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Beth Conroy Compendium - Urinary Infection - Acupuncture Physical Medicine

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1.AcupuncturePhysicalMedicine(MarkSeem,Ph.D)pages112114 2.http://www.tcmpage.com/hpurinary_infect.html 3http://www.nim.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003143.html .

DESCRIPTIONANDCONDITION:
UrinaryTractInfectioninthewesternvernacular,IswhentheUrinaryTract,whichiscomprisedoftwo kidneys,twoureters,bladderandaurethraisinfectedbyeitherbacteria(EscherichiaColi,E.Coli),a virus(HerpesSimplex)orafungus(Candida)causingthefollowingsymptoms,urinaryretention, painfulurination,pyuriaandlowerbackpain. AccordingtotheTCMperspectivetheconsumptionofspicyfoods,foodsthatarehighinfatandsugar canbeattributedtocausingtwopatternpresentations,DampHeatpatternandKidneySpleen Deficiencypatterns.

PATTERNSOFDISHARMONY/DIAGNOSIS:
UrinarydistressisclassifiedinAPMasthethirdpatternofvisceralagitation(PelvicCollapse)

CLINICALMANIFESTATIONS:
Visceraldysfunctioninthelowerabdominalregioncanalsooccurasaresultofexcessiveexercise. Themusclesbecomeoverlyrigidandanimpedimenttopropertopropervisceralfunctioninthe reproductiveandurinarytracts.Ineithercase,DysfunctionssuchasPMS,vaginitis,cystitis,prostititis, amenorrheaormenstrualirregularitymightoccur,aswellasprolapsedorganssuchasareseenin herniaorhemorrhoids.[pg112]

PalpatoryFindings: Presentationoftightandtenderareasintheshoayangandyangmingzonesalongwithareactive rectusabdominus,includingthelowerexternalobliquesinGB26,27and28.palpationofchongmai willpresentachopsticklikesensation.TriggerpointscanbenoticedintheSt25toSt30region[pg

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willpresentachopsticklikesensation.TriggerpointscanbenoticedintheSt25toSt30region[pg 92,113]

TreatmentPrinciple:ReleaseconstrictionsintheYangming/Shoayangzonesandtonifythemiddle heater TreatmentStrategies: Root(jinglevel)Sp4right,Pc6left(ChongMaiopening).GB41left,TH5right(DaiMaiopening) YingLevel(distal):Kd3Bilateral(kidneysupport)Lv3,Sp6regulatingmiddleheater. Ying(local):CV2,3,6,12,andSt36fortonificationofthemiddleheater.TheadditionofGV20for organprolapse. Weilevel:Trpreleaseinthevastusmedialis,satoriusmuscleforreleaseofpelvicregion. Localtrpsfortheexternalobliques,andrectusabdominus.

PatientEducation:
Drink8fullglassesofwaterdailywithadilutedcranberryjuiceorextract. Properhygieneisessential

Prognosis:
Aurinarytractinfectionisuncomfortable,buttreatmentisusuallysuccessful.Symptomsofabladder infectionusuallydisappearwithin2448hoursaftertreatmentbegins.Ifyouhaveakidneyinfection, itmaytake1weekorlongerforyoursymptomstogoaway.

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