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HEALING AND KIDNEY/ADRENAL FUNCTION .
In Chinese medicine the function of the kidneys and adrenal glands are almost inseparable. Ironically the adrenal glands are located directly on top of the kidneys. These two systems, kidneys and adrenals, often work together to heal the body. Indeed, without properly functioning kidneys and adrenal glands, healing will fail to take place properly. This is true for bones, joints, tissues, osteoporosis, heart disease, and more. |
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Since adrenal glands are critical to good hormone production, your hormone status is also closely linked to the kidney/adrenal system. Yet if you can't build strong bones, if your hormones are completely out of balance, if you are plagued by tears or decades of hot flashes: if your heart disease will not get better, if you are drenched at night in sweat, neither you nor your doctor would ever think of the kidney/adrenal system as the cause.
Even if you did think of this connection and brought it up to your doctor, he or she would simply take adrenal hormone tests, urinalysis, and kidney blood tests. In most cases your kidneys and adrenals would be pronounced as "perfectly healthy." But that is rarely the case. Because of limited medical testing of organ systems, your kidney/adrenal system can be failing while you have normal lab and blood tests.
If this is the case, you will never heal or regenerate properly. You will be stuck–-as are tens of millions of people–- in a state of degenerative health while taking drugs to mask symptoms and making endless trips to the doctor, all to no avail.
Even if you did think of this connection and brought it up to your doctor, he or she would simply take adrenal hormone tests, urinalysis, and kidney blood tests. In most cases your kidneys and adrenals would be pronounced as "perfectly healthy." But that is rarely the case. Because of limited medical testing of organ systems, your kidney/adrenal system can be failing while you have normal lab and blood tests.
If this is the case, you will never heal or regenerate properly. You will be stuck–-as are tens of millions of people–- in a state of degenerative health while taking drugs to mask symptoms and making endless trips to the doctor, all to no avail.
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What Can You Do? There is almost always a course of action to follow to help promote healing. The same is true of the kidney/adrenal system. The best place to start is with specific testing. The Ragland Test is the best beginning. If you don't have a blood pressure cuff and stethoscope, have a nurse or doctor friend help you with this test. It is simple yet the results can be profound. |
Lie down on your back quietly for a couple minutes, then take your blood pressure and record it on a piece of paper. Without taking the blood pressure cuff off your arm, stand up and immediately take your blood pressure again. Your systolic pressure (the first number) must rise when you stand up. This is your body's mechanism of getting blood quickly to your head so you don't faint or fall over. The chemical agent in your body responsible for this phenomenon is adrenal hormone also known as the fight or fight response.
If you perform this test and your blood pressure rises ten or more points, you have ruled out the adrenal system as a cause of your health problems. If your blood pressure does not rise, you have discovered the following:
1. Your adrenal glands are exhausted and/or failing. This may be due to chronic stress, prescription drugs, poor diet: total lack of exercise. or some other cause.
2. Your kidneys are also not working properly because failing adrenal glands indirectly cause failing kidney function~the Chinese were correct about these two systems working as one.
3. Your liver may also be involved since the liver and kidneys work hand-in~hand to keep the body toxin-free. The liver is often referred to in other cultures as a third kidney.
4. Your skin may be suffering, since failing kidneys and liver. will cause a spill-over of waste which has to be handled by the lungs and/or skin. Chronic skin problems are often caused by this phenomenon. If so, you can easily the folly of treating your skin with some lotion, potion: cream, liniment, or other external medicine.
5. You need kidney and adrenal support to resolve the underlying causes of your health problems. These are some of the reasons so many people finally get well after completing two or three three-week liver/kidney detoxification sessions . By supporting the kidneys and liver, chronic stress on the body is lowered. This improves adrenal function, builds stronger kidneys and liver, as well as healthier lungs and skin. When combined with adrenal support, this protocol is even more powerful.
If you perform this test and your blood pressure rises ten or more points, you have ruled out the adrenal system as a cause of your health problems. If your blood pressure does not rise, you have discovered the following:
1. Your adrenal glands are exhausted and/or failing. This may be due to chronic stress, prescription drugs, poor diet: total lack of exercise. or some other cause.
2. Your kidneys are also not working properly because failing adrenal glands indirectly cause failing kidney function~the Chinese were correct about these two systems working as one.
3. Your liver may also be involved since the liver and kidneys work hand-in~hand to keep the body toxin-free. The liver is often referred to in other cultures as a third kidney.
4. Your skin may be suffering, since failing kidneys and liver. will cause a spill-over of waste which has to be handled by the lungs and/or skin. Chronic skin problems are often caused by this phenomenon. If so, you can easily the folly of treating your skin with some lotion, potion: cream, liniment, or other external medicine.
5. You need kidney and adrenal support to resolve the underlying causes of your health problems. These are some of the reasons so many people finally get well after completing two or three three-week liver/kidney detoxification sessions . By supporting the kidneys and liver, chronic stress on the body is lowered. This improves adrenal function, builds stronger kidneys and liver, as well as healthier lungs and skin. When combined with adrenal support, this protocol is even more powerful.
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Treat the Cause
Test your adrenal/kidney system today with the Ragland test. If you fail the test, you need to take action. Try to eliminate the chronic stress in your life. In some cases more exercise, deep breathing, meditation, or some other form of stress reduction is needed. And always support your adrenal system nutritionally. We use Drenamin as the premier adrenal supplement. Produced by Standard Process, it contains adrenal extract, with a host of vitamins and minerals from liver, yeast, buck~ wheat, raw bone, allantoin, alfalfa, and more. A dose of three to nine daily is generally proper. And you can test your results~a novel concept in the world of supplements. Just continue taking the Ragland test to measure your response. |
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Remember that the adrenals and kidneys work together. Kidney detoxification and support are always a good idea. The following are the premier kidney products, also from Standard Process: Albaplex (6-9/day), Arginex (6-9/day), and Renafood (6-9/day). Take all products in three divided doses with meals. You can also measure your results by performing urinalysis and kidney/liver blood tests every three to four months.
When your kidney/adrenal system works well, you are a much, much healthier person. This kind of protocol has dramatic effects on healing, hormones, blood pressure and heart, joints, bones, and osteoporosis. Naturally your kidneys, lungs, liver, and skin will all benefit. Usually it takes from three to six months to get the job done. And if you do not eliminate the chronic emotional stress, the syndrome can go on forever.
When your kidney/adrenal system is the root cause of high blood pressure, for example, you can clearly see the folly of using powerful drugs to suppress blood pressure numbers while ignoring the cause. That is why lowering blood pressure numbers with drugs has little to do with helping to prevent a heart attack. Rather it is artificially lowering the numbers, allowing the body to continue in turmoil.
When your kidney/adrenal system works well, you are a much, much healthier person. This kind of protocol has dramatic effects on healing, hormones, blood pressure and heart, joints, bones, and osteoporosis. Naturally your kidneys, lungs, liver, and skin will all benefit. Usually it takes from three to six months to get the job done. And if you do not eliminate the chronic emotional stress, the syndrome can go on forever.
When your kidney/adrenal system is the root cause of high blood pressure, for example, you can clearly see the folly of using powerful drugs to suppress blood pressure numbers while ignoring the cause. That is why lowering blood pressure numbers with drugs has little to do with helping to prevent a heart attack. Rather it is artificially lowering the numbers, allowing the body to continue in turmoil.
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So if you are stuck, support your kidney/adrenal system. It is at the root cause of many health problems. It is always overlooked by medicine. It is ignored by just about everyone-until there is real kidney disease. Not one in 1,000 physicians has any idea about the entire concept of this system as a cause of disease. And not one in a million can relate it to bones, joints, and osteoporosis. But your body will never be able to rebuild joints and bones without a healthy kidney/ adrenal system. So test yourself now, and treat accordingly. You will be truly pleased with your results.
Health Alert Dr Bruce West Vol 20. Issue 12 |