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How to get back kidney functioning back on track after a fatal failure..........................the suggestions need to be always taken in right spirit. For benefit of english readers refer to below Tamil content.

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Dear Friends...... The protocol which I have given below, has been proved scientifically by Prof G. Shanmugam, Eminent Scientist.

It is mere simple and the details are given crystal clear by his son, Pari. Go throught this, and recommend to people who are undergoing dialysis....... Spread this msg so that it can reach much wider audience.... Read this mail and forward to the needy people.........

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. http://kaveri.org/wp/2006/11/kidney-tamil/ Kidney Recovery November 6th, 2006 Pari Health, Personal Leave a comment Go to comments Earlier this year, my dad had went into chronic end stage renal

failure and was in critical condition, with the kidney functioning at less than 5% capacity (his urine output was less than 50ml per day i.e. less than a quarter cup). In addition, every renal surgeon telling him outright that there is no possibility of the kidney recovering. He had to do peritoneal dialysis 3 times a day, for 3 months. After a lot of persuasion I got him on an Ayurvedic regiment. Within 2 weeks the kidney for the first time showed signs of improvement (urine output going from 50ml to 100ml). From being dead, it steadily and dramatically came back alive day by day, and by the end of 2 months the kidneys returned to 80% capacity (in terms of urine output reaching 650-700ml, and levels of creatine, BUN, much closer to normal). Now he is very healthy and lively, compared with how weak, emaciated, and distressed he was before. For anyone suffering from kidney disease I very much recommended trying out the treatments outlined here. It is all a matter dedicated effort, patience, and confidence. For all those suffering from kidney ailment: it can be reversed (even critical stage kidney failure which doctors pronounce as hopeless!). Background In May this year my dad was rushed to the hospital on account of complete kidney failure. Both kidneys had shutdown. The condition was described as end stage kidney failure, the worst possible state a kidney can go into. The doctors said in the history of patients theyve had, once a kidney goes into this stage they havent seen it recover. He had never had a problem with his kidney in the past, he was very healthy. So how did this happen, and why so suddenly without warning? Later it was found that there actually were some very significant warning signs. Two months before the failure, the creatine level was way out of range. But our family doctor had dismissed it as nothing (even when my dad pointed it out to him twice). Given the faith that people tend to have in doctors, my dad took that answer as gospel. Until that one night when he collapsed and had to be rushed to the hospital and put on emergency hemodialysis. His whole body had gone into a critical stage due to complete shutdown of the kidneys.

But why was the creatine level out of range in the first place? I found my answer a couple of months later. By chance I saw a program on PBS (Public Broadcasting System is non-profit organization in the USA with very informative programs that is relatively free from commercial influence). The program was about an investigation into the FDA (Food and Drug Administration, USA) on how it had approved a group of cholesterol drugs that were known to cause catastrophic kidney failure. The investigation revealed a whole network of giant pharmaceutical companies that had its hands inside that government agency. Getting to the point that particular group of drugs (known as statin drugs) is exactly what my dad was taking prior to the sudden kidney collapse. And yet, it continues to be prescribed by doctors for controlling cholesterol. May 8, 2006 As stated, my dad was rushed to emergency care in critical condition several times in the first two weeks of the failure, put on hemodialysis almost continuously. Then, in the following months he was on peritoneal dialysis (PD) for about 3-4 times a day, every day. What was worse, is that PD was having toll on his body. Apart from the highly restrictive diet, the PD removes a lot of nutrients from the body. Not to mention kidney is responsible for other things like producing one of the key components for generating red blood cells and controlling blood pressure. He had lost several pounds (due to breakdown of muscles), became very weak and emaciated. His skin had also turned dark and patchy. Depression also set in (not to mention the loads of chemicals that were acting on him) and he felt that he would not last long. Meanwhile I wasnt ready to give up so easily. I strongly believe in the bodys tremendous and remarkable capacity to heal itself, even from the most critical conditions. I was scouring the web, day and night, reading, cross referencing several Ayurvedic books and articles, eventually putting together a healing regiment. What made it

so difficult was the amount of junk information out there and that it took time differentiating what is genuine. I tried convincing my dad over phone, to follow Ayurvedic healing. But he being a trained scientist in Western medicine wasnt too excited about it. He had an almost religious faith in Western medicine, despite the fact that modern medicine was increasingly earning a reputation for causing more damage than curing them. After six weeks of trying unsuccessfully to convince him to take the Ayurvedic approach, I rolled up my sleeves and took a short two week trip to India. July 19, 2006 Starting the day I landed (Tamil Nadu, India, July 19th, 2006) I got him on a regiment of couple of things: ranging from ginger compress w/reiki, meditation, morning walks, turmeric, omam/ajwain water, tamarind juice, foot massage at kidney meridian, strict changes in diet to control excess salt, potassium, phosphorous. This started on day 1. On the 4th day, his urine output for the first time had doubled (from 50ml to 100ml). By the time I left (i.e. two weeks) it had reached 120ml. From that point on it steadily improved, and in less than two months from July 19th, it reached an average of 650-700ml. Even the doctors were so skeptical that even after a blood/urine test, they said the test might be messed up! and asked him to get another blood/urine test! In fact, theyll just label this as a case of spontaneous remission (a fancy escapist term used by modern science; so as to easily avoid/escape acknowledging the possibility that they could have been wrong about it being incurable (by modern science), and that other means of curing it (outside of modern science) could possibly exist (for fear of being sued, losing their licence, losing profitability, etc). Early 2007 My dads urine output now averages around 1000ml (close to the normal adult output of 1200ml per day). His creatine has very much improved though a bit more to go to get to

normal level. He does dialysis just once day (as opposed to 3-4 times a day). He was even able to do dialysis once every alternate day (he tried this for a whole month) with no problem. But we learned it is not advisable to do alternate days it can cause the dialysis tubing inside to dry up, shrink, and possibly get clogged so we resumed daily once a day instead of alternate days. So how to test whether the kidney is ready to be back on its own fully? as we have the restriction that we cannot reduce dialysis to less than once per day. Instead of reducing the frequency of dialysis, we decided that hell slowly resume foods from the category that kidney patients are strictly forbidden to eat. After each of these trials, at end of month, we do blood work to make sure everything is within limits. So far the kidney is handling it very well. Eventually, after he resumes normal diet (except for salt which should be avoided anyway), once we are satisfied with the blood test results that the kidney is able to handle it, we hope to remove dialysis all together. November 18, 2008 After consulting with our doctor, we decided to stop dialysis for one month to see if the kidney can function on its own, so that if so we can plan on earmarking a date to have the dialysis implant removed completely. We stopped dialysis today November 18, 2008. February 28, 2009 Two months have gone by since we stopped dialysis (on November 18, 2008). Lab tests have shown all things as being stable. We concluded that the kidney is functioning well on its own and that the dialysis implant (peritoneal sac implant and tubing) can now be removed. On February 28, 2009 we had the surgery done to have the dialysis completely removed. Now the kidney is working on its own, free from dialysis. FYI, removing the dialysis was a fairly common procedure. Takes about 1/2 to 2 hrs surgery depending upon the amount of fibrin that has grown into and around the implant that is being removed. For my dad it took about 1.5 hours, and was done under local anesthesia

(administered via spinal). September 1, 2009 This will be the final update. It has been six full months since removal of dialysis on February 28, 2009. Kidney is fine, and hes in very good health. The Treatment First, dont buy too much into what doctors say. You will never hear a doctor tell you that the kidney will recover (due to the risk of getting sued if it doesnt). The kidney is one of the organs that has very good potential for recovery. I am very confident that if the below regiments are followed the kidney can recover. It is very important that you read this article on Ayurveda first before proceeding with the treatments. This so that you understand what you are doing, and follow the treatment methodically and with discipline, and not expect miracle cures (i.e. cure without any effort on your part). You need to put in effort. Also, while the kidney will likely respond almost immediately to the treatment, dont expect the kidney to get back to 90% normal overnight. Be patient. It takes time, especially the last stretch. Also, dont mistake patience with patience with no effort. You need to be diligent. Ginger Compress According to Ayurveda [ref. Ayurveda Secrets of Healing - Maya Tiwari], ginger compress is specifically mentioned for treatment kidney ailments. To prepare ginger compress concoction, take a handful of grated ginger, wrap it in thin cotton cloth, tie it into a bundle. Squeeze the ginger juice from it into a pot of one gallon (about 4 liters) of boiling water (try to use a steel pot; avoid non-stick, aluminium, etc), then drop the bundle into the pot. Let it simmer, covered, for about 30 minutes. Remove the pot from heat and let it sit for 5 minutes before uncovering. To apply, dip a towel into the pot, squeeze excess water into the pot. Make sure to cover the pot so that it doesnt lose heat. Apply the towel on lower back, over the kidney, until the towel looses warmth.

Re-soak towel and re-apply until ginger water in pot cools down and looses its warmth. You can apply warm sesame oil over area before and after treatment. Note, the purpose of the heat is so that the pores in the skin open up and the active ingredients from the ginger are readily absorbed into the body. So make sure it is hot enough, just bearable, but enough not to cause discomfort. Meditation It is important to meditate on the kidney. Any form of meditation will do. Whatever inspires you. You can imagine your God sending healing energy, or sunrise bathing the kidney, or simply imagine/visualize the cells in the kidney regenerating, or listen to bhajans (devotional songs), or Indian instrumental music bathing the kidney. This is very important. Imagine if you instead did the opposite watching TV, engaging yourself in work, chatting, Then youre basically telling the brain that you dont care about the kidney. Essentially youre giving the kidney the signal that it is ok to shutdown. Even just a little bit of loving attention from your heart and mind towards your kidney will go a long way to mobilize the brain and other body mechanisms to repair and regenerate it. Start by imagining how tirelessly it has been working all these years. Like if your servant works tirelessly, day in and day out, year after year, without complaint, taking every abuse (workload), and then one day he falls sick, what do you do? do you ignore him and let him die? or do you give him a break and give him your fullest attention? It is amazing how we dont do the same for our internal body parts. Be thankful, and look at the meditation as a way of giving your kidney (and all organs) a break, a nice vacation for it take its time to recover (dont rush it). Reiki The effectiveness of the ginger compress can be greatly enhanced by applying Reiki. You dont have to be a Reiki expert. This is not to downplay training and experience, but to emphasize that it is a natural potential built into everyone that can be easily nurtured with practice, but is often discarded by the average person. The simplest way is to place the palms of your hands on the affected area, and just

simply let the universal energy flow through your hands into the affected area. The healing touch is an important part of healing dont underestimate it or do without it. Reiki can even be done remotely, throughly visualization of the person and the affected area. When you can do this regularly and at a specific fixed time, it will become more potent. Foot Massage The are over 7,000 nerve endings at the base of each feet. The ancients had mapped these in fine detail (that is 5,000 years ago more than modern science with all its technological innovations could possibly identify). Acupuncture and acupressure, once considered a superstition or pseudo-science, is increasingly being used by western medicine. According to Ayurveda, the fourth toe is the location of the kidney meridian, and massaging it helps to increase the flow of vital energy to the kidneys. Sit in a quiet place, be calm, relax you breath, visualize the kidney meridian, and massage the fourth toe (the one next to your smallest toe). Ajwain Ajwain ( , ). According to Ayurveda, it is beneficial to kidney function. If you are suffering from kidney ailment, you might want to make it a habit to add a little bit of omam to your food and fluid intake. Tamarind The extremely low incidence of kidney stones in the Indonesian population has been attributed to the frequent use of tamarind in Ayurvedic cooking: Tamarind rinds contain tartrates, which inhibit the formation of calcium oxalate stones by decreasing the amount of ionized calcium in the urine.. At the same time dont over do it as tamarind increases your bad cholesterol levels when taken in excess. In fact, dont overdo anything!

Turmeric Turmeric (traditionally used by Ayurvedic cooking, and an important part of all Indian curries) has been shown by Western Medicine to prevent kidney damage and restore kidney function. A study investigated the effect of curcumin on artificially induced kidney disease in rats. Results indicated that treatment with curcumin prevented the kidney injury and restored kidney function. Treatment with curcumin significantly protected against proteinuria, albuminuria, hypoalbuminaemia and hyperlipidaemia. Curcumin inhibited the increase in urinary excretion of N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (a marker of kidney tubular injury), fibronectin and glycosaminoglycan and blood cholesterol. The data also demonstrated that curcumin protected against kidney injury by suppressing free radicals and increasing kidney glutathione content and glutathione peroxidase activity (endogenous antioxidants). Curcumin also eliminated kidney microsomal and mitochondrial lipid peroxidation. The data suggest that administration of curcumin is a promising approach in the treatment of kidney disease. BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY, 2000, Vol 129, Iss 2, pp 231234 Diet The most important treatment towards recovering from kidney disease is in restricting your diet. You need to be very vigilant about the nutrients you feed the kidney. Even a small lapse in the diet can cause more than just two steps backward. Sodium The first thing you will need to do is cut your sodium intake. Cutting down on salt (sodium chloride) is probably the easiest thing to do (compared with cutting down on potassium and phospherous). Can you survive without salt? Humans have been surviving for 5 million years without salt. The body

can survive without salt (table salt, rock salt, sea salt,). In fact, adding salt causes it to go haywire, because it does not know how to handle it. Salt came into use only in the last 2000 years when it was used initially as a preservative to pickle things. If you really crave for salt, use genuine rock salt (do not use table salt) and limit the intake should be absolutely limited to less than 500mg per day. If your kidney is critically ill, then you should completely eliminate salt. With the exception, if you are undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) you may need to take about 250mg of salt (rock salt), as PD drains salt from your body. Note that excess salt causes one to lose calcium which can lead to bone weakness and bone disease. Potassium and Phosphorous It is important to restrict your diet to low potassium (below 200mg per serving) and low phosphorous (below 100mg per serving) foods. Too much or too low potassium can result in irregular heart beat and heart failure. Too much phosphorus stimulates the parathyroid gland which will deplete calcium from your bones (which will weaken the bones and cause painful joints). It can also result in calcium deposits in muscles, organs, and blood which can be dangerous. Acceptable: Vegetables: garlic, onions, carrots, cucumber, eggplant, green beans, lettuce, summer squash, sweet peppers, bell peppers, cabbages, cauliflower. Fruits: apples, berries, grapes, lemon, peaches, pineapple, plums, watermelon. Juices (limited): apple, cranberry, grape. Dairy substitutes: rice milk, ragi Misc: instead of salt, use lemon, pepper, or low sodium herbs and spices. Oils (in moderation): olive, sesame. Avoid: Vegetables: tomatoes, spinach, potatoes, sweet potatoes, winter

squash, dried beans (lentils, peas). Fruits: bananas, dried fruits, mangos, papaya, honeydew, canteloupe, oranges, kiwi. Juices: orange, prune, vegetable juice, soft drinks. Dairy: milk, yogurt, cheese (all dairy products are a concentrated source of phospherous). Misc: table salt and salt substitutes, chocolate, pickles, protein supplements, biscuits, snacks that contain salt (chips, pretzels). Oils: (these are extremely harmful even in very small quantities) partially hydrogenated oils, hydrogenated oils, vegetable shortening. Nuts and seeds: avoid all seeds and nuts (they are extremely high in phosphorous and potassium; for example cashews, peanuts, walnuts, almonds whether raw or roasted have more than 600mg of potassium and 500mg of phospherous, per 100g). Medicine: painkillers, antacids, when avoidable cutdown on pills. Important Notes: Leach high potassium vegetables to reduce the potassium: cut the vegetable into small pieces and place in a very large pot of water and let it soak for at least 4 hours at room temperature or overnight in a refrigerator. High potassium vegetables should be eaten in very limited quanity. Limit the serving size so that you keep the potassium under 200mg per serving. Vegetables should be cooked. For example, raw cabbage is 246mg of potassium uncooked, and cooked it is 97mg. Protein If you are undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD), it is important to note that protein is lost during PD, so one needs to eat sufficient protein. Note that when the kidney is not functioning, excessive protein is dangerous, as the kidney leaks protein albumin into the blood, which causes increase in blood urea nitrogen (BUN). Symptoms are neurological disturbances such as altered cognitive function, impaired taste (bad taste in mouth), swelling of legs, loss of appetite, and skin takes on gray color due to urea crystals forming on skin.

Protein deficiency can lead to symptoms such as fatigue, insulin resistance, loss of muscle mass, hair loss, low body temperature, hormonal irregularities, as well as loss of skin elasticity. Therefore calculate your protein intake. Your body needs typically 0.8g of protein per kg of body weight. So if you weigh 50kg you need 40g per day from quality protein sources. Quality protein sources: Eat a variety of legumes (soaked overnight, sprouted). Of the legumes, whole mung dhal (with skin, soaked overnight) is the best (it is known as the queen of all dhals in Ayurveda). According to ayurveda, almonds soaked overnight is the highest quality of protein found among vegetables. Soak it in a large vessel (for example, 8 almonds in 1 litre of water), so that the potassium is leached. Important Notes: Raw unsoaked almonds are are very high in potassium and phosphorous (like all nuts and seeds). I am assuming that in soaked almonds potassium is greatly reduced (I cannot find any data on soaked almonds). There is reason to believe extensive changes in chemical composition takes place when soaked unsoaked almond is oily, the soaked almond develops into a sweetish milky substance. But cannot say to what extent it reduces potassium and phospherous level as there is no data available on nutritional content of soaked almonds. Water The kidney plays an important role in regulating blood pressure by controlling the amount of water. Taking excess water can cause high blood pressure (and stress the heart). Too little water can affect kidney function and recovery. It can also result in low blood pressure and can cause one to become unconscious.

So it is important to take the right amount of water. Do not have more than 1.4L of fluid per day. Be aware that some fruits have a lot of water and contribute to your water limit. After the kidney is fully functioning one can do water therapy to keep it in good health. Discipline The main key to recovery is discipline. Follow through the your kidney recovery with seriousness. Else the kidney can permanently shut down in which case even dialysis can be ineffective. Even worse, a more serious condition may manifest (such as the liver failure, bone disease, loss of cognition, stroke, loss of vision, etc.). For example if you are negligent on avoiding phosphorous, you may recover from your kidney disease only to find out you have severely debilitating bone disease. The kidney is one of the organs that can easily regenerate even if its condition is terminal. Any failure for it to recover, is a failure or lack of effort on your part; not the kidney. Therefore, set your goals, and treat it as a challenge. Note: As your kidney recovers you may (or rather should) cautiously increase your intake of banned foods. As these are important nutrients also, and they are also needed to restore your health. For example potassium is used to reduce regulate your BP (it helps reduce BP, i.e. the opposite effect of sodium). There is no substitute for these micro-nutrients. Deprive your body from them long enough, and it may cause some other ailment. Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor. Proceed with confidence and patience, but at the same time exercise caution and monitor diligently. The above Ayurvedic approach can be combined with modern medical science by using the later to diligently monitor the progress and using it to make informed choices in your Ayurvedic approach. Further Reading Ayurveda Dangers of Statin drugs

WebMD Eating a vegetarian diet while living with kidney disease Nutrition Data Diet for Kidney Disease Acknowledgement This wouldnt be complete if we dont owe it to the Knowledge transmitted to us via great sages/yogis, without which all this would not have been possible we would have been at the mercy of the verdict of doctors (the emperors with no clothes). http://kaveri.org/wp/2006/11/kidney-ailment/ -........ . ............. With regards, Karthikeyan R Genomics Meritorious Research Fellow Dept of Animal Behavior & Physiology School of Biological Sciences Madurai Kamaraj University Madurai, Tamil Nadu India 625 025
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