Medicated Bath Therapy for Kidney Disease

Medicated bath therapy is to put certain Chinese herbal drugs into the water to make the herbs to take curative effects to treat various ailments and illness conditions while the patients take bath. It is a natural and comfortable remedy that has been widely used in clinic to treat kidney problems and kidney diseases.

Medicated bath therapy has been used in clinic to treat the following illness conditions:

Swellings in the legs, ankles, feet, hands, legs, etc.

Chronic nephritis, chronic renal dysfunction

Itchy skin, chronic skin problems, purpura nephritis, lupus nephritis

Gouty nephropathy, gout, joint pain and arthritis

Peripheral neuropathy due to diabetes

Relieve fatigue, improve sleep quality

Lower blood cholesterol and help lose weight

What are the mechanism of medicated bath therapy in treating kidney diseases:

1. Medicated bath therapy can help promote blood circulation and micro-circulation in the body, improve metabolism of the body so as to improve the body’s physiological functions including immune system, endocrine function, hematopoietic function, etc.

2. Different medicines will be selected according to the patient’s specific illness and physical conditions. It has significant effects on lowering high blood creatinine and high uric acid. It can also help reduce high blood pressure, high blood sugar and high blood cholesterol so as to reduce potential renal damages.

3. Medicated bath can enhance the activities of the enzymes so as to promote the excretion of wastes and toxins through the skin and reduce burdens to the kidneys.

4. Medicated bath therapy can promote the body’s metabolism so as to greatly enhance the efficacy of traditional Chinese herbal medicines. It is a good treatment for repairing damaged renal tissues and renal cells for many kidney disease patients.

While taking the medicated bath, proper water can be consumed if patients have a lot of sweating during the bath. There are specially prepared decoction of TCM for those that have medicated bah therapy.

Avoid catching cold, have good rest and sleep after the bath.