Urinary tract infection refers to the pathogen grows and reproduces in the urinary tract, and encroaches the urinary tract mucosa or tissue, so cause the inflammation. Inflammation is a most common bacterial infection. Most of urinary tract infections are caused by the inflammation. The symptoms are frequent urination, urgency, dysuria, and so on. It impacts patients a lot. For the treatment of urinary tract infection, many patients still willing to adopt some conservative treatment methods, for example, moxibustion. Is moxibustion effective for urinary tract infection? The answer is yes, but limited.
Moxibustion is an ancient method of urinary tract infection treatment. It can play a role in warming and activating meridian. It is widely used in many diseases.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the urinary tract infection is caused by damp heat, violations of kidney and bladder, and lower coke gasification adverse. For the treatment of urinary tract infection, we need to clear heat and remove toxicity. At the same time, we must treat pain and promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis. The treatment of moxibustion is mainly through the warm stimulation to improve local blood circulation, so as to achieve the whole body’s blood circulation, and relieve urinary distention, urinary irritation, anti-inflammatory and other purposes. So in this sense, moxibustion can play a certain role for urinary tract infection.
Although that, the treatment effect of moxibustion is limited. It cannot cure the urinary tract infection thoroughly. It has little function for treating frequent micturition. Moxibustion can only improve the symptoms instead of treating. If you want to simply use the method of moxibustion to cure urinary tract infection, it not only need a long-term treatment, but also it is very difficult for you to achieve the effect. So normally, moxibustion is used primarily as adjuvant therapy. To cure the urinary tract infection, taking medicine is the primary treatment method.
In treating the urinary tract infection, patients can take the herbal diuretic and anti-inflammatory pill. It has the function of heating, relieving pain, diuresis, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It is the pure traditional natural medicine that contains a variety of herbal. It is natural and has no side effects. It can cure the urinary tract infection thoroughly.
