According to studies, one in ten people are likely to have a kidney stone at some point in their lives.
To prevent kidney stone formation, you should drink lots of fluids like filtered water, and you can also try the following juices to help you naturally remove gallstones.
- Avoid foods with high oxalate content
When combined with calcium and iron, oxalate forms crystals that may be excreted through urine or form larger kidney stones that can block the kidney tubules. Foods high in oxalate include peanuts, almonds, spinach, wheat bran, hazelnuts, cashews, soybeans, soy milk, black tea, instant tea, rhubarb, beets, sweet potatoes, most dried beans and chocolate.
- Reduce the consumption of animal protein
- People with kidney stones are advised by their doctors to cut down foods with a high content of salt and sodium. Also limit your intake of foods rich in oxalate, calcium, potassium, protein and fluid. The advised consumption of sodium is 2,000 milligrams a day.
- Monitor your food product labels and check the content to avoid foods high in calcium. Ask your doctor to advise you on the right foods that you can eat and on the amount that you can consume in a day.
Tip: Drink a glass of water before going to bed and during the night if you’re still awake.
Drinking smoothies can also help you get rid kidney stones.
Lemon juice can help breakup the calcium based kidney stones due to its citric acid.
Watermelon is also one of the best fruits to consume against kidney stones. It is a diuretic that will help you urinate more often because it has the highest water content among fruits, thus flushing out the kidney stones. Its high potassium content is believed to help in dissolving kidney stones.
Drink lots of water every day and also try drinking 1 – 2 juices with citrates that can help in breaking up kidney stones.
Kidney Stone Juice
- 1 peeled orange
- 1 apple
- 1 lemon
- 4 watermelon slices
- 4 ice cubes
All ingredients must be organic. Blend them and drink the juice.
Here is some information about gallstones and the juices that can help you get rid of them.
The gallbladder is a small little pouch that is shaped like a pear and sits under the liver. It’s usually empty and flat shaped after meal, and full of bile before meal.
When it receives a signal to release bile, it squeezes out into the small intestine through the tubes or ducts. Then this bile helps in the digestion of food, specifically fats. However, when removed there are no observed problems in digestion. But, there might be a risk of diarrhea and malabsorption of fat.
Before you decide to go through surgery, you might want to try some home remedies that may cure gallstones and their symptoms, like abdominal pain, back shoulder pain, vomiting, nausea and indigestion.
Here are some juices that you can try to naturally flush or remove gallstones:
- Vegetable Juice
Take beet, carrot and cucumber and juice them. Drink this juice twice a day for two weeks.
- Lemon Juice
Drink lemon water every day in the morning before eating or drinking anything. Just squeeze 4 lemons and add water. This continuous drinking routine will help you get rid of gallstones. Also continue drinking lots of water throughout the day.
- Turmeric
Mix 1 tablespoon of turmeric with honey. Drink this every day until the gallstones dissolve or are flushed out.
- Epsom Salt
Pour 1 tablespoon of epsom salt in a glass of water that is at room temperature and drink it at night. The epsom salt will help the gallstones move through the bile duct.
- Citrus Fruit
Citrus fruits contain pectin, which can also help in getting rid of gallstones.
- Apple Juice and Apple Cider Vinegar
The quote ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ is a true health fact. Apple has the ability to dissolve gallstones when taken as a juice or as apple cider vinegar. Studies show that the malic acid in apples will help in softening gallstones. And the apple cider vinegar prevents the liver in making cholesterol (also a reason for stone formation in the gallbladder).
It will also help in alleviating the pain during the flare up of gallstones.
You will need:
- 1 glass of apple juice
- 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar
Preparation:
Add the apple cider vinegar in the glass of apple juice. Drink this once a day.
This is a good natural remedy for a quick relief of the pain due to a gallstone attack. Even if your gallstone is already dissolved, you should continue to eat apples. You can also have fresh uncooked apple sauce mixed with shredded beets, 2 tablespoons of olive oil and a little amount of lemon juice.
- Another Lemon Juice
Just like vinegar, lemon juice can also help in stopping the liver from producing cholesterol. Make sure to consume lemon regularly. Make it a habit to drink half a lemon in a glass of water twice or thrice in a day.
An alternative remedy using lemon juice to dissolve your gallstones:
- 30ml Olive oil
- 30ml Fresh lemon juice
- 5g Garlic paste
Preparation:
Mix all the ingredients and drink this mixture every morning on an empty stomach for at least 40 days.
- Beetroot, Cucumber and Carrot Juice
This juice is the most commonly recommended natural treatment for gallstones. It is believed to be the best remedy for gallstones. The cucumber detoxifies the liver and gall bladder, the beetroots help in strengthening and cleansing of the gallbladder, liver, colon and blood, and the carrots also detoxify and provide vitamin C and other nutrients.
- 1 Beet root
- 1 Cucumber
- 4 Medium Carrots
Make sure to have an equal amount of juice from all three ingredients.
Preparation:
Juice the three ingredients, and drink this juice twice a day.
Optional:
You can also add celery, apple and ginger for an added health benefit.
- Herbal Tea
Herbs are known for their natural treatment. You can drink a cup of St John’s Wort tea several times a day. You can make this tea by simply boiling some water and adding 4 or 5 leaves of the herb.
