How to determine if you need a kidney cleanse

[pinkcat]

I spoke to the famous & wonderful Julia Chang (sensible health) today. She told me something interesting about how to determine if you need a kidney cleanse. What you do is watch your urine flow (that's a noun).

Men can do this easily. For women she says put up the toilet seat and squat to pee -- and look.

If your urine is a strong single stream, you're fine. If you spray (so have more than one stream) you need a cleanse. And of course, if the flow comes in spurts, you need a cleanse.

I was thinking: just look at it the same way as you would any water faucet. You know it's past time to clean the calcified minerals out if the water flow isn't a strong, single stream. (Don't think filters!)

pinkcat

[shelley]

Yep, that's very true and I hope I included it in the FAQ on kidney management. I'll have to check and make sure!

[LLL]

I ordered the kidney cleanse kit from Dr. Clark. Does this work well?

[shelley]

yeah, too well! it's very very strong. I wouldn't do that cleanse unless I had stones. Start out with half the recommended dose, it's usually way too strong for women.

[sunlover]

Shelley,
For a while now when I pee I have to kind of push it out hard and it goes in spurts. It feels like I could always pee more but I'm not able to, does that mean I should kidney cleanse? If so can I do it the same time I'm colon, parasite, liver cleansing too?
Thanks

[shelley]

Yep, definitely. Kidneys should come before liver cleansing if you have symptoms, so stop liver cleansing, but keep up the others. They won't interfere and will help ultimately.

Do mild kidney management - the Cleansing Drink 2x a day, the Alternate Cleansing Drink with cranberry juice 2x a day, kidney diet (low-protein, non-dairy, no synthetic vitamins), and some of the milder kidney herbs: uva ursi, parsley tea, marshmallow or slippery elm. You can simply get a tincture of uva ursi and add it to parsley tea or to the cleansing drinks. Just one dropperful twice a day for 3-5 days should do ya' fine.

[smoothcriminal]

.. its always strong but its criss cross like string or rope.. i'm bangladeshi and this uncle of mine said that in the villages back home they had a saying.. "if a mans pee comes out like rope then he's got some health issues". Unfortunately i dont know what its like for women.. sorry..

[pinkcat]

Hey, smooth, it's the same thing. The "ropes" sound exactly like what Julia was talking about (separate streams, right?).

pinkcat

[smoothcriminal]

.. however that wwould be the only sign for me to say that i could benefit from kidney cleanse and also the occasional water retention. do u get that too pinkcat? do you have dark circles around your eyes at all?
smooth

[pinkcat]

Hi Smooth,

I don't seem to retain water. From what I read at the sensible health site that seems to do with excess estrogen, something that can be helped with liver cleansing and avoiding foods/herbs that make estorgen.

I didn't really have dark circles under my eyes. Rather I had inverse bags. But since my last liver cleanse (my eighth) this is looking a whole lot better.

pinkcat