Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
How my Client broke up her Kidney Stones!
I love hearing about natural cures and today a client told me her story.
She had Kidney Stones so the Doctor prescribed pain medication and set her up with an appointment to have the Lithotriptor procedure. While you are lying down, a machine called a lithotriptor sends targeted shock waves to break up the kidney stones into crystals small enough to be passed. She decided to try an alternative solution recommended by her friends Which can be found in "The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health" authored by Michio Kushi and Alex Jack. This method worked for her and she cancelled her appointment for the the Lithotriptor procedure.
She used the ginger compress technique which is a very useful for drawing toxins out of the kidney area, increase the blood circulation in that area, and helping to dissolve hardened masses such as stones.
a. Purchase one pound of organically grown ginger root. The ginger root should not be shriveled. Ideally, there should be blue-tinted veins barely visable on the outside of the ginger root. This means that it is juicier and more potent.
b. You will need:
i. a large pot with a heavy lid
ii. two large cotton towels
iii. two medium cotton hand-towels
iv. a piece of cheesecloth or cotton handkerchief
v. a grater
vi. lots of ginger root
vii. a partner to give you the compress
viii. spring water or filtered water
ix. comfortable location to lie down
c. Gather all items listed in step "b." above.
d. Begin heating spring (or filtered) water in large pot. The goal is to get the water very hot _without_ boiling it.
e. Grate a ping-pong ball-sized "glob" of ginger and put in a bowl temporarily. Do not use a "cheese" grater because the ginger needs to be grated into tiny pieces. It takes time to grate this much ginger.
f. Put the grated ginger into the cheesecloth (or handkerchief) and tie the close with some string.
g. Squeeze the juice from the grated ginger (wrapped in cloth) into the heated (but not boiling) water. Then throw the grated ginger (wrapped in cloth) into the pot. Heat for five minutes, but do NOT boil.
h. Remove shirt and lie down on stomach.
i. Set the covered pot of heated water with ginger next to you.
j. Dip hand towel into pot until it is submerged except for the ends of the towel. Remove towel from water and wring-out by holding the towel over the post and twisting the dry ends. k. When towel is thoroughly wrung-out, place it across the lower back, covering both kidneys. It should feel very hot. If it is too hot to stand, let towel cool off in the air before trying to place it again. Cover hand-towel with larger towel to keep the heat in.
l. Let towel sit on kidney area until it cools off. Then repeat with the other hand towel. Keep repeating until you have placed the hand towel five or six times or until your back is too sensitive to even a mildly hot hand towel.
Notes:
a. It is much easier to have a partner perform the ginger compress.
b. Have the partner lightly massage the back during the ginger compress.
c. Try to keep the pot of water covered to keep it hot.
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She had Kidney Stones so the Doctor prescribed pain medication and set her up with an appointment to have the Lithotriptor procedure. While you are lying down, a machine called a lithotriptor sends targeted shock waves to break up the kidney stones into crystals small enough to be passed. She decided to try an alternative solution recommended by her friends Which can be found in "The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health" authored by Michio Kushi and Alex Jack. This method worked for her and she cancelled her appointment for the the Lithotriptor procedure.
She used the ginger compress technique which is a very useful for drawing toxins out of the kidney area, increase the blood circulation in that area, and helping to dissolve hardened masses such as stones.
a. Purchase one pound of organically grown ginger root. The ginger root should not be shriveled. Ideally, there should be blue-tinted veins barely visable on the outside of the ginger root. This means that it is juicier and more potent.
b. You will need:
i. a large pot with a heavy lid
ii. two large cotton towels
iii. two medium cotton hand-towels
iv. a piece of cheesecloth or cotton handkerchief
v. a grater
vi. lots of ginger root
vii. a partner to give you the compress
viii. spring water or filtered water
ix. comfortable location to lie down
c. Gather all items listed in step "b." above.
d. Begin heating spring (or filtered) water in large pot. The goal is to get the water very hot _without_ boiling it.
e. Grate a ping-pong ball-sized "glob" of ginger and put in a bowl temporarily. Do not use a "cheese" grater because the ginger needs to be grated into tiny pieces. It takes time to grate this much ginger.
f. Put the grated ginger into the cheesecloth (or handkerchief) and tie the close with some string.
g. Squeeze the juice from the grated ginger (wrapped in cloth) into the heated (but not boiling) water. Then throw the grated ginger (wrapped in cloth) into the pot. Heat for five minutes, but do NOT boil.
h. Remove shirt and lie down on stomach.
i. Set the covered pot of heated water with ginger next to you.
j. Dip hand towel into pot until it is submerged except for the ends of the towel. Remove towel from water and wring-out by holding the towel over the post and twisting the dry ends. k. When towel is thoroughly wrung-out, place it across the lower back, covering both kidneys. It should feel very hot. If it is too hot to stand, let towel cool off in the air before trying to place it again. Cover hand-towel with larger towel to keep the heat in.
l. Let towel sit on kidney area until it cools off. Then repeat with the other hand towel. Keep repeating until you have placed the hand towel five or six times or until your back is too sensitive to even a mildly hot hand towel.
Notes:
a. It is much easier to have a partner perform the ginger compress.
b. Have the partner lightly massage the back during the ginger compress.
c. Try to keep the pot of water covered to keep it hot.
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