Nocturia is heavy and frequent, push the little finger for 6 minutes every day, no longer get up at night, and sleep well peacefully


Nowadays, many people, especially the elderly, experience increased nocturia.


Nocturia is less than the normal bladder urine storage of 300 ml, the urge to urinate will occur, and the amount of urine at night is more than the amount of urine during the day, resulting in an increase in the frequency of urination at night, and even habitual nocturia. Note: Increased nocturia caused by drinking plenty of water before going to bed is not considered to be a true nocturia.


There are many reasons for frequent nocturia, such as unfavorable kidney qi astringency, inability to restrain the bladder, failure to declare bodyization, and it may also be caused by high mental stress or neurasthenia.


Traditional Chinese medicine believes that most of this phenomenon is related to kidney deficiency, which is the main water of the kidney, and the kidney is in charge of the metabolism of whole body fluids, which plays an important role in regulating the transport, distribution and excretion of water in the human body.


If the kidney yang is insufficient, there will be symptoms of frequent and excessive nocturnal urination, urinary incontinence, backache, weakness of limbs, and sensitivity to cold hands and feet.


Today I will share with you a method of pushing the little finger to relieve the symptoms of nocturia.



At the midpoint of the horizontal striation of the distal phalanges of the palmar surface of the little finger, there is a kidney point, which is also called nocturia point, frequent urination point. As the name suggests, this acupuncture point has a good effect on relieving nocturia, frequent urination.


We can use the thumb of one hand to hold down the thumb of the other hand, push from the bottom to the top, slightly harder, the force is even, alternate between the two hands, each hand pushes for three to five minutes.


The elderly are in a period of decline of kidney qi, kidney essence, and kidney source, with less reserves and less self-supply, which is more likely to cause kidney deficiency, resulting in a decrease in the ability of the kidneys to charge water.


Frequent nocturia, to really solve the problem of nocturia, you should tonify the kidney, usually you should eat some kidney-tonifying drugs and food, develop the habit of soaking your feet in hot water before going to bed, and usually push your little finger more for exercise, and the situation of nocturia will be significantly improved.