Diuretic
Increases urine flow
Increases urine flow to clear excess fluid and support the kidneys and urinary tract. Used for fluid retention and urinary complaints; keep fluids up, and take care alongside prescription diuretics or in kidney disease.
Diuretic Depuratives
Substances that enhance the excretion of metabolic waste from the kidneys.
Aqueretics
Substances that act on the glomerulus to increase water exretion from the body. Aqueretics do not affect electrolytes.
Aqueretics are used to treat obesity, hypertension, congestive heart failure, kidney stones, and PMS.
Indications:
Using Diuretics Long Term:
Long term treatment with non-irritating diuretics is acceptable.
- Taraxacum officinalis folia
- Agropyron repens
- Zea mays
- Apium graveolens
- Eupatorium purpureum (Gravel root)
- Juniperus communis
- Eryngium maritimum (sea holly)
- Aphanes arvensis (parsley piert)
- Daucus carota (wild carrot)
- Parietaria diffusa (pellitory)
- Apium graveolens (celery)
Herbs with a diuretic action (35)
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