Can I Take Lemon Grass Tea with PKD Stage 5 and Creatinine 4.6

2014-09-30 07:32

Can I take lemon grass tea with PKD stage 5 and creatinine 4.6? This is a question we received from our mail box, pkdtreatment169@gmail.com. In this article, we will help answer this question, and we hope this will be helpful for all the PKD patients with the same question.

Lemon grass is a common vegetable in Thailand, which is favored by people because its high nutrition and benefits for health. And taking lemon grass tea also has many benefits for PKD patients.

PKD stage 5 means the kidneys have been damaged severely by the enlargement of kidney cysts, so patients will suffer from the high creatinine 4.6 (normal level 0.5-1.2 mg/dl). Then is lemon grass tea good for PKD stage 5 patients with creatinine 4.6?

There are some benefits of taking lemon grass tea for PKD stage 5 patients with creatinine 4.6.

1. Anti-inflammtion

Taking lemon grass has the function of anti-inflammation, which can help protect the kidney function from possible inflammations.

2. Increase the urine output

Taking lemon grass tea can also help increase the urine output, which can help remove the toxins and wastes from blood, and this can help reduce high creatinine 4.6 and protect the kidney function.

3. Improve the immune system

Lemon grass is also high in vitamin C, which can help improve the immune system. For PKD stage 5 patients, they will easily suffer from poor immunity and get infections. So taking lemon grass tea can help them prevent the infections.

In addition, taking lemon grass tea can also help lower cholesterol level and increase the blood circulation, all these will be beneficial for PKD stage 5 patients with creatinine 4.6 and protect their kidneys.

From above, we can know the benefits of taking lemon grass tea for PKD stage 5 and creatinine 4.6 patients, so they can take it in their daily life. However, since the own illness condition will be different from case to case, so patients need to take proper amount of lemon grass tea depending on their own illness condition. They can first consult their doctor, and then decide how much they can take the lemon grass tea.

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