Kidney/Bladder Issues
Foods to Eat More Of:
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Supplements & Homeopathic:
Mind-Body Connection:
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
Meals:
Sides & Salads:
- Fruits: apricots, avocado, mangoes, melons, peaches, pineapple (some sources say cranberries can help, but others indicate berries of all kinds should be avoided)
- Vegetables: asparagus, beets, broccoli, carrots, celery, corn, fennel, leeks, onions, turnips
- Brown rice, seeds (especially flax, pumpkin, sesame, sunflower), whole grains, soy products
- Plenty of water (at least 8 glasses daily)
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
- Fruits: berries (some sources say cranberries can help, but others indicate berries of all kinds should be avoided), clementines, grapefruit, lemons, limes, oranges, rhubarb, strawberries, tangerines, tomatoes
- Vegetables: arugula, beets, cabbage, collard greens, kale, peppers, romaine lettuce, spinach, watercress
- Meat, Seafood & dairy products
- Parsley, peanuts, almonds, chocolate, tea, bran, coffee and soda
- Excessive salt/sugar
- Alcohol & refined flour
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Kidney/Bladder Infection: birch, cypress, marjoram, rosemary, lemongrass, patchouli (kidney area, bottom of feet)
- Kidney Stones: Eucalyptus, juniper, geranium (kidney area, bottom of feet, hot compress on location)
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Agrimony, alfalfa, birch, black cohosh, burdock, dandelion, echinacea, goldenrod, marshmallow leaf & root, parsley, plantain, stinging nettle
- For Pain:
- For Kidney/Bladder Infection:
- A few splashes of vinegar in tall glass of water. Drink as many as you can for 2 days.
- Drink 3-4 glasses of cranberry juice daily.
- Try drinking Saffron tea
- For Kidney Stones (to dissolve):
- Celery seed, Feverfew
- Wash 6 red beets (do not slice them). In 3 quarts of water, boil slowly (so water does not boil away). After an hour, strain the water and bottle it (refrigerate so it does not spoil). Drink 3 glasses daily.
- Mix 3 Tablespoons lemon juice, 3 Tablespoons cream of tarter, and 3 Tablespoons Epsom salt. Put in pint jar and fill with water. Stir every morning and take 1 Tablespoon before breakfast.
- For Kidney Stones (to help pass):
- Mix equal amounts homemade almond milk and barley water and drink often until stones are passed. (Almond milk recipe: grind 2 ounces skinned almonds and mix with enough water to make a milky paste).
Supplements & Homeopathic:
- Calcium Citrate: NOT the kind with Vitamin D added. 800 mg daily (take with meals). Talk to your doctor before taking any kind of Calcium supplement!
- Magnesium & Vitamin B6: 200-300 mg Magnesium and 50-100 mg Vitamin B6 daily (take with meals)
- Glucosamine Sulfate & Chondroitin: 60 mg of each daily.
Mind-Body Connection:
- General kidney problems can represent feelings of criticism, shame, failure or disappointment.
- Kidney stones can represent feelings of unresolved anger.
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
Meals:
- Adult Ramen (V, GF)
- Broth (Veggie/Chicken/Beef) - (V, GF)
- Buddha Bowl (V, GF)
- Edamame Rice Bowl (V)
- Quinoa Oatmeal (V)
Sides & Salads: