UTI/Bladder Infection, Very Alkaline Urine pH

Hi Uny,

Congrats to your new forum! You’re one of my favorite posters! No one has ever helped me understand the Liver Flush as much as you did. I have no doubt that this forum’d be a great addition to CZ!
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So, here is my immediate problem...

Two weeks ago, my acupuncturist put me on a bowel cleanser with persisca & rhubard in it. I got 2-3bms a day while I was on it. Couple of days into it, I noticed my urine was getting darker. I upped my water intake, but it didn’t help. My 1st morning urine was getting progressively darker and smaller in quantity (It’s almost like my body is trying to retain water overnight to neutralize something, yet my urine is super alkaline). I also started to get a burning sensation around my uterus area and some sore spots around the left lower abdomen. I finally decided to quit the cleanse (after 8 days). That was 5 days ago. Now, the sore spots are gone, the other symptoms remain (burning uterus and dark/small 1st morning urine).

I’m not sure if I have UTI/Bladder infection or it’s something else? There’s no itching nor discharge. I think the cleanse might have overloaded my already low functioning kidney. (For the past 1.5yrs while I was on a mostly raw green diet, I noticed sediments in my urine and the pH was also very alkaline, pH7.5-8.0.)

The other reason that I can think of is my recently modified diet. A few weeks ago, I decided to quit the raw green diet. The only raw food I eat is fruit. I also started to eat more meat, cook all my veggies, and eat more junk foods and desserts. I noticed an immediate improvement with the bloatedness and indigestion. And for the first time in months, my first morning pH would go as low as 5.5 and slowly creeps back up to 7-7.5 as the day goes by.

I’m not sure if I should continue with the more acidic diet(meat, dessert, cook veggie) just to keep the pH down? Or, I should take parsley tea, beet and/or asparagus (very alkaline) to help my poor kidney?

Also, I just started taking d-Mannose. I was told that it would help with UTI infection. It’s too early to tell whether it works or not.

I think I definitely need some kidney cleanse. I was going to get the 3-week Dr. Clark’s kidney cleanse (from drclarkstore.com). I’ve also read that many people had success using Barefoot’s kidney cleanse. Any suggestion?

-many, many thx!
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