Couple of weeks before, I got a sharp pain in the left lower abdomen. Later realized that, it could be a kidney stone. So searched in Google about it. It seems most of the person could get a kidney stone.
To make it simple, these are real life scenarios to prevent kidney stones...
Found some recipes that could treat kidney stone in natural way.
Banana stem juice is an excellent remedy for people suffering from kidney stone.
What kidney does ?
Kidney purifies the blood and removes wastes from the body. In other words, it removes excess vitamins and minerals that our body could not absorb. It also does several other functions.
What are kidney stones ?
Most of the kidney stones are calcium oxalate stones. Persons who are deficient in Vitamin A and Vitamin K are likely to get kidney stones and excessive Vitamin C, D will also lead to the stone formation. So we need a balance of these 4 vitamins.
A typical kidney stone
To make it simple, these are real life scenarios to prevent kidney stones...
Take more water, urine should not look yellow
People who take less water will have risk of getting kidney stone. Kidney does the purification through water. If water is less, kidney is concentrated and thus calcium will be formed because of high concentration of waste fluid. If kidney has more water, calcium gets dissolve in it and runs out as urine. In fact, brain sense the thirst through kidney.
Drink a cup of milk everyday
Milk is a rich source of calcium. So how it will help to prevent kidney stone ? Milk also has vitamin A and vitamin K. These 2 vitamins helps the bone to absorb calcium from blood. So calcium content in blood will get reduced. Thus preventing stones.
The Banana Stem
A nearby vegetable merchant told, he never sell banana stem as he went to a loss, people not buying it. I realized most of the people don't know the medicinal benefits of banana stem.Banana stem juice is an excellent remedy for people suffering from kidney stone.
banana stem
Banana Stem Juice
For an adult, a 10 cm to 15 cm banana stem will do to prepare a glass full of juice. Consume it weekly.
Preparation
- Remove the outer stem from the banana stem.
- Cut the inner stem into small pieces.
- Grind the pieces along with water and filter it.
- Do not add sugar
- Add a lemon (lime will dissolve calcium)
- Now the juice is ready.
Paanagam (A traditional south Indian juice)
This is a juice, my grandma use to prepare. Without knowing the medicinal benefits, I use to enjoy the drink. This taste divinely. This juice is cleans the liver and kidney. Consume twice a week.
Preparation
- Jaggery powdered (vellam) 1/2 cup
- Lemon 1
- cardamom (Elachi) 2
- Dry ginger powder (sukku) 1/4 tsp
- edible camphor (Pachai karpooram) A generous pinch
- Salt A pinch
- Water 2 cups
- holy basil leaves (Thulasi) few
- Nutmeg powder (Jathikai) A pinch. This is a must for treating kidney stone.
- Dissolve the jaggery in water,to this,squeeze lemon,add powdered elachi,dry ginger powder,edible camphor,salt and nutmeg powder.
- Filter it using a strainer, add the thulasi leaves if desired and you can also add the skin of the elachi without discarding it,as it adds more flavor.
- Serve chilled though tastes great as such.
Consume it on empty stomach!
