Herbal Medicine and the Dangers of the Kidney
Saturday, 19. December 2009
Kidney is one of the important organs of human beings. However, many of our brothers who have not known in depth. This causes the knowledge of our brothers of the kidney and its diseases, prevention and treatment of kidney disease are also low. In order not to be mistaken at the same time maintaining the health of our body organs called kidneys.
Kidney is an organ that serves as a means of filtration, remove excess salt, water, acid, waste or regulate electrolytes such as K, Ca, Mg, PO4, and the rest of the body’s metabolism. Kidneys also served to secretion to produce EPO which controls the blood hemoglobin (HB), activation of vitamin D for bone health, and secrete renin to regulate blood pressure. Damage to the kidney tissue caused by toxins that enter through the mouth, the destruction of muscle tissue. So the toxins must be avoided to prevent kidney damage.
Traditional herbal products or natural that many are sold and circulated in the market in the form of pills or powders, are often blamed for kidney health hazard. Drinking herbal medicine will be harmful to the health of the kidneys if taken beyond its dose and / or without being accompanied by drinking lots of water (better water), because the kidney’s waste water duty, the remaining liquid and metabolites inside the filter tersuplai blood to the kidneys . If not accompanied by much drinking habits, you can imagine the blood that flows into the kidney to be filtered and disposed of it dense enough to concentrate, plus a metabolite of medicinal compounds. Kidney organ can be easily damaged if the liquid concentrate filter continuously. And will be even more dangerous, if it turns out the herbs were purchased and consumed drugs contain synthetic compounds (fear reaction between herbal and synthetic drugs were opposite each other). It could happen complications reaction. also use the herbs for long periods can affect accumulation of metabolites of compounds in organs – organs, such as the liver, kidney or gastrointestinal tract.



