46 Cases of Infantile Enuresis Treated with Bu Shen Zhi Yi Tang Combining with Tuina [1]

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46 Cases of Infantile Enuresis Treated with Bu Shen Zhi Yi Tang [3] Combining with Tuina
All the 46 cases of infants are outpatients. The age is between 4-16 years old with 18 females and 28 males, 8.5 years old on average. Treatment: modify Bu Shen Zhi Yi Tang; one dose a day, be decocted with water, and orally take twice a day. The basic prescription is: Ma Huang [4], Yi Zhi Ren [5], Chang Pu, Jin Ying Zi [6] and Duan Long Mu. Add Tu Si Zi [7], Rou Cong Rong [8] and Wu Yao [9] for kidney qi difficiency; add Dang Shen [10], Bai Zhu [11], Fu Ling [12], Shan Yao [13] and Huang Qi [14] for spleen and lung qi deficiency; add Long Dan Cao [15], Ze Xie [16], Mu Tong [17], Huang Qi and Chai Hu [18] for damp heat in liver meridian. Tuina: knead on Dan Tian for 5 minutes, Shenshu (BL23) [19] for 3 minutes, Jiuwei (CV15) Luo-Connecting Point [20] for 3 minutes and Sanyinjiao (SP6) [21] for 6 minutes. One course of the treatments above are 14 days, and 2 days break between the courses.
Treatment results: the total effective rate is 91.2%, and the shortest course is one course while the longest is 5 courses.
Key words: infantile enuresis, Bu Shen Zhi Yi Tang, Tuina
Writer: Bing Chen
Clinic of the 213th institute, China Arm Industry Ministry (710006)