HERBS AND BEDWETTING

Herbs and Bedwetting

Bedwetting, or nocturnal enuresis (en-you-ree-sis) is one of the most common childhood complaints. It can affect a child’s relationships with peers and parents, and his or her performance at school. Children will commonly experience anxiety and embarrassment, particularly, when invited to sleepovers or school camps. This can impact on their self-esteem at an important stage in their development.

The impact of bedwetting on the family may be significant where Parents and the child frequently experience broken sleep; The added time and cost of laundering bed linen and nightwear; The cost to families using disposable nappy products to help manage the child's bedwetting is substantial. · All these factors create additional stress on already busy families.

These herbs may help:
Using half or 1 capsule only, open capsule and make into a tea, or when cool-mix with juice or milk as required.

• Chamomile - A calming herb, for sleeplessness in infants and older children – relieving anxiety and nervous tension – It acts as a mild sedative to help assist sleep.
• Horsetail - Ideal for bedwetting due to its astringent and diuretic properties.
• Damiana - An ideal nerve tonic for bedwetting with an emotional factor when combined with Horsetail.

The above information was taken from our NSP Australian website: naturessunshine.com.au/health-tips/herbs-and-bedwetting.shtml

I believe this article would be incomplete without giving Steven Horne's recommendations from The Comprehensive Guide to NSP Products, by treelite.com

I have had two children who have had problems with nighttime bedwetting and with Steven Horne's help I was able to understand the problem. In addition to his ideas, I found NSP Homeopathic bedwetting formula helped both of my children to overcome this problem.

The following is from Steven Horne's, Comprehensive Guide to Nature's Sunshine Products:

BEDWETTING

When a child loses bladder control while sleeping and wets the bed, it is often related to the same reasons why some adults have to wake up two or three times a night to go to the bathroom - adrenal fatigue, because the adrenals have to regulate fluid balance in the body. It can also be due to fear, hypoglycemia, mineral imbalances or a weakness of the kidneys and bladder.

Licorice root or HY-A can help build the adrenas and regulate blood sugar. A protein snack before bedtime (such as a couple of ounces of peanut butter, cottage cheese or beef jerky) may also help. Collatrim taken before bed will have the same effect.

Mineral imblances may also contribute to this problem. Magnesium deficiency in particular may be a root cause.

Kidney herbs (JP-X, juniper berries, Kidney Activator, marshmallow, parsley, uva ursi) are often used to encourage urination during the day. If the problem is a lack of tone in the sphincter of the bladder than uva ursi taken as a tea may be helpful.

For a complete list of Nature's Sunshine products that have been used successfully for bedwetting/incontinence, please email or call me, or find the information in the Comprehensive Guide to NSP, available at www.treelite.com.