More than 6 million Vietnamese people are having kidney-related problems and this number accounts for about 6.7% of the population. The number of people with kidney disease is increasing. In addition, kidney disease patients also learn about kidney supplements to help improve kidney condition and enhance kidney function. This article will provide more information related to kidney tonics.
1. The role of the kidneys in the body's health
The kidneys are known for their function as connective organs and have a close relationship with various parts of the body. The main function of the kidneys is to help the body eliminate toxic substances from the body through the process of filtering and excreting urine. Furthermore, the kidneys also play a role in tasks such as filtering blood in the glomerulus, producing a number of mediators that help support endocrine system function, and at the same time contribute to regulating blood pressure. The kidneys are also involved in the production of red blood cells to help improve anemia, reabsorb water to help ensure water levels for the body... Therefore, when the kidneys have reduced function and weak activity, it can have a great impact on health. When the kidney organs are not healthy, it can affect both physiological regulation functions such as decreased vitality and even impaired mental capacity.
2. Kidney tonic
Using a kidney tonic helps reduce or limit symptoms of weak kidneys such as frequent nighttime urination, weakness, poor health, dizziness, vertigo, insomnia, etc. In addition, some casecold hands and feet from the knee joint to the elbow, chills, or may often feel shivers, back pain... When using kidney tonic products including yang kidney tonic can relieve symptoms and improve problems caused by weak kidneys.
Most people who use kidney supplements include: People with medical problems related to kidney function such as erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, prostate problems, urinary tract infections, and impotence.... And the second target may be older or middle-aged people who want to strengthen and improve kidney function. These subjects are mainly men aged 40 and over as the body ages, kidney function declines. The cause may be due to age, the habit of using alcohol, stimulants, and unhealthy eating that affects kidney function…
Kidney tonics include both Eastern medicine and Western medicine.
With Eastern medicine-flavored kidney tonics currently on the market, there are many different types made from natural herbal medicines. These medicinal products help tonify the kidney yang and have various forms of use such as instant tablets, tinctures or solution tubes.
- One of the medicinal herbs to mention includes Deer Antler or Deer Antler which is known as a precious medicine used to help nourish kidney yang. Antlers contain more than 25 amino acids along with more than 26 trace elements such as copper, iron, magnesium, etc., which bring many benefits to the body. In particular, deer velvet also contains the ingredient Pantocrin, which helps support the treatment of physiological decline while helping to rejuvenate the human body's reproductive organs and hormones. Besides, the uronic acid component also helps increase physical strength, helping the body's activities become more flexible and responsive.
- Cordyceps Sinensis is known as the main medicinal ingredient of Eastern medicine with the function of benefiting the lungs, kidneys, and treating asthma while helping to strengthen the penis and limit problems related to weakness, back pain, and muscle pain bones and joints, nephrosis ... The composition of cordyceps includes many precious compounds such as amino acids, proteins, cordycepins…
- Dandelion is known as a precious herb taken from the stems and leaves of this tree. Medicinal ingredients in leucorrhea have the effect of helping to nourish the kidneys, treat impotence or nephritis or glomerulonephritis... The active ingredients in leucorrhea have also been proven to act as endogenous testosterone helping to increase erection ability in men.
- Natural medicinal herbs such as sea worms, sea oysters, and areca ginseng... all contain compounds that can help improve kidney-related problems to help enhance kidney function while limiting the effects of kidney disease. cold phenomenon in the joints of hands and feet, and helps increase vitality in men.
- In addition to the medicinal herbs mentioned above, there are also some types such as black beans, red polygonum multiflora, cinnamon twig, morinda root, goji berries, sacha inchi... that are also used to help enhance the activity of copper kidneys, reduce symptoms of nocturia, painful urination, back pain…
Kidney tonic with Western medicine:
- Western medicine ingredients include vardenafil, tadalafil, and sildenafil.... used in kidney tonic to treat erectile dysfunction, helping to reduce the symptoms of difficult urination, weak urination, and urinary incontinence. night... These medicines are often used to treat problems related to kidney function.
- The appearance of some amino acid components such as phenylalanine, tryptophan... in Western medicine has the ability to help maintain the activity of the adrenal gland, enhance men's physiological activities, and at the same time slow down ability to ejaculate and increase erectile ability.
- Drugs that inhibit the PDE5 enzyme are used in cases of problems related to kidney health and erectile dysfunction with the ability to help the blood vessels of the penis dilate and blood to enter the penis faster maintains penis activity.
3. Some risk factors may occur when using kidney supplements
Using kidney supplements without instructions from a medical professional can cause you to experience health problems. Moreover, if you have not learned about these drugs or have not consulted a doctor, they can make the condition worse. Some risks when using kidney supplements include:
- Abusing kidney tonic drugs can cause deterioration of kidney function as well as physiological functions to become worse due to the opposite effect. Ignorance can lead to acute kidney failure, which is extremely dangerous to your health.
- Using drugs without verifying the quality, ingredients, and origin of these drugs is not suitable for your current problems, or maybe you just heard it through advertising. Cases where using kidney tonics as above may cause problems related to hepatitis or even complications of diseases affecting the heart.
- There are quite a few people who have to be hospitalized because of symptoms of kidney failure, and may have to undergo emergency treatment regimens such as dialysis or kidney dialysis because kidney function is irreversibly impaired due to use of medication incorrectly and not prescribed by a doctor.
- In addition, there are some drugs that are good for kidney function, however, you still need to pay attention to issues regarding indications, especially contraindications for certain people such as people with blood pressure diseases, people with cardiovascular diseases... When using kidney tonic drugs, it can cause low blood pressure and dangerous complications affecting life.
Diseases related to kidney function are different for each person, so when being used or introduced to kidney medications, you should not arbitrarily use these medications without a doctor's prescription. . This can cause you to experience conditions such as increased liver enzymes, reduced kidney filtration function, causing kidney damage and weakness. And when you intend to use any type of kidney tonic, you need to conduct an examination and consultation with your doctor to have a suitable treatment regimen to improve your health condition.
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