Drinking parsley tea is an excellent home remedy to prevent or complement the treatment recommended by your doctor for urinary tract infections, as it has natural diuretic properties that stimulate urine production, facilitating the elimination of bacteria that are in the bladder causing the infection.
Urinary tract infections can occur for a variety of reasons, such as hormonal changes, genetic predisposition, little water consumption and inadequate intimate hygiene, leading to the development of bacteria in the urinary system and the appearance of symptoms, especially pain and burning when urinating.
To treat urinary tract infections, it is important to drink plenty of water and consume foods with diuretic properties on a daily basis, in addition to the use of antibiotics, antispasmodics, analgesics and antiseptics, which must be prescribed by the doctor. See more details on treatment for urinary infection.
Below are some recipes and how to prepare parsley tea for urinary tract infections:
1. Parsley tea
Ingredients
- 1 bunch or 15 grams of fresh parsley with stems;
- 1 slice of lemon;
- 250 mL of boiling water.
Preparation mode
Wash and cut the parsley. Then place in water and leave for 5 to 10 minutes. Then strain and drink several times a day without adding sugar.
Ideally, parsley tea should not be consumed by pregnant women and people taking anticoagulants or other diuretic medications.
2. Corn Beard Parsley Tea
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon of chopped fresh parsley;
- 1 tablespoon of corn husks;
- 250 mL of water.
Preparation mode
Just place the ingredients in a pan and let it boil for a few minutes. Strain while still warm and drink throughout the day, without sweetening.
3. Parsley tea with stonebreaker
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley;
- 1 tablespoon of stone breaker;
- 250 mL of water.
Preparation mode
Just place the ingredients in a pan and let it boil for a few minutes. Strain while still warm and drink throughout the day, without sweetening.
How to use parsley in recipes
In addition to drinking parsley tea, to complement treatment against urinary tract infections, people can also increase their consumption of this herb because parsley is an aromatic herb that is easy to add to any recipe, and some ways to use it are:
- In salads, accompanied by lettuce, basil and tomato;
- In braised meats, adding last, when the meat is practically ready;
- In sauces prepared with cream;
- In citrus fruit juices blended in a blender. Good options are pineapple juice with parsley and orange juice with parsley.
When treating urinary infections, the secret is to increase the amount of water you drink throughout the day, because the more liquids you can drink, the faster the symptoms will disappear, which is why drinking teas is an excellent natural way to treat the infection. urinary tract in men and women. But besides parsley, there are other natural remedies that can help.
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- AL-YOUSOFY, Fayed et al.. Parsley! Mechanism as antiurolithiasis remedy. International Journal of Medical and Health Research. Vol.3, n.7. 35-40, 2017
