Bedwetting (Enuresis)
Enuresis is defined as inappropriate or involuntary voiding during the night at an age when urinary control should be achieved.
Traditional Oriental Medicine, provides a valuable treatment for children who experience enuresis. The diagnosis is based on whether your child exhibits signs of cold or heat and deficiency or excess.
Gentle Shonishin (pediatric acupuncture) or Tuina (pediatric massage) treatments, moxabustion or infrared heating therapy are used in conjunction with herbal formulas and dietary therapy to provide a successful outcome
Special points are emphasized, such as:
- Bai Hui (DU 20) is good at reinforcing and lifting yang, to help strengthen the bladder and control urination.
- San Yin Jiao (SP 6) regulates water flow and strengthens the bladder.
- Yi Niao Dian is the Bedwetting Hand point, also called Kidney point.
- Dan Tian and Ming men to warm the kidneys and bladder.
- Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
- Shen Ling Bai Zhu San or
- Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan
- Avoid cold and raw foods
- Eat cooked vegetables, soups and stews.
- Home treatments are taught to parents such as:
- Specific therapeutic massage techniques
- Moxibustion