Tip 24. Diet, not surger
y
, for kidn
e
y
stones.
A majority of
patients su
f
fering from kidney stones can be tr
e
ated succ
e
ssfully by proper dietary regulations.
These regu
l
ations will
al
so prevent a recurrence
of the symptoms. Only a
few cases require sur
g
ery.
The patient
should avoid foods which irritate the
kidneys, to control acidi
t
y or alkalini
t
y of the
urine and to
ensure ade
q
uate intake
of fluids to
p
revent the urine from becoming co
n
c
entrated. The foods considered ir
r
itants to the
kidneys are
alcoholic b
e
verages, condiments, pickles, certain vegetables like cucumbers, radishes, t
o
matoes, spinach, rhub
a
rb, water-cress and those with s
t
rong aroma such as
a
s
p
aragus, oni
o
ns, beans, cabbage and
cauliflower,
meat, gravies, and carbonated
waters.
Tip 25. To
a
void headache, avoid
e
y
estrain.
Eyestrain is
a common cause of he
a
dache. In s
u
ch cas
e
s,
a
n eye specialist sh
o
uld
be
consulted
a
nd proper treatment taken. Simple eye exercises such as m
o
ving the ey
e
s
up and down and from side to side, palming, rotating the head, with neck outstr
e
tched, forward and backwards
t
hree times, then three times clockwise and three times coun
t
er clockwis
e
, can relieve eyestrain.
A surprising
way to relieve eyestrain is to give gentle massa
g
e to the neck. Bring the
shoulders together and release.
T
hen take a
f
ew minutes to place a moist cool c
o
mpress over the eyes to give them r
e
st and recu
p
eration.
Tip 26. Take heed of headaches. Headaches m
a
y
be a
s
y
mptom of
h
y
pertens
i
on.
High blood
pressure c
a
n cause po
u
nding head
a
ches. The
h
eadache usually starts
at the back
Of the head on
getting up in the morning. A safe method of trea
t
ment for this is to immerse your
legs to c
a
lf-level in a tub of hot water for 15 to 20 minutes. This draws the blood away from the head and d
o
wn to the feet, relieving
the headac
h
e.
Also helpful
is the yogic
practice kn
o
wn as pranayama. Sta
n
d erect with
the feet ali
g
ned straight and
touching e
a
ch other. L
o
ck the finge
r
s together with the han
d
s beneath t
h
e chin and keep t
h
em there through the en
t
ire exercise.
Slowly raise the arms as you inhale, filling your l
u
ngs with air.
Feel the ac
t
ion of the b
r
eathing through your throat. Then raise your arms abo
v
e
your head as you lean back and exhale, all the while k
e
eping the h
a
nds at your chin. When
you completely exhale, feeling the movement
of the air th
r
ough your throat, lower your arms and repeat the exercise 20 times.
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