How to Treat Nephritis With Natural Medicine

Nephritis, or inflammation of the kidneys, is often characterized by headaches, mild fevers, swelling around the eyes, elevated blood pressure and darkening of the urine. Kidney damage caused by nephritis is most often reversible. While antibiotics and even dialysis are used to treat severe cases of nephritis, if caught soon enough, a modified diet can be an effective natural medicine for treating and preventing nephritis. Read on to learn more about how to treat nephritis with natural medicine.

Instructions

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  Fast on vegetable juices for seven to 10 days to treat acute nephritis. Vegetable juice is a powerful natural medicine that will allow the body to eliminate toxins and impurities that are causing the inflammatory condition of the kidneys. As much juice as is desired may be taken; however, juice should be prepared with a juicer and not in a blender.

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  Follow your juice fast with an all fruit diet for four to five days. At this point your nephritis symptoms should be greatly reduced; however, rushing back into regular eating can quickly destroy all of the progress made through the vegetable juice fast. Slowly add protein back into your diet, beginning with easy to digest items such as all natural yogurts and organic whole milk.

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  Add natural diuretics such as grapes and coconut water to your diet to help treat nephritis. Grapes are the perfect natural medicine for acute and chronic nephritis for their diuretic value, low albumin and sodium content as well as their high content of water and potassium. Coconut water is also a valuable diuretic for the treatment of nephritis and can be taken daily as is or used to make fresh fruit juice.

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  Begin to add small amounts of nuts and steamed vegetables about two weeks after the last day of the juice fast. Maintain a low-protein vegetarian diet for at least two months until the kidneys show no signs of nephritis.

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  Include plenty of bananas and avocados in your diet throughout the healing process. Low in protein and salt yet rich in slow-burning carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, bananas and avocados can provide the energy and nutrients you need without aggravating your symptoms.