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Acupressure benefits women with stress incontinence

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

Researchers from Hong Kong have found that acupressure has positive physiological and psychological effects on women with urodynamic stress incontinence.

Acupuncture helps dialysis patients

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

A Korean pilot study suggests that acupuncture can help with symptom management in patients undergoing haemodialysis.

Laser acupuncture for bedwetting

Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Kidney / Urinary disorders

Two studies have recently been published on laser acupuncture (LA) for nocturnal enuresis.

Chinese herbal extract prevents polycystic kidneys

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

Triptolide, a compound derived from the Chinese medicinal herb, Lei Gong Teng (Tripterygii wilfordii Radix) has been demonstrated to prevent the formation of kidney-destroying cysts in a mouse model of polycystic kidney disease. Researchers from Yale University found that the compound corrected cellular calcium signalling mechanisms that are disrupted in the disease, leading to abnormal cell growt ...

CHINESE HERBS AND STEROID-DEPENDENT NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

37 children with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome (SDNS) were treated with Chai-Ling-Tang (Sairei-to). After treatment, relapse was markedly improved, time for negative conversion of proteinuria shortened, prednisone dosage significantly reduced, and side effects eased. It is considered that Chai-Ling-Tang may be a useful substitute for patients with SDNS who fail to respond to or manifest sev ...

Acupuncture and the overactive bladder

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

Eleven patients (9 males and 2 females) with overactive bladders were treated by acupuncture. The age range was from 51 to 82 years (mean 71 years). Nine patients complained of urge incontinence and 2 patients of urgency. Uninhibited contraction was observed in all patients before the acupuncture. Acupuncture was given at bilateral Zhongliao BL-33 and the needles rotated for 10 minutes manually. A ...

CHINESE MEDICINE REDUCES DIALYSIS FREQUENCY

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

A Chinese study has demonstrated that when Chinese medicine is combined with peritoneal dialysis, it is possible to reduce the frequency of the dialysis whilst maintaining renal function (Chung-Kuo Chung Hsi i Chieh Ho Tsa Chih. 1996 ;16(2):67-9).

ACUPUNCTURE AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

A study carried out in Bergen, Norway has demonstrated the value of acupuncture in preventing urinary tract infections in women who are especially prone to repeated recurrences. 67 such women (3 or more attacks in the past 12 months) were randomly divided into an acupuncture group, a sham acupuncture group and a control (no treatment). Acupuncture was given twice a week for 4 weeks mainly at Zhong ...

Urinary incontinence and acupuncture

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders, Spinal cord

A study carried out at the Department of Physiology at Meiji University of Oriental Medicine in Japan has confirmed the value of acupuncture in treating urinary incontinence in patients with chronic spinal cord injuries. Eight male patients, four with cervical lesions and four with thoracic lesions, were treated with acupuncture at Zhongliao BL-33. Four once-weekly treatments were given with needl ...