The Bladder - Urinary Retention: Difficulty Voiding - Paruresis
Use the Six Steps of Healing to help with urinary retention (paruresis).
Step 0. Do
Nothing
Oops, that’s the problem. Seriously, though, relaxing deeply
can open the valves. If it doesn’t, there may be an obstruction.
Step 1. Collect
Information
Because the prostate gland encircles the urethra (the tube
that allows the bladder to empty), when the prostate is swollen, it becomes difficult to empty the bladder. The
urinary stream may start and stop, be scanty, or feel urgent without much result.
As much as a cup of urine may be retained even after “emptying?.
Trauma during, or from, childbirth, and after prostate or
pelvic surgery, can also interfere with the ability to urinate.
If urination stops completely for several hours, treat as an
emergency situation. Catheterization in sterile circumstances is life- (and
bladder-) saving.
Step 2. Engage
the Energy
Homeopathic Zea mays is specific for retention or
suppression of urine, and it is suitable for young, old, and in-between.
Step 3. Nourish
and Tonify
Dandelion, chickweed, and nettle are three good friends
whose leaves and roots work together or alone to increase voiding ease and
relieve retention. Go slowly, as they can increase urinary output. A drop or
two of each tincture may be enough.
Step 4. Stimulate/Sedate
Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners view urinary
retention/difficulty voiding as kidney yang deficiency and dysfunction
of the Triple Burner. The modified TCM formula uses cinnamon bark to promote fluid flow, turkey
tail mushrooms and dandelion as diuretics, astragalus to
increase overall chi, peony root
to replenish kidney yin and strengthen the bladder, licorice and dandelion roots to clear bladder heat, fennel seed to bring chi to the
Lower Burner, and plantain seeds to clear heat from the Lower Burner and
remove Triple Burner dampness.
Herbs
urinary blockages of all kinds include parsley root, buchu leaves,
juniper berries, and uva
ursi leaves. Saw palmetto
berries and pygeum are
favorites for men with voiding difficulties, but all offer benefits to
everyone. Depending on the severity of the problem, dropperful doses may be
used 1-8 hours apart. (Do avoid capsules.)
Step 6. Break and Enter
If you have prostate cancer and urinary problems - such as a
weak stream or difficulty voiding, then radioactive seed therapy
(brachytherapy) “may not be ideal? as it often fails to relieve urinary
problems and occasionally worsens them. , June 2004.
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Tags: astragalus, catheterization, chickweed, chinese medicine practitioners, dampness, dandelion, fennel seed, fluid flow, nettle, pelvic surgery, peony root, plantain, prostate gland, six steps, traditional chinese medicine, turkey tail, urinary retention, urinary stream, zea mays
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