Can People with Chronic Kidney Disease Eat Hawthorn

Can people with Chronic Kidney Disease eat hawthorn? Yesterday, one CKD patients pose such a question on our website. Also, he said he has Chronic Kidney Disease, and his blood test shows his creatinine level has risen to 5.5 mg/dl. Is hawthorn available for him?

Creatinine 5.5 mg/dl has been much higher than the normal value, and it means kidney function has been damaged severely. In this condition, one important principle of choosing foods to eat is that these foods at least won’t increase the burden on kidneys. Of course, foods, which are not only rich in nutritions but also helpful to boost kidney function, are best choice.

Hawthorn berry or hawthorn tea both are common in our daily life. Even though no exact research has proven hawthorn can help treat kidney disease or lower high creatinine level, it indeed has sone big benefits for people with Chronic Kidney Disease.

One reason why creatinine level becomes higher than the normal is that kidney output increases. Hawthorn tea can be used as natural diuretic. If you still have enough urine, drinking hawthorn tea at recommended doses can help increase the kidney output, thus lowering high creatinine level.

We know kidney disease is associated closely with low blood circulation. Hawthorn both berry and tea can be used to improve patients’ blood circulation and removing blood stasis. With normal blood circulation, kidney damaged cells may have a chance to recover, let alone alleviating symptoms. However, this effect can’t be achieved successfully, only depending on hawthorn. Correct medicated treatments are also needed.

Hawthorn is possible safe for most patients with kidney disease. However, if you have diabetes, headache or some disorders, hawthorn may be something you need to avoid. Consult the online doctor, so he can guide you to consume this food normally.