Fresh Juices: A Remedy for Kidney and Bladder Infections

The following information has been gathered and compiled through personal experience while traveling, teaching T'ai Chi, Qi Gong, Chinese Herbal medicine, martial arts and other health related subjects. The article also contains feedback from students and anecdotal information from readers of my columns. The following are my opinions and deductions from those sources..

If you own a juicer you have the tool(s) necessary for ridding yourself of chronic bladder and kidney infections. Healthy kidneys are necessary for skin health and a clear complexion and if that's your objective, a juicer may be your answer.

One of my alternative healer friends uses the following techniques to help her patients. Juice enough raw carrots to make one pint of juice and combine that with one pint of raw spinach juice. Each quart must be consumed that day. The juice has to be fresh daily.

To juice spinach, roll a few leaves up like you would roll up pieces of paper. Then stick the leaves, stem and all and stem first, into the juicer. The stems contain lots of vitamins, minerals and have a high water content.

We make our juices using a blender, it's just more time consuming. First, cut the leaves into small pieces using a good pair of scissors and chop the carrots into small pieces also. Add a small amount to the blender along with just enough reverse osmosis or distilled water to blend. Add more spinach and carrots as the blender liquifies the ingredients. After blending, strain the liquid and drink immediately.

If you suffer from frequent night trips to the bathroom, you may be getting a message that you have a bladder infection or it may be that you aren't drinking enough water. "Not enough!", you say, "My problem is too much water. That's why I end up spending so much time walking down the hall in the dark." Let me explain.