Bladder

What are different home remedies for frequent urination? – Part 1

What is Frequent Urination?
• It is absolutely normal to urinate anywhere between 4 and 8 times a day.
• If one experiences the urge to urinate more than 8 times a day, it could mean that you are either consuming too much water in the day, or that you suffer from an underlying health problem.
• This problem has affected the strength and functioning of your bladder.
• Frequent urination could affect you throughout the day, even at night.
• There are many people who suffer from nocturia.
• This condition is characterized by the urge to urinate mainly during the night.

There are several factors which include:
• Color of the urine which is different from normal.
• Loss of control on bladder.
• A strong urge to urinate.
• Pain while passing urine.

Symptoms for Frequent Urination
• Moderate to high fever with urinating very often.
• A strong and sudden urge to urinate.
• Pain in your groin, sides or the lower abdominal area.
• Burning sensation or pain during urination.
• Changes in the color of the urine.
• Presence of blood in the urine.

Causes for Frequent Urination
• Water consumption
• Medication
• Excess amount of coffee, tea and aerated drinks
• Drinking alcohol
• Dietary and lifestyle habits

Special conditions can become causes like:
• Diabetes (Both, Type-1 Diabetes, as well a Type-2 Diabetes)
• Pregnancy
• Prostate problems
• Interstitial cystitis
• Use of diuretics
• Neurological diseases or strokes
• Bladder stones or bladder cancer
• Cystocele
• Infection in the kidney
• Undergoing radiation treatment
• Urinary incontinence

Home Remedies for Frequent Urination

1. Monitoring the Intake of Fluids
• Drink 8 glasses of water in the day and do not overdo.
• Choose to drink the right fluids.
• Stay away from coffee, tea, aerated drinks and alcohol.

2. Modify your Diet
• There are certain food items that can irritate the lining of your bladder.
• Restrict the intake of spicy food, chocolate, caffeine and tomato-based products.
• Eat a higher quantity of fiber through your diet.
• Constipation can lead to an overactive bladder.

3. Practice Bladder Control
• This exercise is usually included in overactive bladder syndrome treatment.
• Hold your urine for a longer time than you normally do.
• Over the course of 12 weeks the urinating intervals are also lengthened.
• Train your bladder to hold urine for a longer period of time.

4. Kegel Exercises
• These exercises require you to contract and release your pelvic floor muscles.
• By toning these muscles one shall improve overall bladder control.
• This will reduce the urgency as well as the frequency at which you urinate.
• Kegel exercises are effective when practiced with regularity.

Diet for Frequent Urination

- Some of the foods that can help prevent frequent urination are:
• Squash
• Cherries
• Blueberries
• Cranberries
• Brown rice
• Bananas
• Barley
• Potatoes

- Foods that should be avoided are:
• Caffeinated foods and beverages like chocolate, coffee, tea and aerated drinks
• Spicy food
• Beans
• Spinach
• Strawberries
• Nuts
• Rhubarb
• Beets
• Red meat
• Vinegar
• Fermented food
• Baked products

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What are the different home remedies for Cystitis?

What is meant by Cystitis?
• Cystitis refers to urinary bladder inflammation which result from any one of a number of distinct syndromes.
• This is commonly caused by a bacterial infection.
• It is referred to as a urinary tract infection.

Symptoms for Cystitis
- Pressure in the lower pelvis
- Painful urination
- Frequent urination (polyuria)
- Urgent need to urinate (urinary urgency)
- Need to urinate at night
- Urine which contains traces of blood (haematuria)
- Strong smelling urine
- Pain above the pubic bone
- The lower back or abdomen pain
- Weak or feverish feeling.

Home Remedies for Cystitis

1. Cystitis treatment using Cucumber Juice
• Cucumber juice is one of the most useful home remedies in the treatment of cystitis.
• It is an effective diuretic.
• A cup of this juice when mixed with one teaspoon of honey and a tablespoon of fresh lime juice is effective.
• This solution should be taken three times daily.

2. Cystitis treatment using Drumstick Flowers
• The fresh juice of the flowers of drumstick is another effective remedy.
• A teaspoon of the juice, mixed with half a glass of tender coconut water, should be given.
• Administer this twice daily.
• It acts as a diuretic in the treatment of cystitis.

3. Cystitis treatment using Radish Leaves
• The juice of radish leaves is valuable in treating cystitis.
• A cup of this juice should be given once daily, in the morning, for a fortnight.

4. Cystitis treatment using Lady’s Fingers
• Fresh lady’s fingers are useful in cystitis.
• A decoction made of 100 gm of lady’s fingers and 200 ml of water should be taken twice daily.

5. Cystitis treatment using Spinach
• A quantity of 100 ml of fresh spinach juice should be taken with an equal quantity of tender coconut water.
• Take this solution twice a day.
• It acts as a very effective and safe diuretic.
• It is a combination of both nitrates and potassium.

6. Cystitis treatment using Lemon
• Lemon has proved valuable in cystitis.
• A teaspoon of lemon juice should be put in 180 ml of boiling water and allowed to cool.
• 60 ml of this water should be taken every two hours from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
• This eases the burning sensation and also stops bleeding in cystitis.

7. Cystitis treatment using Barley
• Half a glass each of barley gruel, mixed with buttermilk and the juice of half a lime is helpful in treating cystitis.
• It is an excellent diuretic.
• It should be taken twice daily.

8. Cystitis treatment using Sandalwood Oil
• The oil of sandalwood is also considered valuable in this disease.
• This oil should be given in doses of five drops in the beginning.
• Gradually it should be increased to ten to thirty drops.
• The efficacy of this oil can be increased by the addition of one teaspoon of carom seeds mixed in a glass of water.
• Ten grams of ginger can also be mixed in a cup water.

Dietaries for Cystitis

• Withhold all solid foods, water or tender coconut water.
• Raw vegetable juices especially carrot juice.
• After all-fruit diet move on to well-balanced diet.

Other Cystitis treatments

• Take rest and keep warm.
• Immerse pelvis in hot water to relieve pain.
• Apply cold compresses on abdomen.