Low Blood Platelets - Natural Remedies

These factors or mechanisms apply mainly to low blood platelets due to ITP blood disorder:
1) The spleen is destroying too mainy platelets
2) Increased level of Inflammation in the blood that weakens and destroys platelets
3) Antibodies attacking platelets - attaching to them so that platelets can be destroyed by the immune system
4) Bone marrow for some reason does not produce enough to compensate for the platelet destruction
5) Free radicals (oxygen in its "bad" state)also cause platelet destruction
And probably other mechanisms that I don't remember right now! LOL

Most conventional medicines attack a few of these mechanisms. Well actually, the main purpose of conventional treatment is to suppress or destroy the immune system to where it stops to attack platelets. And many times it is successful.

Another approach is to take out the spleen. This is successful in many who do it but I must say it is kind of drastic and it really doesn't go to the cause of the problem (about 65% respond well - even though they are more prone to some serious infections)

Natural remedies can attack a few of these mechanisms:
1) Possibly prevent the formation of antibodies that attack platelets - by healing gut inflammation and balancing the immune system
2) Reduce inflammation that destroys platelets thru the use of certain herbal remedies
3) Neutralize free radicals that also destroy platelets thru the use of antioxidants in foods
4) Some herbs are known to stimulate bone marrow production of different cells including platelets

Natural remedies for low blood platelets provides a long term solution with little or no side effects.

Some with platelets lower than 20,000 sometimes require the use of a combination of natural and conventional. Even though some doctors are afraid of combining these two therapies...studies have shown that some herbs improve the effectiveness of some of the conventional therapies.

Also with natural remedies you get to take less medications since your body won't need as much.

This is what you need to do:
1) Get a Doctor that has knowledge in nutritional and herbal medicine. I am sure he can be of great assistance to you. It is recommended that you always consult a qualified health care practitioner before doing any changes in diet or if you plan to take any new supplements for low blood platelets.

In those cases where the platelets are higher, herbs are effective to bring these platelets to a normal level.

But a combination of diet, exercise, nutritional and herbal supplements works better than taking just one isolated substance.