Acupuncture Therapy and Kidney Failure

2014-03-19 03:53

Acupuncture therapy is a traditional Chinese therapy, and it is the treasure in Chinese medicine treatment, which has been spread for more than 2000 years, and has been made outstanding contributions in treating all kinds of diseases. Nowadays, after many years of clinical practice, we find that acupuncture therapy has the unique curative effects in treating kidney failure.

Kidney failure is a common kidney disease which can be caused by primary or secondary kidney diseases, and the kidney function will be reduced gradually with the damages to kidney tissues. When people suffer from kidney failure, they will suffer from some serious symptoms such as high blood pressure, swelling, proteinuria, blood urine, etc, all these will be affect the life quality for kidney failure patients. So kidney failure patients need to have effective treatment to remedy their kidney diseases and improve their kidney function.

Acupuncture therapy uses needles which put on the certain acupoints depending on the different diseases, there are some benefits for kidney failure patients to have acupuncture therapy.

1. Increase the blood circulation

Through the acupuncture therapy, it can help improve the blood circulation. For kidney failure patients, because of their low kidney function, it will cause excess toxins and wastes building up in blood, thus will cause lack of oxygen in blood, and cause a bad blood circulation. Acupuncture therapy can help increase the blood circulation, which can help remove the toxins and wastes from body, and help purify the blood. Once the blood is cleaned, it can help repair the damaged renal inherent cells.

2. Protect the inherent renal cells

Acupuncture can also help regulate cytokine expression levels, which can help remove the toxins and wastes from blood, and this can help protect the inherent cells. All these can help protect the residual kidney function and help prevent the progression of kidney failure.

3. Strengthen the immune system

For kidney failure patients, they often suffer from a poor immune system or immunity disorder, and kidney failure patients will get infections or inflammations easily, which will cause further damage to kidneys. Acupuncture can help improve the immune system and prevent infections to kidneys, which can help slow down the progression of kidney failure.

From above we can know the benefits of acupuncture therapy for kidney failure patients, so patients can try this therapy to help remedy their kidney disease, if you want to get more detailed information, you can contact with our online doctor, they can help you freely.

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