Ayurvedic Herbal Treatment for Acute Kidney Failure

Acute kidney failure is of short duration and is usually due to three main causes.  Prerenal causes are the commonest and usually result from insufficient blood supply to the kidneys due to dehydration or other causes like low blood pressure, heart attack or heart failure.  Postrenal causes include obstruction to the flow of urine due to kidney stones, tremors, enlarged prostate etc.  Renal causes include damage to the renal blood vessels or kidney tissue due to infection, inflammation, or injury.  The modern management of acute kidney failure includes hospitalization, treatment of the specific cause of the condition, supplementing or replacing the filtration of the kidneys, correction of dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, and treatment to restore blood circulation and maintain blood pressure.

Ayurvedic herbal treatment is useful in acute kidney failure when there is damage within the kidneys either to the blood circulation or to the actual kidney tissue.  Herbal treatment is especially useful when there is inflammation of the kidney tissue or blood vessels.  Herbal medicines are given in high doses so as to reduce the inflammation and reverse the damage to the kidneys.  Toxins generated within the blood circulation are also flushed out either through the kidneys themselves or through the gastrointestinal system.  Ayurvedic herbal medicines help to maintain the kidney function and bring about a gradual reversal of inflammation and the resulting damage to the kidneys

Ayurvedic medicines can be given in combination with modern intensive care for acute kidney failure.  These medicines provide a supportive role and help to bring about a long-term correction of kidney function.  Herbal medicines not only bring about an early cure, but also prevent long-term complications like chronic kidney failure.  Individuals affected with acute kidney failure require Ayurvedic herbal treatment for about 4 to 8 weeks in order to provide significant relief from the symptoms.  Ayurvedic herbal medicines thus have a definite role to play in the management and treatment of acute kidney failure.

The writer, Dr. A. A. Mundewadi, is available as an online Ayurvedic Consultant at www.ayurvedaphysician.com

Ayurvedic Herbal Treatment for Kidney Failure

Acute kidney failure is usually because of some infection, trauma, or some other medical emergency, and needs to be treated in an intensive care unit.  This article focuses upon chronic kidney failure, or chronic renal failure, in which a long-term management is required.

There are several causes of chronic kidney failure, in which a few notable conditions include persistent high blood pressure, untreated diabetes, renal artery stenosis, polycystic kidney, generalised medical conditions like auto-immune disorders, adverse drug reaction, and drug abuse. Chronic kidney failure is due to wide-spread damage to the structural and functioning units within the kidneys, resulting in impaired function of the kidneys. Fluid and electrolyte balance, and excretion of harmful waste products are important functions which are severely compromised due to kidney failure. This necessitates external dialysis to keep the body functioning at near-normal levels.

There are probably no medicines in the modern system which can help heal the damaged kidneys and restore some semblance of order and function of these organs. Fortunately, there are several herbal medicines which can be very safely used in kidney failure, and which directly act on the kidneys. These medicines act on the kidney tissue and reduce inflammation and scarring. They also act upon the tiny blood vessel within the kidney tissue to repair the damage done to the membranes through which transfer of fluid, electrolytes and waste products takes place. These medicines also act on the whole body to remove the known causes of kidney failure, and initiate a generalised healing process.  Most of these medicines also directly contribute in increasing the formation and passage of urine.

It is pertinent to note that there is no need to use any bhasmas in the treatment of chronic kidney failure, and this will put to rest concerns about the use of heavy metals in treating the damaged kidneys. Herbal medicines are quite effective in treating kidney failure and can be useful even up to the fourth stage of this condition. Needless to say, the earlier that treatment is initiated, the better and more complete will be the results obtained from Ayurvedic therapy.

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