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Herbal medicine for the kidneys and urinary tract.

Diuretic plants:

Parsley (leaves and seeds) - contraindicated in kidney disease, as it irritates the kidney parenchyma.
Bearberry (leaves and shoots) - contraindicated in glomerulonephritis and pregnancy, as it can increase allergic reactions.
Highlander avian (leaves and shoots) - The diuretic effect is weak, but tends to dissolve some types of kidney stones. Contraindications: in case of acute processes in the kidneys and diseases of the bladder, it is not recommended to take; do not use with increased blood clotting, since knotweed itself has this property; should not be taken by pregnant women; can worsen the condition of people suffering from cholelithiasis, arterial hypotension, stroke, heart attack.
Warty birch (leaves and buds) - in addition to a diuretic, it has a diaphoretic and wound-healing effect.
Blue cornflower (flowers) - do not apply for bleeding , since it has a vasodilating effect.
Corn silk - in addition to a diuretic, it also has a choleretic effect, and also tends to dissolve stones .
Cucumber herb (aerial part) - in addition to a diuretic, it has an anti-inflammatory and wound-healing effect.
Wheatgrass creeping (rhizomes) - plus a diuretic has a choleretic, anti-inflammatory and wound healing effect.
Rowan ordinary (fruit) - dried and brewed in the form of teas or infusions.
Lingonberry (leaves and berries) - in addition to a diuretic, it has antiseptic and astringent effects.
Horsetail (aerial part) - in addition to the diuretic, it has anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, astringent and choleretic effects. Contraindicated in all kidney diseases.
Nettle (leaves) - in addition to a diuretic, it has a hemostatic, wound healing, anti-inflammatory effect.

Various combinations of herbal preparations make it possible to obtain infusions with multiple therapeutic effects. The multidirectional properties of the collection of medicinal plants can improve the condition of the mucous membranes and parenchyma, lead to a decrease in inflammatory processes, regeneration, establish diuresis and promote the elimination of toxic microbes in case of infectious inflammation, as well as sand and small stones in case of urolithiasis of the kidneys.

However, one should be careful about contraindications for some combinations of urological and other diseases, for example:

some plants that have a diuretic effect , which is necessary for diseases of the bladder or ureter, should not be used if there are any kidney diseases, since they injure the parenchyma of the kidneys;
plants, in addition to a diuretic, which have a choleretic effect, are not suitable for those who have choleretic or digestion stimulating drugs that are contraindicated in liver diseases, gastrointestinal tract;
in inflammatory processes of the kidneys, bladder or urethra, accompanied by even minor bleeding, plants that tend to have a vasodilating effect do not use, so as not to increase bleeding. In such cases, plants with a hemostatic effect are added to the plant collection;
take diuretics with caution for urolithiasis (so as not to provoke renal colic) and with prostate adenoma (to prevent acute urinary retention).

Therefore, before proceeding with the combination of herbal preparations, it is necessary to have an idea of all diseases in the anamnesis. And also it should be remembered that diuretics, anti-inflammatory, astringent, tanning and other herbal preparations are drunk exclusively during the course of treatment, and not all life instead of tea. Frequent use of diuretic herbal preparations will lead to the leaching of beneficial trace elements from the body, for example, potassium. Diuretic herbal preparations are drunk 4 hours before bedtime. Synthetic diuretics and herbal diuretics should not be taken at the same time .

Herbal recipes for urethral inflammation, pyelonephritis, cystitis:

Bearberry, warty birch, nettle and horsetail in the proportion of a teaspoon of each plant per 400 ml of boiled water, insist, drink one tablespoon three times daily after the next meal.
Bearberry a tablespoon in a glass of boiled water, or a tablespoon in three glasses of boiled water. Insist and drink one tablespoon, or one glass, respectively, three times daily after the next meal.
Nettle, chamomile, birch, pour a teaspoon of each plant with two glasses of boiled water, drink 1/2 cup before meals four times daily.
Nettle 2 tablespoons in a glass of water, hold in a water bath for fifteen minutes, drink a third of a glass three times a day before meals.
Horsetail Brew 4 teaspoons with two glasses of boiling water, drink during the day, dividing into equal shares, an hour after each meal. Do not take for pyelonephritis and other kidney diseases.

Herbal recipes for urolithiasis:

Bearberry and knotweed in the proportion of one tablespoon of each plant per 400 ml of boiled water. Refrigerate and drink a third of a glass three times a day.
Knotweed as an independent plant, brew a tablespoon of one glass of boiling water, insist and drink one fourth four times a day. Contraindicated in urolithiasis with stones more than 2 mm; pregnant women (provokes a miscarriage); with diseases of the bladder.
Brew a tablespoon of corn silk with a glass of water, insist, drink three times a day for a third of a glass.

Herbal recipes for glomerulonephritis:

Lingonberry, nettle, chamomile, pour 1/2 liter of boiled water each tablespoon each, insist. Drink an infusion of a third of a glass three times a day.
Lingonberry, nettle, St. John's wort in a ratio of 2: 2: 1 pour 1/2 liter of boiled water over a tablespoon of the mixture. Take a third of a glass three times daily. St. John's wort increases photosensitivity, so do not take before going outside.

The diet for urological diseases should contain berries, vegetables and fruits that have a diuretic effect: watermelons, melons, cucumbers, cranberry juice, infusion of mountain ash or lingonberry.

Herbal preparations for urological diseases produced by the pharmaceutical industry have advantages over independently infusions prepared as extracts prepared from the relevant plants, and do not contain by-products (alkaloids, saponins) that are harmful to the organism.

Ortosiphon (kidney tea) is used for edema caused by impaired renal function.
Flaronin (tablets) reduces the level of urea in the blood , has a diuretic effect.
Lespeflan (water - alcohol tincture) reduces the level of urea in the blood, a diuretic.
Kanephron (dragee) has a diuretic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, antiseptic effect.