The treatment of most diseases of the kidneys takes a lot of time. In therapy are used as traditional medicines, and traditional medicines. The latter have advantages in the form of a more soft actions, fewer adverse events, opportunities for long-term safe doses. A special place is occupied by plants, enhancing the secretion of urine by the kidneys. List of diuretics herbs for kidney extensive, herbal remedies have different mechanisms of action, effectiveness, indications for use. The beginning of their admission must be confirmed by the attending doctor and to carry out under medical supervision.
What plants have a diuretic effect
Reinforcing effect against urine output observed in some medicinal plants and also some fruits, berries, vegetables.
Food with diuretic actions include:
- berries (bilberry, cranberry, strawberry, strawberry, cranberry, BlackBerry);
- watermelons;
- rose hips;
- Cucurbitaceae (melon, pumpkin, squash, cucumbers);
- spices (celery, parsley).
Tea from cowberry and other berries of diuretics can be used as episodic, and in the form of a course of treatment
Because kidney disease, the need for removal of excess fluid from the body they should be included in daily diet.
List of diuretic plants, the most widely used:
- the tops, branches, large leaves series;
- spring shoots of horsetail;
- shoots with leaves and flowers lungwort, lemon balm, sage;
- chamomile flowers, blue cornflower, marigold;
- leaves, Linden flowers;
- leaf, dandelion root;
- the tops of wormwood, motherwort;
- burdock root, chicory, creeping wheat-grass;
- grass, flowers, the roots of the clover;
- herb oregano, thyme;
- bearberry leaves, kidney tea (orthosiphon);
- the leaves, roots, seeds of nettle;
- leaves, grass, peppermint, plantain;
- Mature fruits of Silybum spotted;
- twigs, leaves, cranberries;
- buds, leaves of birch.
The use of diuretics herbs for kidney may be in the form of decoctions, tinctures, teas. The selection of specific plants, the dosage, time of administration the most appropriate to coordinate with your doctor.
The mechanism of diuretic action
Diuretic (diuretic) effect of plants may be due to direct effects on renal tissue, and regulation of education, the secretion of hormones that affect the processes of rochevilaine. The basis of this effect is the high content of essential oils, glycosides, saponins, flavonoids, organic acids.
The essential oils contained in the juniper, sage, mint, rose, geranium, cloves, thyme, have an irritating effect on the kidneys, increasing filtration of urine in the glomeruli.
The high level of glycosides in Adonis, zemnovodnye Highlander, Erysimum, Kalina, Lily, lime, bearberry. Saponins in large amounts found in horse chestnut, field horsetail, licorice, Adonis, medicinal Alicante, fern. These substances help to reduce the volume of blood circulating in the body, improve the blood supply to the kidney tissue, formation of primary urine in the glomeruli. In addition, the kidney herbs affect the processes in the renal tubules, regulating reverse the absorption in the urine certain substances. Reduction under their action level of the hormones aldosterone and vasopressin causes a decrease in the delay in the body of sodium ions, water molecules. As a result, the amount of urine increases. Thus, glycosides inhibit the excretion of potassium from the body, which ensures safety in their use.
The scope of the use of kidney disease
Diuretic vegetable origin included in a comprehensive treatment of both acute and chronic diseases of the urinary system.
The main indications for use:
- swelling caused by kidney disease;
- inflammatory processes of the urinary system;
- sand in the kidneys.
In inflammatory diseases of infectious nature (bacterial, viral, fungal) application of medicinal herbs can accelerate the release of the body from pathogens. Also in these diseases, patients expressed pain in the bladder, pain when urinating. The use of diuretic herbs, in most also has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial action, facilitates the condition of patients with cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis. In pyelonephritis diuretic herbs are used as supplements to the primary therapy in acute processes, for follow-up care, prevention of activation of inflammatory inflammation.
In chronic lesions of the glomeruli of the kidneys (glomerulonephritis) are shown receiving diuretics herbs in the period of remission to prevent relapse.
Under the influence of diuretic herbs not only decreases the amount of fluid in the body and improve the urine
When kidney stones diuretic kidney the effect of facilitating the discharge of small stones, reduces the stagnant phenomena in the kidneys, prevents the formation of new, and the increase in size of the previously formed concretions. Along with diet (depends on the chemical composition of sand) diuretic herbs are an effective method of prevention of stone formation in the kidneys, including after surgical intervention with removal of stones.
Diuretic herbs have a milder effect compared to chemically created diuretics. Less pronounced in the frequency of side effects in the first place, changing the salt exchange. They can be used in case of intolerance to drugs, as well as children starting from primary school age. When carrying a child medicinal plants safer for women and fetus than pills or injections. However, some herbs can disrupt the course of pregnancy until the abortion. So take diuretic herbs during this period, after consultation with the observing doctor.
When kidney disease in pregnant women is the issue of the appointment of diuretic herbs is decided jointly by a nephrologist (a urologist) and an Ob / GYN
