“Health is wealth” but most of us are not conversant with this phrase. The literal meaning is to keep yourself healthy and fit; only your health can help you gain wealth. But how will you keep yourself healthy? Start investing in your health for a better return on investment. Initiate the act by investing in your kidneys. In this blog, we will be telling you the easiest ways to keep your kidneys healthy.
We have been taught since our school days that the kidneys are the most important organ of the human body. They may look like tiny beans but have versatility in performing the functioning for the human body.
Kidneys are solely responsible for carrying the purified blood to the heart. They are also responsible for filtering the wastes and toxins from the body. The kidneys also make sure the balance of pH level in the blood and formation of RBCs as well.
The kidneys need to be nurtured daily with a healthy diet and lifestyle. Just a few changes and you can cherish your life after then. Today, we will tell you the 6 ways to keep your kidneys healthy that can be performed easily at home without any hustle.
Following are the Ayurvedic ways of keeping your kidneys healthy and strong:
Practice the following 5 Yoga poses (Asana) every day
As the kidneys perform many functions that cleanse and purify our blood and body it becomes our duty to do the same in return. Nothing can beat this natural way of keeping the kidneys healthy: Yoga asana.
Asana 1: The child pose
Ayurvedic name of child pose: Balasana
Child pose helps in the prevention of kidney stones. To practice this yoga asana:
- Start by sitting in a position of Vajrasana.
- Make sure that your buttocks are touching your ankles.
- Relax and breathe in.
- While breathing, raise your hands upwards and exhale slowly.
- Keeping the position of hands intact and bend down slowly.
- Try touching your head to the ground.
- Now, try touching your fingers to the ground.
- Hold the pose for 2 minutes.
Asana 2: The cobra pose
Ayurvedic name of Cobra Pose: Bhujangasana
This Yoga asana is beneficial for organs other than kidneys as well. The cobra pose helps in easing the digestion and the issues related to the abdominal area. It helps in treating kidney disorders and the causes of kidney disorders like the problem of high blood pressure. This yoga pose has been a proven Ayurvedic method to cure the problems arising due to kidney stones. Practice this Asana:
- Put your hands on the ground wide open and lie down on your stomach.
- Chin up and stretch backward, just like the cobra does.
- Hold still and put the weight on your hands only.
- Stay still and hold the pose for 30 seconds.
Asana 3: Wind relieving pose:
Ayurvedic name of Wind relieving pose: Pawanmuktaasana
As the name suggests, this pose helps in relieving the blockage in the kidneys. The problems developed due to the blockage in the kidneys can be eased with this yoga asana. Wind relieving pose also helps in improving the digestion. Practice this pose:
- Lie down on the mat.
- Now bend your legs and put pressure on your stomach by bringing your knees towards your mouth.
- Hold your legs with both of your hands tightly.
- Hold the posture for 60 seconds.
- Repeat the procedure twice or thrice.
Asana 4: Half Lord of the fish pose
Ayurvedic name of half lord of the fish pose: Ardha Matsyendraasna
Half lord of the fish pose helps in energizing the kidneys and liver. It helps in boosting the immune power in our immune system and promotes proper digestion. To practice this pose:
- Sit like a dandasana pose.
- Place your left foot in front of the right leg.
- By keeping your spine straight rotate your head & weight to the left.
- Hold this posture for 10 seconds.
- Repeat the procedure by changing your sides.
Asana 5: Camel pose
Ayurvedic name of camel pose: Ustrasana
Camel poses massages the kidneys from within. This pose enhances the blood flow to the kidneys for the detoxification of impurities lying in the blood. Perform this pose:
- Kneel down on your knees and keep your hips and thighs perpendicular to the ground.
- Hold your lower waist by placing your fingers on your hips (point them towards the ground).
- Stretch a little and lift your chin up and lean back.
- Hold the pose for 30 seconds.
Pranayam
There are many types of Pranayam, but while performing them, you should follow all the following three actions properly. Especially if you are doing Pranayam for the kidney, then you should take special care of the rules.
- Practice Pranayam only in fresh air and surroundings after taking a proper bath.
- Inhale and exhale in a systematic and rhythmic way
- When you are done inhaling and exhaling, release your breath slowly in a rhythmic way.
Practice the following Pranayam to keep the healthy functioning of the kidneys:
Chandrabhedi Pranayam
Chandrabhedi Pranayam has a special significance in yoga practice and in our lives. Performing Pranayam daily helps in the better blood flow in the arteries and veins. This is a powerful Pranayam that can prevent the body from diseases related to kidneys.
What is the procedure to perform Chandrabhedi Pranayam?
- Find a quiet and sophisticated environment and spread your mat on the ground.
- Relax and sit down with a smile, now keep your neck, spine, and waist straight.
- Place your left hand on your left knee and close the right nostril with the thumb of your right hand.
- Take a deep breath and close the left nostril with fingers.
- Hold your breath as long as you can.
- Exhale slowly and repeat the procedure with the left nostril.
- Practice this for at least 5-8 times during a session.
Ujjayi Pranayam
The word Ujjayi literally means – “the one who has conquered everything.” If you practice this Pranayam, you can win over any disease. Many serious diseases can be avoided by the regular practice of Ujjayi Pranayam if followed properly. It can be performed in three ways: sitting, lying and standing.
The first method of Ujjayi Pranayam: Sitting
To do this activity:
- Sit in a posture of sukhasana.
- Take a deep breath and hold it for a while.
- Close the right nostril from your left hand and exhale slowly.
- Remember, while inhaling and exhaling your throat should make noise an emitted sound.
- Practice this procedure 5-6 times in the beginning and increase the number up to 20 times gradually.
The second method of Ujjayi Pranayam: Standing
Stand still, keeping both the legs adjoined and inhale by shrinking the throat and exhaling in this position. You inhale and release the breath in such a way that the friction from the respiratory tract comes and goes. Doing this will produce the same type of sound as pigeons do. While doing this action, inhale and exhale like this five to ten times. Then in the same way, by breathing in, relax the neck and then slowly relax, that is, exhale. Finally, relax the base.
The third method of Ujjayi Pranayam: Lying
- Lie down on the clean and flat ground on your back keeping the body straight.
- Now keep your palms close to the body on the ground. Keep the ankles close and keep the feet loose. Look straight up and take a natural breath.
- Now remove all the body air from the mouth.
- Note that you have to move the air very swiftly.
- After exhaling, start breathing comfortably from both the nostrils. Let your body be free from the posture for the time being.
- Now you hold the air inward and spread toes during this relaxation time.
- Perform this activity only three to four seconds in the first week. After a few weeks, increase it to eight seconds.
Ujjayi Pranayam is the best way to relax your body and mind. It will help you in relieving the stressful conditions.
Eat right and healthy
This is the most important way to keep your kidneys healthy. Diet plays an important role in keeping the kidneys active and intact.
Following are the kidney-friendly foods:
- Roasted vermicelli
- Wheat Dalia/porridge/broken wheat
- Green pumpkin
- Raw papaya
- Bottle gourd
- Ridge gourd
- Round gourd
- Pointed gourd
- Whole wheat chapatti/pita bread
- Fresh fruits like apple, pear, papaya, guava (without seeds), cranberry, blueberry, and blackberry (50 to 100 gram per day).
- Lactose-free biscuits/sugar-free biscuits/ wheat-based biscuits/ Marie gold biscuits
- Cumin, turmeric, coriander powder, onion, green chillies (without seeds), asafetida, and carom seeds.
- Double toned milk/skim milk (50ml for a day)
- Herbal tea/normal tea (1/2 cup a day)
Avoid consuming the following foods as they are not so kidney-friendly:
- Refined flour
- Gram flour
- Oily food
- Fried food
- Baked food
- Processed food
- Frozen food
- Citrus fruits
- Plantain and banana
- Dry fruits
- Spicy food
- Salads
- Green leafy vegetables
- Sweet potato
- Cabbage and cauliflower
- Egg yolks
- Garlic and tomato
- Multigrain biscuits
- Curd, cream, butter, mayonnaise, margarine, and ghee
- Fish and mutton,
- Table salt
- Artificial drinks like diet coke, juices, and soups, etc
- Coffee
- Whole milk, flavoured milk, and soya-milk
Avoid consuming the chemically made medicines
One of the biggest factors that researchers have found for kidney diseases is the consumption of allopathic medicines. We rush towards a painkiller by getting just a mild headache or other aches. These medicines are not natural and work temporarily. These medicines put an extra burden on the kidneys that may affect the functioning.
Exercise daily and leave healthy
It is good to get up early and exercise. This habit keeps the body and its organs active and working. But too much exercising can also be dangerous for the kidney patient. So in such circumstances always consult with your doctor about what and how to do anything.
Don’t be so competitive
In today’s world, people are after the competition, focusing on how to get better with someone. This situation may lead to a few obnoxious levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. This may be because of the failure in the race of competition. So by keeping yourself happy will boost the functioning of kidneys or else it will give birth to diseases that can hamper kidneys’ lives.
The takeaway:
The key to a happy and healthy life is to eat healthily, think healthy and act healthy. Keeping the kidneys healthy is not a major task. All you have to do is practice yoga, follow a healthy diet and relax your mind.
Contact Karma Ayurveda for Ayurvedic Kidney Treatment and for getting your Customized diet plan, exercise, medicine etc according to your health condition.
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