crunchie, scrunch them up and put a heaped teaspoon per cup to brew for 1 minuet. Then drink Do this 4-6 times daily. Also, put 3 drips of vinegar in the water {any vinegar will do} while you soak them, before draining and drying them, use only pure water if possible, or buy a distillation unit{I use a waterman 400 myself)
Or spring water, from your nearest store. This is because the amount of nasties in tap water, and I have learned from personnel experience what crap is being piped threw the regular tap water, you would not belive what was in my distillation unit after I used it for the first time, eeugged!!!! Anyway I hope this helps with your darling husbands ailments, and gives you the strength to carry on. Unfortunately everyone forgets how hard it is for the people who look after you irregardless of the effect, it may be having on you. But true love will open their eyes and mind, if you've got the guts to tell them how hard things have become for your physically and mentally too. I SEND YOU LOVE, HUGS AND HEALING THOUGHTS LOVE ANDREA C X X X"
12/17/2010: Name from City, State replies: "Or just eat the dandelion leaves and roots raw like salad. You will want a big glass of water."
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11/05/2010: Foxy from Carthage, Nc, Usa: "My husband was diagnosed with ESRD about 2 years ago, he is 36 years old, and hadn't had any signs of the disease when he was diagnosed. We have 3 young children, his kidney's are functioning @ 17 percent and nephrologist are advising that he will probably soon have to be put on dialysis or have a kidney transplant. When he was about 6mos old he was overdosed with baby aspirin, and he turned black. They weren't sure if he would live through it, while I do not know that this caused his kidney problems. I do think that it may have largely contributed to it.
I was wondering if there is anything we can do to reverse the disease, and possibly cure his kidney disease all together, since the baby aspirin may have been the original culprit. He has always had proteinuria, even as a young child, but doctors never knew why. Please advise me. Thanks and be blessed!"
Replies11/06/2010: Gui from Sao Paulo, Brasil replies: "I'm sorry to hear about your family's situation. I don't know anything about treating kidney disease, but if I were in a similar situation I would immediately adopt a raw vegan diet. You should read more about the raw food movement and diet."
11/06/2010: Marlane Ellis from Geelong, Victoria - Australia replies: "Hi,
Go to http://www.sodiumbicarbonate.imva.info
Dr Mark Sircus has an article on there about using sodium bicarb for curing kidney disease. Good luck"
11/08/2010: Mireille from Cumming, Ga, Usa replies: "It is really true than raw vegan diet can be excellent to resolve everything. However, not everyone can stand it. So I often recommend also to cook some vegetables very lightly, just for a few minutes, timing needing to be adjusted depending on the vegetable and the individual, and the diet is much better accepted. Dpending on the type of kidney damage, not everything can be eaten. Check with your medical doctor."
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[QUESTION] 05/30/2010: Gaurab from Ranchi, India: "dear sir good morning. i am a kidney failure patient. last 1 years my creatinine level is 10.2. is it curable ? do you have any medicine for kidney failure or you can suggest anything for me. please help me i am 35 years old and have three kids. your answer will be highly appreciated.
thanks and regards, Gaurab"
Replies06/01/2010: Kat from Brevard, Nc replies: "Dr. Max Gerson (now deceased) and his daughter, Charlotte (she has a healing institute in San Diego), have developed a protocol since 1929 that cures about 50% cancer and can be very helpful for most other things. The first thing to do is to detox the liver which then helps everything else in the body. I am using an abbreviated version for hypothyroidism, candida, and parasites, for example, I am taking one coffee enema daily, eating only raw fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, and drinking fresh pressed juices daily (for two months now but I will continue eating this way the rest of my life. I am convinced it is the only way to get the nutrients needed for lasting health). I have cut out all dairy, sugar (except a little fruit), and wheat. It would be too long a discourse to go into the measurements of everything. Google it. It's all online or in a book. This protocol is not the magic pill many of us want - it takes time and commitment to one's health, especially if kidneys or some other organs are compromised. I have much more energy after the enema. The point is to detox the liver, so don't get fixated on cleaning the colon or pooping. I've also just started using Lugol's idodine and Holy Basil, both of which I found here, which seem to give me more energy, and intend to add the injestion of hydrogen peroxide in just a bit. I'll get back to you with the results. I'm very grateful for this website and all of you who share your journey. Namaste."
07/11/2010: Calvin from Bangalore, Karnataka, India replies: "Dear Gaurab
Kidney failure is a great challenge to doctors practising various forms of medicine, more so if the patient has diabetes. I practice natural remedies. I have discovered that the best and safest method of dealing with chronic kidney failure is to drink fresh juice of radish leaves twice a day. The leaves should be put in a blender and ground to pulp before squeezing out the juice. No water, salt or sugar should be added. Start with about 50 ml in the morning and evening 40 minutes before your meals and gradually increase the quantity as the days go by and your body gets used to it. There is no fear in using this wonderful herb. It is the best for any kidney problem. When you do not get the leaves, use the root till the leaves appear in the market. You will find yourself feeling much better as you continue using the juice of radish leaves. To decrease the pressure on your kidneys, you can also detoxify yourself by consuming 2-3 tablets of Activated Charcoal twice a week. Do this for a month and give your feedback."
09/24/2010: 2097 from Milan, Italy replies: "Radish leaves are great for cleansing ALL the organs. Liver, pancreas, intestines, gallbladder. Radish leaves will get rid of yeast infections when used over the course of 2 months. Will get rid of ACNE by cleansing the pancreas."
10/31/2010: Delia from Asheville, Nc replies: "For those people with high creatinine levels and kidney failure: A doctor that I once knew, who is no longer practicing, spoke at a conference of doctors regarding a method for restoring failing kidneys. In his case, the first patient that he experimented with, had a creatinine level of 40. After three days in a row of subcutaneous bee venom injections, ( not necessarily on the skin above kidney, just as long as it gets into blood stream), the patients creatinine level was 2-3. His kidneys were completely restored. I don't think it would be difficult to research and find a doctor who practices apitherapy - some may not know about the benefits of it and kidney failure, as it is used mainly for arthritis. I have heard, although, I don't know it to be true, that there have been no cases of any beekeepers ever having arthritis. I would think that if one couldn't find a doctor to administer the bee venom, (I believe a physician can purchase it from Apothecure) then one could try using bee stings (check for allergies!! ) as an alternative. Might take a lot of bee stings, but failing kidneys are serious."
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[QUESTION] 08/29/2009: Jyoti from Nairobi, Kenya: "Dear Sir,
My dad is suffering from very high creatine and urea, s-amylase
The range is as follows
s-urea is 12.0
s-creatinine 200
S-Amylase - 220
The above is very high and I will appreciate if you can advise me what causes the above to raise up and how to cure it.
I am really worried. By the way I did CT for Pancreas but lucky it was negative.
Regards."
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[QUESTION] 07/28/2009: Gabriel from Mission Viejo, California: "High Blood Pressure and Protein Leak
Hello Ted, I ran into your website by accident while I am surfing the web trying to find remedies on my problem. I have a high blood pressure and a protein leak in my kidney. Ultrasound also shows a cyst on my right kidney which is called a boziak 1 or boziak 2. Other than that my kidney per my kidney specialist doctor says it's normal. I was given a high blood pressure pills as well as cholesterol pills. I do not plan to stay on medication as it will cause a side effects as well. Can you please tell me how to lower my high blood pressure, cholesterol and lower my protein leak.
Thank you!
Gabe"
RepliesEC: Hi, Gabe. Ted is an independent contributor on Earth Clinic, not the web site owner. Kindly email him directly with your questions: parhat@yahoo.com. Thank you!
08/06/2009: Joyce from Joelton, Tn. replies: "For Gabriel from Mission Viejo, Ca:
Is your protein problem "proteinuria" (spilling protein in the urine)? If so, you might get rid of both problems by eliminating all carbonated beverages. I don't know what in the carbonated beverages does it but something in them causes swelling in the kidneys which causes them to spill protein in the urine.
Something I read recently might explain it, but I can't say that it does. Don't remember where I read it (but was on line) stated that a combination of Vitamin C and food preservative sodium benzoate caused the sodium benzoate to be converted back into benzene. If you read ingredients labels, you will find that most carbonated beverages contain both vitamin C and sodium benzoate.
If you want to know what benzene does, just type it into search window and hit go. You'll find a lot of things you don't want to have, including cancer of the kidney. So if you drink even one or two carbonated beverages per day, don't change anything except for omitting all carbonated beverages and drinking water, tea, fruit juice (not fruit drinks) instead and have your urine retested for proteinuria a couple of weeks after leaving them off. If the urine proteinuria level is decreased or negative, you'll know you have found the cause of your problem.
When you get your kidneys messed up, your blood pressure goes out of whack also."
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[QUESTION] 07/16/2009: Andy from Los Angeles, Calif: "Polycystic Kidney : Hello, I was hoping to obtain information on slowing down the progress of this deadly disease. Any supplements and of herbs that will slow the progress of polycystic Kidney? I live in the US, so i may be limited to what I can get here; also is there any ES Cell research that can help me any where in the world? Thank you"
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[QUESTION] 07/07/2009: ALI from CALIFORNIA , CA: "I HAD KIDNEY STONE LAST YEAR, DR TOLD ME STONE IS BIG SO I HAVE TO HAVE SURGERY FOR IT, THEY DID SURGERY FOR IT, KIDNEY WAS WORKING FINE THAT TIME, NOW AFTER A YEAR I HAVE PAIN AGAIN WENT TO ER DOCTOR TOLD ME MY URETER IS BLOCK WHICH CAUSE KIDNEY DAMEGE, CORTEX GETS THIN, IS ANY ONE KNOW HOW TO REVIVE KIDNEY FUNCTION BACK"
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05/07/2009: Priyia from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: "End Stage Renal Failure: I sincerely need help and advice from your experts. My son is 26 year old. Not married. None Alcohic and no cigarette. 4 months backs he suffered with high tension and pressure, was prescribed with medication from clinic. 2 months back he was down with end stage renal failure. Boht his kidneys are not functioning and now with 3 times dialysis in a week. He is the only son for me. Besides transplant is there any other medication that would revive the kidneys. I am very scared, my son will have to undergo lifelong dialysis, as we cant go for a transplant. Please HELP. Please give me more details on Apple Cider and others. How should I go for it and since he is still with high pressure of 170/130, it triggers high and at times low to 150 also. And if you advice for any treatment, can he take it along with his current medication, and he is still going for dialysis, and his HB keeps dropping to 6.4 now. Thank you and praise the lord."
Replies05/28/2009: Dr Daniel from Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom replies: "Dear Priyia, Use SCHISANDRA tincture ..... it will cure your son as his renal failure was caused by poisoning from his medications, he will recover if you use SCHISANDRA liquid extract in tincture form. Good Luck!"
EC: Read more about this medicinal herb from China: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schisandra
05/29/2009: GTCharlie from Los Angeles, CA replies: "Dear Priyia, I would recommend Fresh Potato Juice treatment!
Please Google this topic to learn more. I strongly believe it will help your son's ailment for this treatment is effective on cancer, HP, Kindney problems, liver problems caused by over medication indicated by high ALT/GPT and whatnots. This treatment was made popular in Japan many years back by a Zen master Master Tomizawa which received many favorable feedbacks from patients.
If you want to try on Dr. Daniel's suggestion with Schisandra, you can find it in a pill form called Shengqi Wuweizi Pian from any herb shop in Chinatown in Malaysia.
Hope this will help or at least levitate to a degree on your son's suffering.
I am a big fan of EC and hope to contribute what I can to this wonderful website."
[WARNING!] 06/19/2011: Kidney Nurse from Adelaide, Australia replies: "Potato juice for someone with end stage failure???? Are you kidding me! ?! ?! Poatoes are one of the biggest no-nos when you're on dialysis. If you must eat them make sure you soak them overnight to get rid of excess potassium. Whatever you do, don't start drinking the stuff unless would want to make yourself hyperkalemic."
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TULSI LEAVES, DIETARY CHANGES
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[BETTER BUT NOT CURED] 01/15/2010: Gp from Jammu, Kashmir: "i am suffering from kidney trouble my cretinine went up to 3 and i was bedridden for almost 4 months where i lost my job and under depression. taking mashed 10 tulsi leaves empty stomach with one spoon of curd which helped me a lot. now my cretinine level has come down to 1.7. i got my blood test done and found there was no iron, calcium and folic acid. avoid dairy produts and leafy vegetables. peas should not be consumed. one apple a day."
RepliesEC: Tulsi is also called "Holy Basil"
07/11/2010: Calvin from Bangalore, Karnataka, India replies: "Dear GP
Please take a lot of radish leaf juice without adding water, sugar or salt every morning and evening, about 40 minutes before your meals. Radish leaves are excellent in melting your kidney stones. It is also very safe and excellent for chronic renal failure patients. There is absolutely no side effects. I am praying for you."
[NAY] 06/18/2011: Kidney Nurse from Adelaide, Australia replies: "I am a dialysis nurse and I have chronic renal failue. Please anyone who is looking at this hoping to find a magic cure, go to your doctor!!!! There is no cure for ESRF if there were people wouldn't need to go onto dialysis or have transplants! If it were as simple as drinking vinegar why would anyone put themselves through transplantation. Perhaps you are scared and in denial, it's normal. But this is a serious condition please dont put your lives in the hands of strangers on the internet who probably have no real expertise/qualifications! This site is terrifying to say the least.
* don't eat lots of radishes if you are in end stage failure they are high in potassium you will become hyperkalemic and this is a potentially lethal condition. (this is especially important if you're not on dialysis yet). Your kidneys are unable to excrete potassium when they are in failure and it will build up in your blood and cause dangerous arrythmias!!!!!!!!
* Dont eat spoonfuls of saly for the love of god it's terrible for your blood pressure and will cause fluid retenion. Please read up on basic osmosis (high school stuff) if you want to find out more.
*Don't go trying to correct acidosis ob your own with vinegar or baking soda. You run the risk of over treating it and putting yourself into metabolic alkalosis. If you must, get a professional to help monitor your bloods and titrate doses accordingly.
A lot of the suggestions of this site will do you more harm than good. Please speak to a competent professional don't trust faceless quacks on the internet!!!"
06/18/2011: Gavin from Manganui, Northland, New Zealand replies: "Most people on this site, are here simply because they cant afford the modern medicines. Or have developed an aversion to the money making of patent medicines, that have done them absoulutly no good , and have left them working with a list of side effects on top of the original illness. Nowhere on this site does it suggest, that a good doctor be ignored, or that a good surgeon isn't worth his weight in gold.As a health profesional haven't you asked yourself the question, why are people living longer, but are sicker?.. It dosn't take a PHD. In medicine to work out that curing sickness , is in addressing the simplest things first.. Which is basic nutrition. Where this simple fact has been ignored the price is paid with "dis ease". Even in the homes of so called health profesionals, I've seen the fridge filled with soda pop, hydrogenated oils.. And all the other crap. In the same house iv'e seen their prescribed medicine list getting longer and longer. So as far as listening to health profesionals.. I can tell you, I have the same problem sorting.. the truth from the fiction from "Health profesionals" as I do from any other source."
06/19/2011: Gavin from Manganui, Northland, New Zealand replies: "I forgot to mention that diets with low levels of Nikel. Cause problems with regards to liver and disease of the kidneys. It might be a hobby horse of mine but these essential elements were all available when living as hunter gatherers by the sea a few thousand years ago. But tend to leach out of the soils over time, and hence if they arnt in the soil the plants cant take them up. Low levels can cause a host of problems."
06/19/2011: Kidney Nurse from Adelaide, Sa replies: "@ Gavin. This isn't a website nutritional/dietary advice it is a wedsite for "folk remedies" (if in doubt look at the banner at the top of the page). I think some of you people are getting confused between ailments like kidney stones and infections and actual failure. Yes I'm sure some of these suggestions may benefit someone with stones etc but if you have ESRF the advice on this site can be life threatening. If you need dialysis or a transplant, you need dialysis or a transplant. Theres no magic elixir that's going to get your reverse your kidney failure, if there were drug companies would have patented it by now and be making millions.Show me one randomised controlled trial where people with kidney failure on apple cider vinegar or whatever have treated as successfully, if not better than people on dialysis.
I would assume that in order to practice as a naturopath or whatever people would need at least some basic understanding of human physiology but reading through some of these comments it's clear they don't. That is assuming people on here even do have qualifications.
And what's with the people living longer and being sicker comment? What are you basing that on? I don't even know where to being with that one."
06/19/2011: Gavin from Manganui, Northland, New Zealand replies: "Living longer and being sicker?.. Just look at the burgeoning health budgets for the developed countries. The elderly living longer, and taking more prescription medicines to stay alive. Population growth is not in synch with health budgets increase.Everyone I know has something wrong with them. This can't be the natural order of things.. Something is very wrong. At the risk of sounding boring have you had your essential elements checked lately?"
06/20/2011: Rob from Manhattan, Ny replies: "unlike the liver I've long assumed that the kidneys were unable to regenerate themselves and one was doomed to kidney failure.. However there is a glimmer of hope refuting this belief... At least for diabetic kidney damage with a ketogenic diet... see this study here...http://www.healthiertalk.com/natural-health-breakthrough-diabetic-kidney-problems-3905"
08/04/2011: Annette from Independence, Mo replies: "My response is directed to the comments by Adelaide, dialysis nurse.I totally agree with Gavin from Manganui, the medical profession is failing all the people that are on this website, that is why they are researching elsewhere. My question to you is, why are you on this website? The pharmacuetical companies are creating and manufacturing "pills" that are killing the general patient population basically. Then another "pill" brings them back just enough to keep them "alive" with no quality of life. My husband suffered a hemmoraghic stroke 2 years ago because his kidneys were failing him and his doctor was "letting him decide when to go on dialysis". My husband had no idea when he was supposed to start dialysis, so he had a massive stroke that left him with brain damage and on dialysis.
I helped wean him off all his 30 daily medications once dialysis was started because he didn't need them any more because dialysis was doing the work his kidneys had failed to do for 2 years prior to his stroke. He gets dialysis 3 times per week, he takes no "prescription" medications and his labs come up nearly perfect every 2 weeks with the exception of his phosphorous is sometimes high, which he just watches his diet better and it goes down.
He takes dietary supplements, ie: Calcium, Magnesium, vit A, C, D etc. Just recently, after multiple testing, which came out fine, he was denied being put on the transplant list because he takes natural supplements, not the harmful pharmecuticals he doesn't need. That's why I am on this site, looking for any bit of hope to maybe help him heal his kidneys instead of being another one of the medical worlds zombies. Another thing, there is not a doubt in my mind that a cure could be as simple as ACV, but the "medical" world would never let that get out because alot of businesses/companies and people would lose too much money!"
11/24/2011: Guess Who... from Adelaide, Australia replies: "Pharmaceuticals aren't as evil ad you think. You owe your life to them and the people who develop them (even if you don't take them yourself). I am on this website because I'm sick of seeing patients die unnecessarily because of self absorbed low life quacks with no life who want to feel like some sort of expert by telling complete strangers to pretty much kill themselves. If it were up to me I'd find out who these people are peddling these snake oil remedies and get them thrown into jail. Dont get me wrong, I'm not completely against this stuff. Some complimentary remedies actually have good hard evidence behind them. Chitosan being a good example (google "chitosan and kidney failure and you'll find some very promising data. Also its practically harmless as long as your not allergic to shellfish! ) But do your research and talk to your doctor even if you think he's a bastard. He knows infinitely more than you when it comes to this stuff and is an invaluable resource if nothing else."
EC: Earth Clinic has closed this thread to further discussion in the interest of keeping our conversation civil, productive, and germane to the topic of natural remedies. Thank you to all contributors.
04/18/2012: Jass from Nairobi, Kenya replies: "Kidney problems from Diabetes are best resolved or reversed by normalising your blood sugar levels - Read up on THE DIABETES SOLUTION by Dr. Richard Bernstein"
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