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| patch things up every time they hurt; you must start preventing the problem. |
| Excess Symptoms |
| Kidney excess symptoms include sodium and water retention; essential hypertension (from increased blood volume); concentrated acidic urine; warm, moist skin (under any circumstance) and orthostatic hypertension (you stand up quickly and it feels as if blood is trying to pound out through your ears and crown chakra). A person with these symptoms usually craves proteins and fats, sweats easily, and, under stress, relies not on quick adrenaline-type responses but instead tends to increase bulk, store fuel for the winter and metabolically dig in for the long haul. Think mesomorph and meaty. |
| Remember that, by and large, the kidneys simply do what is necessary to compensate for necessary or unnecessary shifts in general metabolism. Most imbalances of kidney function arise from physical and emotional stress. Much of this is habitual and, to some degree, avoidable. |
| Kidney Excess Tonics |
| These work in two possible ways. (1) Metabolic coolers: relax the limbic system and the hypothalamus and decrease kidney reabsorption of sodium, therefore increasing the volume of the urine (since water follows sodium); or (2) Diuretic coolers: decrease water reabsorption by altering osmosis in the nephrons, with sodium following. |
| Food is very important here; decrease protein in the diet and increase foods high in electrolytes and minerals. |
| Metabolic Coolers |
| Pleurisy root (Asclepias tuberosa) |
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