Patients with kidney disease must limit their salt intake as long as they have edema. When edema is obvious, it should be limited to 3 grams or even salt-free diet every day; When edema is relieved, it should not exceed 5g per day. Low-salt diet can reduce the retention of water and sodium in the body, make edema subside and lower blood pressure.
It is suggested to put 1 ~ 2g salt (about 1g when the toothpaste is full) in a small dish every day, dip it in vegetables and have dessert for breakfast. At the same time, you can't eat pickles, pickles, pickled mustard tuber, salty bread, fried dough sticks, seaweed, rape, spinach, fennel, celery, radish and so on. Because these foods are high in sodium, eating too much is equivalent to increasing the salt content.
The second measure: massage the kidneys.
Massage Yongquan point: Yongquan point is the starting point of kidney meridian of foot shaoyin. After soaking your feet in hot water every day, point Yongquan point on your right foot with your left thumb 100 times, and then point Yongquan point on your left foot with your right thumb 100 times, which can warm the kidney and strengthen yang.
There are three ways to keep healthy.
Massage the waist and eyes: Chinese medicine believes that the waist is the house of the kidney, which means that the waist is like a wall to protect the kidney. Therefore, if the waist is well protected, the kidneys will naturally not be injured. When massaging the waist eye, make a fist with both hands, and massage the waist eye naturally with the joints of the two thumbs behind the two arms (a depression about 2 inches next to the fourth lumbar vertebra). Massage inward in circles and gradually apply pressure until you feel pain. Massage continuously for about 10 minute, once in the morning and once in the evening.
Rubbing ears: Kneading ears, pulling earlobes and rubbing ears every day can tonify the kidney.
The third measure: according to the constitution.
Foods with aphrodisiac function include mutton, dog meat, venison, hippocampus, leek and walnut kernel. Foods with nourishing yin include sesame, fungus, pine nuts, milk, rabbit meat, duck meat, yam and so on. We can choose according to each person's different physique, and add Chinese herbal medicines appropriately to achieve better curative effect, such as stewed old duck with Euryale ferox, stewed pig bones with walnut and lotus seed meat, mutton and medlar soup, and stewed dog meat with Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. However, for patients with proteinuria and renal insufficiency, it is not advisable to cook more than 1 hour or eat too much.
It is necessary to control the intake of salt. Even healthy people should choose foods with less salt. As for Bushen massage, this method is indeed the most practical. It can be at home, in the office, or even on the bus, anytime, anywhere.