The document discusses an alternative Ayurvedic treatment for kidney failure aimed at reducing the need for dialysis and reversing kidney damage through the use of medicinal herbs. It emphasizes the concept of balancing the body's three doshas and outlines the benefits of specific herbs for various renal functions, including detoxification and decreasing urea and creatinine levels. The treatment claims to be safe, herbal, and effective, potentially offering an option to avoid or reduce reliance on dialysis compared to conventional allopathic treatments.

1. Alternative to Dialysis
Dr. Shridhar Aggarwal
Dr. Aggarwal’s Ayurvedic Panchakarma & Research Centre
www.ayurveda24.co.in
www.advanceayurveda.com
+918699017567

2. What is Dialysis?
• It is a process for removing waste
and excess water from the blood,
and is used primarily as an
artificial replacement for lost
kidney function in people with
renal failure.

3. Alternative Treatment for kidney failure
• Kidneys are made up of "Rakta" and "Meda" dhatus. Treating these
two dhatus is an effective way to treat the kidneys.
• According to Ayurveda, human body is made of 3 doshas – Vata,
pitta, Kapha. When they are in synchronized form it depicts a
healthy body system. Disease is caused by vitiated doshas.
• In Renal Impairment, Kledak Kapha, Apana Vayu & Pachak Pitta are
vitiated. Ayurveda works to synchronize these three doshas.

4. • With Ayurvedic Medicine, kidney damage can be either
partly or fully reversed.
• Herbs have active ingredients which act to repair &
rejuvenate renal epithelium.
• These herbs also eliminate toxins from the body &
decrease Urea & Creatinine.
• They also decrease the complications of CKD like
atherosclerosis.
• Frequency of dialysis can be reduced.
• Increased risk of death from cardiovascular diseases
can be significantly reduced.

5. Multiple actions of Ayurvedic Treatment
• Renormalization of urinary pH
• Diuretic
• Antimicrobial
• Antioxidant
• Decreasing Proteins in Urine
• Playing the roles of Kidney
• Repairing renal parenchyma

6. Renormalization of urinary pH balance1
– Equisetum arvense
Renormalizes & maintains the urinary pH towards
alkaline range
– From 7.0 to 7.5
• 1. Grases F. Int Urol Nephrol. 1994; 26(5): 507-11.

7. • Diuretic actions1,2,3
Boerhavia Diffusa
• 1. Jain . J Indian Chem Soc, 1962, 39: 559.
• 2. Sharma. J Res Indian Med, 1975, 10(4): 7.
• 3. Ram et al., Indian J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 1970, 14: 47.
Achyranthes aspera
Tribulus terrestris
Onosma bracteatum

8. • Antimicrobial activity1,2,3
– Ocimum basilicum
– Tribulus terrestris
– Equisetum arvense
• Broad-spectrum antimicrobial
actions against common
pathogens responsible for
recurrent UTIs
• 1. Qiao Y F. Yao Xue Xue Bao. 1990; 25(11): 834-9.
• 2. Grases F. Int Urol Nephrol. 1994; 26(5): 507-11.
• 3. Bedir E, Khan IA, Walker LA. Pharmazie. 2002 Jul; 57(7): 491-3.
Rubia cordifolia

9. • Antimicrobial activity1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
– Rubia cordifolia(Manjistha)
– Ocimum basilicum
– Equisetum arvense
• Potent anti-inflammatory activities
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Cyperus scariosus
Vernonia cinerea(kali jeeri)

10. • Antioxidant activity1,2,3,4,5
• Rubia cordifolia
• Ocimum basilicum
• Equisetum arvense
• Tectona grandis
– Strong antioxidant agents
• 1. Gupta, S.K. et al., Ind. J. Pharmac., 1971, 3: 11
• 2. Tripathi YB. Phytomedicine. 1999 Mar; 6(1): 51-7.
• 3. Jagetia GC. J Med Food. 2004 Fall; 7(3): 343-8.
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• 5. Jayasinghe C. J Agric Food Chem. 2003 Jul 16; 51(15): 4442-9.
Tectona grandis

11. Decreasing Proteins in Urine1
• Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha)
• Tribulus terrestris
Quercus infectoria (Majhuphal)
Swertia Chirayaita
Chiraita
1 Indian Materia Medica

12. Playing the roles of kidney
• Increasing Urine quantity.
• Few Herbs which excrete Urea & Creatinine
through fecal route.
• Tribulus terrestris (Gokshura), Boerhaavia Diffusa
( Punnarnava) & Crataeva nurvala (Varuna)
increases Urine flow.
• Rubia cardifolia (Manjistha) - helps in excretion.

13. Heavy metal issue
• We do have heavy metals in some of our
Ras-rasayana medicines, but for Kidney
patients we do not recommend those
medicines.
• Whatever medicine we prescribe is our
own preparation, 100 % herbal & free
from heavy metals.
• Organically grown herbs.
• Free from preservatives even.

14. Goals of Ayurvedic treatment for kidney failure
1. Support the kidneys until they
have healed and can work
properly.
2. Prevent or treat any
complications caused by acute
renal failure.
3. Correct or treat the cause of
kidney failure.

15. Repairing renal parenchyma
• Boerhaavia diffusa (Punnarnava), Tribulus terrestris
(Gokshura), Pistacia lentiscus (Rumimastagi) - repair &
rejuvenate the Renal Parenchyma.
• Phyllanthus niruri (Bhumiamalaki), Cichorium intybus
(kasani) – Anti-bacterial and anti-viral action, they clear
the viral over load from kidney & liver.
• Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) - decrease load or
pressure on kidneys created by Diuretics.

16. Decreasing Urea & Creatinine
• Tribulus terrestris (Gokshura), Boerhaavia diffusa
(Punnarnava ) & Crataeva nurvala (Varuna) - increases
Urine flow.
• Moringa oleifera (Shigru) - has Aksheeva property i.e.
It relieves intoxication, also increases Urine flow.
• Asparagus racemose (Shatavari)
• Berberis aristata (Daruharidra) and Tricosanthe dioica
(Patol).

17. Decrease Cardiovascular risks
• Rubia cardifolia (Manjistha)
• Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) reduces
stress

18. • Reducing Frequency of Dialysis
• Dialysis - process for removing waste and
excess water from the blood.
• It is not the treatment.
• Myth – Dialysis once started goes on
increasing and final option is transplant.
• True with allopathic medicine, not according
to Ayurveda.

19. • Can we stop Dialysis?
• Not with Allopathic medicine.
• With Ayurvedic treatment its possible.
• Even dialysis can be stopped in a specific
period of time which obviously depends on
patient’s response to the treatment.

20. • Transplant
• Transplant - easy option over dialysis. Not
true.
• Role of immunosuppressant medicines after
transplant.
• Increases the life span from 10 to 15 years in
70% of cases.
• Rest diagnosed with kidney failure again
within 2 months -5 yrs.

21. Transplant
• Life span increased from 10-15 years in
80% of cases.
• Surgery cost 5-7 Lacs INR,
Immunosuppressant medicines of 12,000
to 20,000 INR.
• Major Surgery- 20 % patients loose their
life due to complications.
• Patient is able to do only household chores
• Acute rejection occurs in 10–25% of people
after transplant during the first 60 days.
• Post operative complication, bleeding,
infection, vascular thrombosis and urinary
complications.
• 75-year-old recipients (the oldest group for
which there is data) gain an average four
more years of life
Ayurvedic Medicine
•Life long Medicine
•Nominal cost per month
•No such case with Ayurveda, herbal medicines are
quite safe.
•Patient is able to enjoy life.
•99% of the cases are able to take up our medicine,
it just trust factor that works with Ayurveda.
•No such complications with Ayurvedic Medicine
•Older patients also responds very well to the
treatment & they live very well.

22. THANK YOU
• Dr. Aggarwal’s Ayurvedic Panchakarma &
Research Centre
• www.ayurveda24.co.in
• www.advanceayurveda.in
• +918699017567