Practitioner

 Zak.Han

Chinese Acupuncture practitioner,Chinese

exarmy doctor,worked

in army hospital 20 years.He specialises in

  back pain relief

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Urinary stones

Urinary stones (hereinafter referred to urinary stone disease), as one of Urologic diseases. Can occur at any site urinary system, but they made in the original kidney. Its clinical manifestations of the disease sudden, severe low back pain, the pain sustained continuous or intermittent, and along the ureter to the iliac fossa, scrotum and other places in the perineum and radiotherapy; There hematuria or cyst, difficulty urinating or urinary interrupts.
     Acupuncture treatment of the disease, to treat ureter and bladder stones were commonly. Nearly a dozen years ago, using a variety of acupoint stimulation treatment of different parts of the urinary stone and achieved better results. On the current situation, acupuncture can not only lift stones caused by urinary colic, but also prompted some small stones from. Acupuncture urinating on the mechanism of stone, many experiments indicate that acupuncture can be named ureteral peristaltic amplitude increases, increased urine flow, which has facilitated lower calculus.

 
Treatment --
 
     Point Injection
     Points
     Main Points : Shenshu, Guanyuan, YInlingquan.
     Points allocation : Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, Yanglingquan, Jiaoxin, Daheng, | Fujie, Zhongji, Huantiao

Body acupuncture

    Prescription: Zhongji (CV 3 ), Sanyinjiao (SP 6 ), Taixi (KI 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Pangguangshu (BL 28) and Jingmen (BL 36).

    Modification: For damp-heat in the lower energizer, Shuidao (ST 28), Weiyang (BL 39) and Yinlingquan (SP 9) are added; for qi stagnation and blood stasis, Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3) and Geshu (BL 17) are added; for asthenia of spleen and kidney yang, Guanyuan (CV 4), Pishu (BL 20), Mingmen (GV 4) and Zusanli (ST 36) are added; for asthenia of liver and kidney yin, Fuliu (KI 7), Ganshu (BL 18), Ququan (LR 8) and Yingu (KI 10) are Added£» for colic pain, Yanglingquan (GB 34) and tenderness point are added; for hematuria, Xuehai (SP 10) is added; for fever, Hegu (LI 4) and Ouchi (LI 11) are added.

    Performance: For the treatment of damp-heat in the lower energizer type and qi stagnation and blood stasis type, reducing needling technique is used; for asthenia o spleen and kidney yang type and asthenia of liver and kid-ney yin, mild reducing needling technique or mild reduc-ing and reinforcing techniques are used. Each time 1 ¨C 2 acupoints are selected and needled with continuous wave, high frequency and strong electricity for 40  60 minutes. For the treatment of asthenia of spleen and kidney yang, acupuncture and moxibustion can be used simultaneously.

 Acupuncture Points for Bladder Retention

By: Alien

Bladder retention comes in different forms but is essentially the inability to pass waste. Acupuncture points for bladder retention are well established.

Acupuncture Points for Bladder Retention

Urinary bladder retention is a common post operative symptom in from 7% to 25% of all patients received general surgery. In certain types of surgeries the incidence is even higher. The condition is characterized by a total inability to void urine. The exact cause is unknown although several theories exist. The treatment is usually self-catherization which is generally not overly uncomfortable, but is certainly inconvenient and carries some risk of urinary tract infection.

Although acupuncture has a long history of being used in the treatment of bladder problems, very little literature exists on the best acupuncture points for bladder retention. Some recent clinical studies have suggested a good course of treatment that shows promising results. The test subject was a young woman with a severe case of bladder retention following a hysterectomy. This woman had been using self-catherization for several weeks. The measurement of urine removed during this procedure showed normal and expected volume.

The patient began a series of weekly acupuncture sessions that lasted for about 30 minutes. The acupuncture points selected and needled were the Yin and Yang access points, KL 10 and BL 40. Two additional pairs of points were also needled. They were BL 10 and BL 23 (The Shu points of the Kidney), and BL 23 (the Shu point of the bladder). Slight electro-stimulation measuring about 4 Hz was applied to BL 23 for fifteen minutes. This was followed by electro-stimulation to BL 28 for fifteen minutes.

After the 3rd visit, the patient had retained normal urinary function. Self-catherization yielded no residual urine at all. The self-catherization was discontinued after the 4th visit. The final two visits were conducted to complete the course of treatment and follow up visits and treatments were continued every 3 or 4 weeks for a few months. This represented a very remarkable treatment regime for this particular problem.

A discussion of acupuncture points for bladder retention will leave most people not trained in acupuncture theory in a bit of confusion. In order to fully understand the logic behind point selection, it is necessary to have a fairly complete understandings of the theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture points. In many cases, the selected points will differ from patient to patient even thought the clinical history might seem identical. It is through a complete Four Point examination, that the acupuncturist determines the underlying cause. The acupuncture points are selected to deal with that cause and not the outward symptoms that are the result.

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 About Urinary Tract Infection - Prevention and Treatments

By: Knut Holt , Posted On: 2007-12-17

Urinary tract infection, or UTI, is colonization of microorganisms in the urinary tract in such an amount and such a way that damages or symptoms are produced. When only the urethra and the bladder is affected, it is called lower urinary tract infection. When the ureters and the kidneys are affected, the name used is "upper urinary tract infection".

WHAT CAUSES URINARY TRACT INFECTION

UTI is commonly caused by bacteria that also are present in the normal flora in and around body openings and in the digestive tract, as for example the bacterium Escherichia Coli. Most often the bacteria enter the urinary tract through the urethral opening. Women more easily get urinary tract infection because they have a shorter urethra so that the bacteria have a shorter way to get into the bladder.

The diseases Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis are normally not called UTI, even though these infections often affect the urinary tract.

Defects in the urinary system can make a person susceptible for UTI, like strictures or valve-like structures in the urethra and defects causing reflux from the bladder up through the ureters. Physical damages in the urinary tract can also make it more easy for bacteria to colonize and make infections.

Use of catheters or other instruments in the urinary tract can introduce bacteria and also cause damages that give the bacteria an easy opportunity to infect.

THE SYMPTOMS OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION

UTI can occur acutely with very distinct symptoms. UTI can also develop slowly and chronically with only small symptoms for a long time.

The symptoms by lower UTI are:

- Itching during urination.
- Pain in the bladder region.
- Urge to urinate, even though there is little urine in the bladder.
- Need to urinate during nights.
- Fever, usually mild.
- Cloudy urine with a bad smell.
- Pus discharged from the urethra or blended with the urine.
- Sometimes blood in the urine.

By upper urinary tract infection the same symptoms often occur, and in addition these symptoms will be felt:

- Nausea and vomiting.
- Pain in the sides of the back and sides of the stomach, at the height of the kidneys, and often downwards towards the bladder region.
- Feeling of pressure in the stomach region.
- High fever with chills and shaking.
- Strong fatigue.

Symptoms of UTI must always be investigated, especially blood in the urine, since the cause can be a more serious disease.

COMPLICATIONS CAUSED BY URINARY TRACT INFECTION

By upper UTI, the infection can spread deep into the kidney tissues and destroy the structures that excrete urine. This process can gradually lead to kidney failure. The infection can cause growth of scar tissue in the urinary tract, for example in the urethra, that causes obstruction and problems with urination.

By men the infection can spread to the prostate and into the reproductive organs and destroy the function of the reproductive system.

When a pregnant woman suffers from UTI, the child tend to be born with a too low birth weight.

DIAGNOSIS OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION

UTI is diagnosed by a urine specimen. The specimen is analyzed for substances produces by the disease process, like nitrites, leukocytes or leukocyte esterase. One also performs urine culture to confirm the presence of the bacteria.

When children have been diagnosed with UTI, in is useful to perform urine flow studies and radiologic studies of the urinary tract afterwards to see if there is urine reflux up to the bladder or other abnormalities in the urinary tract. This is sometimes done also by adults if UTI often recur.

STANDARD TREATMENT OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION

Urinary tract infection is commonly treated with antibiotica, like: trimethoprim, cephalosporins, nitrofurantoin, or a fluoroquinolone (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin).

Children that have been diagnosed with some urinary tract defect are often given long term treatment with small doses of antibiotics, but recent studies have thrown doubt upon the validity of this regime.

ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION

Although standard treatment is usually effective, it does no always manage to beat down a chronic UTI. Treatment with low doses of antibiotics to prevent new outbreaks of UTI can give side effects and is neither always effective.

Alternative measures for treatment can therefore be useful in addition to the standard drugs, and the same alternatives can be useful to prevent new outbreaks of UTI.

Cranberry and blueberry can help against UTI by eliminating the bacteria causing UTI. These herbs can be taken as juice or as tea made from dried berries, and they are also found as concentrates in capsules.

The sugar type D-mannose also seems to help eliminating infectious bacteria from the urinary tract.

Cranberry, blueberry and D-mannose seem to help by sticking to the bacteria or to the inside lining of the urinary tract and make it difficult for the bacteria to adhere to the inside walls and infect the tissues. Instead the bacteria are flushed out by the urine.

Goldenseal root and Uva ursi also have effects against bacteria infecting the urinary tract.

Remedies that alter the PH of the urine to be more acidic or more alkaline also seem to counteract infectious bacteria. It seems that the bacteria thrive only in a very narrow Ph range. Mineral supplements that contain citrate alter the Ph in an alkaline direction, and can be used for this purpose. Cranberry seems to give a more acidic urine and helps also this way.

Some studies indicate that acupuncture can help to hinder new outbreak of urinary tract infection.

LIFESTYLE MEASURES TO PREVENT URINARY TRACT INFECTION

Many lifestyle measures can be used to prevent the outbreak of UTI and help to cure UTI.

- Wearing clothes that hinders the lower body to get cold is useful by many peoples experience.

- Drinking much water causes the infectious bacteria to be flushed out much easier.

- To urinate after intercourse and cleaning the urethral opening eliminates infectious bacteria transmitted by the sexual act before they can invade the urinary tract.

- Using condoms by anal intercourse can hinder infectious bacteria in the rectum to enter a mans urethra.

- After anal intercourse, vaginal intercourse should be avoided without a good wash first.

- Having a good intimate hygiene, and wiping from the front and backwards by toilet visits can hinder bacteria from entering the urinary tract.

- Warm sitting baths without soap that can irritate can ameliorate the pain during, UTI and may enhance the healing process.

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Acupuncture for Retention of urine

Body acupuncture

    Prescription: Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Weiyang (BL 39) and Pangguangshu (BL 28).

    Modification: For accumulation of damp-heat, Quchi (LI 11) and Yinlingquan (SP 9) are added; for liver depression and qi stagnation, Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3) and Dadun (LR 1) are added; for obstruction of urina-ry tract, Qugu (CV 2), Jingmen (GB 25), Ciliao (BL 32) and Zhibian (BL 54) are added; for insufficiency of gas-trosplenic qi, Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20) and Zusanli (ST 36) are added; for asthenia of kidney qi, Taixi (KI 3), Fuliu (KI 7) and Shenshu (BL 23) are added; for no desire to urinate or weakness in urination, Qihai (CV 6) and Shenshu (BL 23) are added.

    Performance: In needling Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4) and Qihai (CV 6), percussion is made first to examine the distending degree of the bladder for deciding the direction, angle and depth of needling. Or inter-pene-trating technique is used to needle all the acupoints so as to direct the needling sensation to the genitalia to contract the lower abdomen. Zhibian (BL 54) is needled 3 cun ob-liquely toward the genitalia. The needling technique used is mainly for reducing purpose. For the treatment of as-thenia syndrome, mild reducing and reinforcing needling technique can be used with the addition of moxibustion

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