What causes frequent urination? What are the folk remedies for relieving stranguria and clearing away heat?

Frequent urination is a very embarrassing thing in life, and many people suffer from it. So what are the causes of frequent urination? What are the traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for frequent urination?

Causes of frequent urination:

(1) Increased urine volume: When urine volume increases, the frequency of urination will also increase accordingly. Under physiological conditions, such as drinking a lot of water, eating watermelon, and drinking beer, due to the increase in water intake, the urine volume increases through the regulation and filtration of the kidneys, and the frequency of urination also increases, resulting in frequent urination. Under pathological conditions, such as some patients with diabetes and diabetes insipidus, they drink a lot of water, urinate a lot, and urinate frequently. But there was no discomfort in urination.

(2) Inflammatory stimulation: When there is inflammation in the bladder, the nerve perception threshold is lowered, the urinary center is in an excited state, resulting in frequent urination and reduced urine volume (<300-500 ml/time in adults). Therefore, frequent urination is an important symptom of cystitis, especially in acute cystitis and tuberculous cystitis. Other conditions such as prostatitis, urethritis, pyelonephritis, chronic balanoposthitis in children, vulvitis, etc. can also cause frequent urination. Under the stimulation of inflammation, frequent urination, urgency and pain often occur at the same time, which is called urinary tract irritation sign, commonly known as "triuria sign".

(3) Non-inflammatory irritation: such as urinary stones and foreign bodies, usually with frequent urination as the main manifestation.

(4) Decreased bladder capacity: such as bladder space-occupying lesions, compression from the enlarged uterus during pregnancy, tuberculous bladder contracture, or large bladder stones.

(5) Psychoneural urinary frequency: Frequent urination only occurs during the day or before falling asleep at night, and is often caused by mental stress or seen in patients with hysteria. This may also be accompanied by urinary urgency and pain.

Frequent urination Chinese medicine prescription 1

[Prescription] 15 grams each of hemp seed and raspberry, 9 grams each of apricot kernel and raw white peony root, 6 grams of raw rhubarb, 5 grams each of Citrus aurantium and Magnolia officinalis, and 12 grams of silkworm cocoon.

[Usage] Decoction the above medicine and take it in 2 doses, 1 dose per day.

Frequent urination Chinese medicine prescription 2

[Prescription] 20 grams each of Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus membranaceus, 10 grams each of raw rhubarb (added later), Plantain, Poria, Chinese yam, Alisma orientalis, Coptis chinensis, Atractylodes macrocephala, and 8 grams of raw licorice.

[Usage] Decoction the above medicine and take orally in 2-3 times, 1 dose per day. 5 doses constitute a course of treatment.

Frequent urination Chinese medicine prescription 3

[Prescription] 20 grams each of dandelion and Scutellaria barbata, 12 grams each of Poria cocos, Dioscorea opposita, Akebia trifoliata, Alisma orientalis, and Schisandra chinensis, and 10 grams of licorice.

[Usage] Decoction the above medicines for 3 times and then combine the liquid medicines. Take orally twice a day, morning and evening. 5 doses constitute a course of treatment.

[Addition and Subtraction] If both Qi and blood are deficient, add 20-30 grams each of raw Astragalus, whole Angelica, and Polygonum multiflorum; if the waist and knees are weak, add 10-15 grams each of Chuanxuduan, Eucommia, Cibotium barometz, and Rhizoma Cynoglossi.