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Can Cilantro Be Used For Cleaning Kidneys By Stage 4 Dialysis Patient?

I am a dialysis patient I am looking for something to help bring back my kidney I miss livening a. Normal life my kidney or worken 15% I am a stage 4 I do still. Urinate but not a lot can cilantro help me clean my kidneys please get back to me YYYY@YYYY
posted on Tue, 5 Nov 2013
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Hi
Thanks for your query.

Unfortunately the use of cilantro has not been shown to improve kidney functions in any medical study. So you could use it in your cooking but do not expect any benefit in terms of increasing your kidney functions.
Hope this helps
Good luck
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Can Cilantro Be Used For Cleaning Kidneys By Stage 4 Dialysis Patient?

Hi Thanks for your query. Unfortunately the use of cilantro has not been shown to improve kidney functions in any medical study. So you could use it in your cooking but do not expect any benefit in terms of increasing your kidney functions. Hope this helps Good luck