Chronic kidney disease is where we find a gradual loss in kidney function. This loss takes place over months or years. It is also known as Chronic Renal Disease. During the early stages of chronic kidney disease, you may or may not have symptoms like nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, weakness, disturbed sleep, swollen feet and ankles, hypertension etc. Whatever is the stage of kidney disease, Ayurvedic kidney disease treatment has always been beneficial. Ayurvedic medicine for kidney disease consists of herbs and medicines that treat in the most natural way with minimal side effects.
What are the symptoms of Stage 3 CKD?
Stage 3 of CKD is the stage where kidney disease symptoms start appearing. This condition is further classified as – 3a and 3b according to the GFR of the patient.
- Stage 3a with the eGFR of 45-59
- Stage 3b with the eGFR of 30-44
But, symptoms remain almost the same for these two sub-stages. Here are the symptoms-
- Blood pressure shoots abruptly.
- Breathlessness due to anaemia.
- Fatigue
- Itching
- Pain in back
- Loss of appetite
- Sleep disturbances
- Weakness
- Water retention-edema in feet and hands
- Urine frequency changes
What are the other effects of Stage 3 CKD?
Kidney shrinkage
The average kidney size is 10-12 cm. Usually, the kidney shrinks in CKD. If the shrinkage increases, it becomes difficult to treat chronic kidney disease. We can treat shrunken kidneys, but it depends on age, physical strength and other associated disorders.
Blood creatinine levels.
Our medicines from store.ayukarma, works to treat natural cure for high creatinine levels. Ayurvedic medicine for kidney disease can treat cases with levels as high as 15.
Low Haemoglobin
Kidney patients are also seen with low Hb. It is usually recovered and normalised once the medicine is started. Kidney disease treatment in ayurveda, while treating kidney diseases, also raises the decreased Hb.
What is a chronic kidney disease in Ayurveda?
Ayurveda says urine formation starts in the intestine, and filtration occurs in the kidneys. When there is an imbalance of Agni, it also disturbs the process of formation and filtration of urine. If the urine is malformed, it leads to the accumulation of wastes in the body. This toxins accumulation is known as ‘ama sanchaya’ in Ayurveda.
The toxins formed due to weak Agni accumulate in the srotas. It also leads to obstructions in the channels. These are later found responsible for or one of the causes of Chronic Kidney Disease.
This ‘ama’ accumulation in a duration of time shows the following symptoms –
- Decreased GFR
- Heaviness
- Oedema (in the later stages)
- Loss of appetite
- Tiredness
- Puffiness around the eyes
- Raised values of creatinine and urea
According to Ayurveda, kidney diseases come under Mutravahasrotas vikar. The digested food is further divided into two parts.
- Sara Bhag (essential/nutritional component of food)
- Kitta Bhag (The waste part forms stool, urine and sweat).
Sara bhaga is used to form the rasa. Rasa meets the body’s nutritional requirements by converting it into other dhatus.
Vyana Vata, as per Ayurveda, helps in the formation of urine. Apana vata handles the elimination of urine. So while treating CKD, we take care of both of the Vayus.
Can someone with stage kidney disease 3 recover well?
Before starting with the treatment, we must undergo some basic blood tests. Serum creatinine treatment in ayurveda. These are to be repeated after 45 days with the same lab. We at Karma Ayurveda have successfully treated CKD with Ayurvedic medicines. The medicines are herbal and suggested along with a diet and Yoga instructions. An improvement in blood tests is expected in 45 days. Strong results will be evident in a few months, depending on the patient’s condition.
For dialysis patients, we can redo tests even after a week. The tests should be at the same time before and after dialysis. We have a huge data bank of patients recovering from dialysis and other Kidney Diseases. The dependence on dialysis reduces and is also seen to stop after some time. It is also seen that people following a proper diet and lifestyle recover faster than others.
Diet and lifestyle:
The main aim of Ayurvedic Kidney Disease treatment is to cleanse the system, increase the Agni and also root out the disease. The following Do’s and Don’ts should be added in your lifestyle:
Avoid:
- Pulses/Dals
- Hot spices like pepper, chillies etc.
- Junk foods, refined foods etc.
- Milk and milk products
- Non-veg like meat, fish and eggs
- Seeds and nuts
Consume:
- Fruits (Except a few)
- Vegetables (Except a few)
- Buttermilk is allowed in small amounts
- Rice after removing starch
- Water processed with berberis/cumin seeds i.e. detox drinks
A few suggestive Lifestyle modifications
- Avoid daytime sleep except when very sick
- Avoid heavy meals after dark
- Do not hold the urge to pass stools or urine
- Hot water fomentation is advised.
- At least 30 mins of daily activity
- Yoga-Vajrasana, Bhujangasana, Setubandhasan, Naukasan etc., could be included.
- Avoid smoking and Drinking