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Bed Wetting
In a fairly recent book on children's health some of the solutions for bed wetting quoted were: an alarm system that buzzes every time the child wets the bed (why not an electrical shock at the same time, they'll get the message even faster), antidepressants which tighten the valve controlling the urine flow from the bladder and a drug which mimics a hormone the body produces to reduce urine production. To be fair, they also said that these were only temporary solutions and should not be relied on for a long-term solution. Brilliant!
The first thing I inquire about when parents consult with me about bed-wetting is the drinking habit of the child. That may seem simplistic but it's just common sense. If you send a child to bed with a bottle of milk or herbal tea, the money is on the child wetting the bed. So it is a good idea if, as the child grows, from eighteen months on say, you cut out the last bed drink. Taking the last drink progressively further and further from bed time and making the child have a ritual pee before he goes to bed really helps. Some parents have found it helpful to also ritualise another pee before they go to bed - they carry the child to the bathroom which hardly wakes him but makes him aware that he can get up and go to the bathroom if he needs to.
In Chinese Medicine bed wetting is often considered to be a sign of deficient Kidney Chi, one of the manifestations of which is cold, the interesting thing is that old Mediterranean Grannies claim exactly the same thing, "he's got cold kidneys!" One of the means of combating this is to keep the child warm, especially the feet. The other way is to 'warm up' or build up the system from inside. For this we want good solid food rich in the B vitamins: the best sources of B vitamins are wholegrains and remember that too much sugar prevents the intake of B vitamins.
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