Urination disturbance is manifested by frequency of urination, painful urination and incontinence of urination, resulting mainly from accumulation of heat in the bladder and sometimes also from emotional factors and deficiency of the kidney.
According to the clinic manifestations, urination disturbance is divided into five kinds, i.e. dysuria caused by calculi, dysuria caused by qi dysfunction, dysuria with milky urine, dysuria caused by overstrain and painful urination with blood.
Eating too much fatty or sweet food or drinking too much alcohol leads to accumulation of damp heat in the lower jiao, where the urine is condensed into calculi, which may be either as small as gravel or as large as stones, staying in various portions of the urinary tract from the kidney to the bladder or the urethra, causing dysuria.
In case the damp heat accumulates in the bladder, or the heat accumulates in the bladder, or the heart fire shifts to the bladder, this injures the blood vessels and forces the blood to extravasate, then painful urination with blood results. If the damp heat accumulates in the lower jiao, impairing the control of the flow of the chylous fluid, viscous urine like milk appears, known as dysuria with milky urine.
Damage of the liver by anger, production of fire from stagnated qi or obstruction of qi due to stagnation, leading to accumulation of qi and fire in the lower jiao, impedes the activity of the bladder. Therefore, urination is difficult, painful and incontinent, known as dysuria, caused by dysfunction of qi.
Indulgent sexual activities or mental stress leading to deficiency of the kidney qi, or sinking of the spleen qi due to deficiency, causes painful urination which often recurs on overstrain, known as dysuria caused by overstrain.
This morbid condition includes urinary infection and urolithiasis. Urination disturbance can be treated with acupuncture and herbs.
For more information, please contact Dr. Jeon of Jun’s Acupuncture Clinic at 661-799-7369.