Application of dehydrating agents
Diuretics are generally well tolerated. They stimulate the kidneys to an increased excretion of electrolytes such as potassium, calcium or sodium. As the mineral salts in the body are bound to water, urine formation and amount of urine are transmitted through diuretics stimulated. The increased water excretion causes tissue pressure to drop rapidly in case of water retention (edema). Therefore, they are used therapeutically in emergencies to drain the body in heart failure, pulmonary edema, liver cirrhosis, hypertension, poisoning and kidney dysfunction.
synthetic diuretics are not suitable for long-term therapy. You can be found on the list of drugs. Their misuse will cause serious health problems. The strong loss of water can cause dehydration of the body, thrombosis and hypotension (low blood pressure). Grab it diuretics in the hormonal control of the water balance and the blood vessels. If the dehydrating agents are discontinued again, the blood vessels narrow and hinder the elimination of water. A renewed weight gain and edema are the result. Some patients are more likely to feel diuretics which can lead to acute renal failure.

synthetic diuretics
Chemical dehydrators are divided into three groups of active ingredients. So-called loop diuretics prevent mineral salts such as potassium and calcium from being re-absorbed into kidney tissue. These include the active ingredients etacrynic acid, torasemide, furosemide, piretanide and bumetanide.
The group of thiazides and thiazide-type dehydrators blocks the reuptake of sodium chloride. The amount of excreted urine increases considerably. The active ingredients include indapamide, xipamide, hydrochlorothiazide and chlorthalidone.
Another group is known as potassium-sparing diuretics. The dehydrating agents prevent the excretion of potassium in the urine and instead cause increased excretion of sodium chloride bound water. Agents such as eplerenone, amiloride, triamterene, potassium canrenoate and spironolactone belong to this group.
Caffeine, alcohol and ACE inhibitors are diuretics. Caffeine in coffee or tea is a xanthine that promotes urinary retention through improved blood flow to the kidney.
All agents listed here are not suitable for long-term medication. When taken for a longer period of time, the body controls the effectiveness of synthetic diuretics via the rebound effect. Modern dehydrators are able to recycle mineral salts (electrolytes) to the body. Its ease of use and rapid efficacy are clearly beneficial for patients with heart failure, pulmonary edema and poisoning.

Plant dehydrators
Softer and milder than synthetic drugs are so-called aquaretics. This is how plant-based diuretics are described. Despite increased water excretion of the urine contains only a few mineral salts. Therefore, herbal diuretics may be useful for long-term therapy in mild to moderate forms of cardiac and venous insufficiency, congestive edema, and high blood pressure.

Asparagus contains the diuretic active ingredient asparagine. The amino acidoccurs as a typical smell in the urine immediately after the consumption of asparagus. Already earlier, asparagus was used in diseases of the kidneys and bladder. The active substance asparagine is known to promote the elimination of water and cell division of kidney tissue. Studies have shown that a combination of parsley and asparagus is safe and well-tolerated. Hildegard von Bingen used birch sap for urine and dropsy.
Scientists believe that flavonoids (phytochemicals) and essential oils are responsible as ingredients for increased water excretion. For dehydration, common rhizome root, orthospeon leaves, birch leaves, horsetail, stinging nettle and dandelion are recommended as tea and tea blends, drops and tablets.