A safe and easy-handling method to eliminate aluminum, which can easily
accumulate in a dialysis patient body, in the course of a dialysis
treatment and a dialysate used in the above method to eliminate aluminum
ions from blood and tissues in the body are provided. A method to
eliminate aluminum from a dialysis patient body characterized in that a
dialysate mixed with aluminum complexing agents allows formation of
complexes with aluminum to excrete aluminum in the form of aluminum
complexes into the dialysis drain fluid is also provided. More
specifically, the above-mentioned method to eliminate aluminum from the
body employs preferably citric acid as an aluminum complexing agent, and
the dialysate comprises general dialysate components and 1.7-2.4 mEq/L of
citric acid as an aluminum complexing agent.