Kidney Stones

According to a good friend of mine, who is an acupuncturist, Chinese medicine supports the idea that January and February are the months of the year that are most challenging for your kidneys.


I can attest to that having been diagnosed with kidney stone disease several years ago in January when I thought I was either having an appendicitis attack, or my heart had dropped into my abdomen and I was having a heart attack!


The emergency room visit resulted in surgery to have a stent inserted between my bladder and kidney, and then weeks of excruciating pain masked with drugs while the stones moved out after being blasted in another procedure.  Having babies is a piece of cake, in comparison.


After recovering from that nightmare, I contacted a naturopathic physician I knew, who owns an herbal company that supplied my organic store with the only liquid herbal products I stocked because they are so good.


After telling him about my situation, knowing I'll be vulnerable to stones in the future, I asked him if there was an herbal alternative to the surgery.  He sent me a protocol to follow and, sure enough, the next January, another opportunity presented itself for me to test his program.


It was amazing......so easy.........almost painless and I never had to step foot in the hospital.  I began telling everyone who told me they had kidney problems that there is an alternative.


Whenever, I felt the possibility of another incident developing, I would follow the protocol.  It does require drinking lots of liquids and curtailing most food choices for three days, but it sure beats the hospital option.


Then, it came to me one day, that maybe I could create a modified maintenance program and I'm happy to say that it's January once again and I'm feeling pretty good about avoiding serious pain.


If anyone is interested in the specific formulas, let me know by posting to the blog and I will provide them.