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Posted on May 9, 2007 by Bakhru | Posted under Diseases
Home Remedies for Nephritis
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After the juice fast, the patient may adopt an all-fruit diet for four or five days. Juicy fruits such as apple, grapes, orange, pear, peach and pineapple should be taken during this period. Thereafter the patient may adopt fruits and milk diet for further five days. In this regimen, milk may be added to the fruit diet. After the fruit & milk diet, the patient may gradually embark upon a well-balanced low-protein vegetarian diet, with emphasis on fresh fruits and raw and cooked vegetables. In case of chronic nephritis, a short juice fast for three days may be undertaken. Thereafter, a week or 10 days may be spent on a restricted diet. In this regimen, oranges or orange juice may be taken for breakfast. Lunch may consist of salad of two vegetable in season and dinner may comprise one or two vegetables steamed in their own juices and a few nuts. Thereafter, the patient may gradually adopt a well-balanced low-protein vegetarian diet. Further short juice fasts, followed by a week on the restricted diet, should be undertaken at intervals of two or three months until such time as the kidney condition has shown sign of normalization. The patient should avoid foods rich in oxalic acid such as spinach, chocolate and cocoa, Garlic, parsley, cucumber and celery are excellent vegetables. Best fruits are papaya and bananas. A small amount of soured milks and home-made cottage cheese can be included in the diet. All salt should be eliminated from the diet. Five or six small meals should be taken in preference to a few large ones. The diet should be adequate in all essential nutrients. Supplements should be given to furnish the nutrients not obtained from food. The supplements may include one tablespoon of lecithin, 30mg. of Vitamin B6, 25,000 units of Vitamin A and 300 to 600 units of Vitamin E. Smoking and drinking, where habitual, must be completely given up. Studies have shown that smoking impairs kidney function. The patient should avoid white bread, sugar, cakes, pastries, puddings, refined cereals, greasy, heavy or fried foods. He should also avoid tea, coffee, all flesh foods, condiments, pickles and sauces. The use of carrot juice is one of the most effective home remedies for nephritis. A glass of this juice should be taken, mixed with a tablespoon of honey and a teaspoon of fresh lime juice, every day, first thing in the morning. The use of bananas is another effective remedy for nephritis. It is due to their low protein and salt contents and high carbohydrates content. They exercise healing effect on the kidneys. A diet of bananas only can be taken for three or four days, consuming eight to nine bananas a day in the treatment of this disease. The use of avocado is valuable as a staple food in nephritis. The usefulness of this fruit arises from its small protein content, with none of the poisonous extractives, always present in flesh foods. Grapes are an excellent remedy for both acute and chronic nephritis. They possess an exceptional diuretic value on account of their high contents of water and potassium, salt. Their value in kidney troubles like nephritis is enhanced by their low albumin and sodium chloride content. Tender coconut water is another valuable remedy for this disease. It can be taken beneficially once or twice a day. It acts as a very effective but safe -diuretic. Fresh air and outdoor exercises will be of great benefit in all cases of nephritis and where possible, the patient should have a walk for at least three kilometers once or twice daily. The sufferer from chronic nephritis should never exert himself when doing anything. He should avoid all hurry and excitement. He should also avoid late hours. About The Author: Author's Sites: Herbal Remedies and Anxiety Treatments |
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