The Urinary Bladder stores the urine and releases it through urination. Thus the Urinary Bladder’s function is to store and excrete urine(1)(2)(3).
In traditional Chinese medicine the Urinary Bladder is the partner organ of the Kidney. Both the Urinary Bladder and the Kidney are element Water and have close relationship with the water metabolism in the body. Therefore both (especially the Urinary Bladder) are particularly sensitive to external damp climate conditions. Living in damp environments leads to the internal accumulation of “dampness in the Urinary Bladder"(1)(3), which both manifest in difficult urination(1)(2).
Fear is the emotion of the Kidney. Thus its partner organ - the Urinary Bladder - is susceptible to excessive sudden or chronic fear. Therefore, especially in children, chronic fear, insecurity or anxiety weakens the Qi of the Urinary Bladder and leads to night bed-wetting(1).
Excessive sexual activity depletes the Kidney which may manifest through its partner organ in frequent and copious urination, night time urination, and/or incontinence(1).
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(1) Maciocia, Giovanni (1989). The Foundations of Chinese Medicine. Edinburgh: Harcourt Publishers Limited(2)
(2) Zhang, Enqin (1990). Basic Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Shanghai: Publishing House of Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
(3) Deng Liangye, Gan Yijun, He Shuhui, Ji Xiaoping, Li Yang, Wang Rufen, Wang Wenjing, Wang Xuetai, Xu Hengze, Xue Xuiling, Yuan Jiuling (1987). Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion. China: Foreign Languages Press
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