Kidney patients can drink chamomile

Kidney disease 

Because healthy diet helps slow progression to kidney failure. Chamomile is often used in folk and traditional medicine for its health benefits. If person with kidney disease consume chamomile tea, does chamomile do damages on kidneys?

Before going to the topic, let’s first see the functions of chamomiles.

1. Chamomile helps boost immune system.

Chamomile has an anti-microbial agent that helps boost the immune system. It can inhibit harmful bacterias.

People with stage 3 CKD often have a poor immune system. The medicine you take such as immunosuppressor will decrease your immune system as well. Poor immune system will expose you to more disease. Chamomile tea is an immune system booster, which can protect you.


2. Chamomile helps with diabetes.

Some studies seem to indicate that certain complications of diabetes such as loss of vision, nerve and kidney damage can be ameliorated by consuming chamomile. People with diabetes show significant reduction in the amount of blood glucose levels as well as tow enzymes that cause nerve damages.

If your kidney disease is caused by diabetes, chamomile tea may be beneficial for you. Because daily consumption of chamomile tea is found to prevent the progression of diabetic complications and hyperglycemia.

3. Chamomile is good for alleviating muscle cramps.

Drinking chamomile tea was associated with an increase in urinary levels of glycine, an amino acid that has been shown to relieve muscle cramps.

4. Normalizing kidney function

Chamomile volatile oil used on impaired kidney can normalize kidney function.

Besides, chamomile has been shown to decrease inflammation surrounding the kidneys. Overall speaking, chamomile will not cause kidney damage. Chamomile contains various bioactive phytochemicals that provide therapeutic effects. Chamomile can help in improving cardiovascular conditions, stimulate immune system and provide some protection against cancer.

Too much fluid intake may cause edema. Therefore, you should pay attention to its intake. If desired, please feel free to contact us. Online doctors can help you. so a physician should be consulted especially when consuming large amounts of chamomile.
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