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| "ocean" as urine and carry waste products from the blood onto the urine, and thence into the bladder, where we hold it until it reaches sufficient volume to excrete. |
| The kidneys maintain the ocean and hold back almost everything suspended in that "ocean." Urine is a side effect of what the kidneys do and intimately reflects the ongoing nature of ocean/lymph/blood/lung chemistry and the kidneys' control of those fluids. |
| Most urinary tract problems occur because there is an ongoing imbalance in "ocean" chemistry, with major shifts in the concentration, salinity or acid/alkaline balance of urine. |
| Although it is usually possible, after the fact, to inhibit a UTI infection or soothe irritated and painful membranes with herbs, the best results occur by also rectifying the underlying cause of metabolic stress that changes the quality of the ocean and therefore alters both the function of the kidneys and the nature of urine. |
| The patterns of imbalances for which herbal preventives and herbal treatments work best are those induced by stress and diet. These usually occur together, since stress itself compounds the effects of a poor diet, and faulty diet induces further stress. |
| Virtually every urinary tract problem starts from metabolic imbalances. At every stage it is important to examine personal patterns of stress and, besides using herbs to treat symptoms, use a tonic or make the appropriate changes in diet to alleviate the conditions underlying the UTI. |
| Chances are, if you have had a urinary tract problem, you will have another under similar conditions. Therefore, learning how to balance yourself is as important as learning how to treat yourself. |
| Before considering these aspects, we'll take a brief look at the mechanics of the urinary tract and then briefly consider the broad patterns of stress and how they affect the urinary tract. |
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