Thursday, March 10, 2011

Natural Way for Prevent and Cope Kidney Stones (Nephrolithiasis)

Nephrolithiasis or kidney stones in the urinary tract (urinary calculus) is hard as a rock mass formed along the urinary tract and can cause pain, bleeding, infection or blockage of urine flow. This stone can be formed in all parts of the urinary tract, but usually much formed in two parts of the kidney, namely in the bowl of kidney (renal pelvis) and the renal calix. Stone can be formed from calcium, phosphate, or a combination of uric acid is usually dissolved in the urine. The process of stone formation is called urolitiasis.

Although stone size and location vary, the pain caused by obsruksi are the main symptoms. Large stone with a rough surface that comes into the ureter will increase the frequency and force of contraction ureter automatically. The pain starts from the waist down toward the hips, then to the external genitalia. Fluctuating pain intensity and pain is the culmination of tremendous pain. If kidney stones are in tubs and in the calix, the pain settled and less intensity. Back pain occurs when a stone that had obstruction in the kidney. Meanwhile, severe pain in the abdomen occurs when the stone has moved into the ureter. Nausea and vomiting are always followed severe pain. Nephrolithiasis patients sometimes also experience fever, chills, blood in the urine when the stones injuring the ureter, abdominal distention, pus in the urine.

Nephrolithiasis found in 1 in 1,000 people, usually more prevalent in men (aged 30-50 years) than women. Also encountered in certain regions. Although no definite known cause of nephrolithiasis, the possibility is too concentrated levels of salt in the urine so that settles into a stone in the urinary tract (either due to hold urine for too long.) Lack of drinking water so that the amount of urine is eliminated from the body less also can cause Nephrolithiasis. Too many chemicals contained in the urine as oxalate of lime and salt, and excess vitamin D, levels of uric acid, or too much calcium.

Here are some things that must be considered to prevent Nephrolithiasis is:
  • Do not hold your pee urine too long, because it can cause the salt content in the urine becomes concentrated
  • Drink lots of water, at least 8 glasses a day, so that the urine becomes more dilute, the rock becomes more difficult to settle.
  • If you are a worker who needs to sit too long, try to move a little, and a lot of walking around the seat.
  • Before going to bed make it a habit to drink first, because the long nights of concentrated urine facilitate precipitate stone.
Medicinal plants that can be used to assist treatment of Nephrolithiasis has the effect to destroy kidney stones and urinary tract stones, as an anti-inflammatory drug to prevent inflammation, laxative urine (diuretic) to prevent the accumulation of urine in the kidneys, and analgesics (relieve pain). If the stone is too large to be destroyed by nature it is advisable for the operation.

Here are some types of medicinal plants to cope with Nephrolithiasis:
Kejibeling (Strobilanthes crispus Bl.)
Securities & properties: as a powerful diuretic, overcoming kidney stones, bladder stones, bladder is not smooth, and others.
Kumis kucing (Orthosiphon aristatus Miq.)
Securities & properties: as anti-inflammatory, diuretic, to destroy kidney stones and urinary tract, kidney infection, and others.
Child pick a back (Phyllanthus urinaria L.)
Securities & properties: as a diuretic, nutritious overcome kidney & urinary tract stones, kidney inflammation, constipation accompanied urinary pain, and others.
Root weeds (Imperata cylindrica [L.] Beauv.)
Securities & properties: as a diuretic, to stop the bleeding, efficacious overcome inflammation and kidney stones, bloody urine, and others.
White man's foot (Plantago major L.)
Securities & properties: as anti-inflammatory, diuretic, overcoming disorders such as urinary tract infections and urinary tract stones, bloody urine, etc.

Here are examples of some prescription drugs for the treatment plant Nephrolithiasis:

Recipe 1.
Kejibeling 50 grams of fresh leaves, 7 leaves purple, 60 grams of roots weeds, washed and boiled with 800 cc of water to the remaining 450 cc, filtered, water is taken 3 times a day, each time 150 cc.

Recipe 2.
Kumis kucing leaves 30 grams, 30 grams of leaf white man's foot, 30 grams child pick a back, everything is washed clean, then boiled with 800 cc of water to the remaining 450 cc, filtered, water is taken 3 times a day, each time 150 cc.

Recipe 3.
30 grams kejibeling, 6 pieces of corn cob, corn silk 50 grams, 30 grams of kumis kucing, boiled with 800 cc of water to the remaining 450 cc, filtered, water is taken 3 times a day, each time 150 cc.

Note:
- select a recipe and do regularly
- To use the boiling pot of soil, or enamel saucepan.
- Fixed a doctor.

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