How is diabetic neuronal bladder treated?

  Patient Zhang, female, 59 years old. History of diabetes mellitus for more than 6 years. Complaint: dry mouth, excessive drinking, fatigue and weakness for 6 years, frequent urination for more than 6 months. He was admitted to our department on November 20, 2014. Upon admission, the on-call physician admitted the patient based on her fatigue, weak pulse, cold hands and feet, pale and fat tongue with teeth marks on the sides, slippery tongue coating, lumbago, frequent nocturnal urination, hands and feet like ice, poor appetite, bloating after meals, needing several times to relieve the urge to urinate, running to the toilet more than 10 times a night, but only 2 or 3 times can be relieved urine. The tongue is pale and fat with teeth marks on the sides, the tongue coating is watery, and the pulse is sunken and weak. Color ultrasound showed a residual bladder urine volume of 49 ml. Western medical diagnosis: type 2 diabetes mellitus; diabetic neuronal bladder; Chinese medical diagnosis: 1, achalasia; 2, gonorrhea; Chinese medical diagnosis: deficiency of kidney qi.  On 2014-11-22, the patient’s pulse was weak, both feet were sunken and weak, the hands and feet were like ice, the tongue was pale and dull, there were teeth marks on the large side, the tongue coating was slippery, the evidence belonged to kidney yang weakness and bladder loss, the patient was prescribed Jin Kui Kidney Qi Pill as soup: Shu Di Huang 30g, wine cornelian 15g, yam 15g, Fu Ling 10g, Ze Xie 10g, Dan Pi 10g, cinnamon stick 10g, peach kernel 10g, ephedra 10g, perilla leaf 6g (later down), cooked sapodilla 15g (first decoction 30 min).  On November 25, the patient complained that after taking the above 3 doses, the hands and feet were warmer than before, the spirit improved, the appetite slightly increased, but frequent urination at night did not see significant improvement. The patient’s face was red and red, although it was early winter, still only wearing a single piece of hospital gown also did not feel cold, but complained of vicious heat, his son said that in previous years even in winter only need a coat to winter, even if the weather is not very hot also sweat a lot, and sweat and hot. His roommate said that he talks in his sleep at night. He has a dry mouth, drinks a lot, is afraid of heat, sweats a lot, has a red face, and urinates 2-3 times at night. Each time he urinates, he must go to the toilet several times repeatedly, urinates frequently and urgently, his lower abdomen is slightly distended, his waist is sore, his hands and feet are like ice, his vision in his left eye is reduced, his nares are slightly poor, his sleep is still possible, his precordial area is spontaneously elevated, his tongue is pale and fat, with teeth marks on the sides, his tongue coating is thin and white, slightly watery, and his ulnar pulse is sunken and weak. Shao Yin heart and kidney Yang deficiency and Yang Ming heat. He was treated with Bai Hu plus Ginseng Tang: 30g of raw gypsum (decoction first), 10g of Zhi Mu, 30g of yam, 10g of roasted licorice, 10g of red ginseng (stewed separately). 3 doses.  On the 28th day, there was still fear of fever, more sweating, no reddening of the face, no obvious difficulty in urination during the day, and urination could be purged when waking up at night. No dripping sensation of urine, no more urinary frequency and urgency, lumbago disappeared, left eye vision is not clear, tongue and pulse as before. Discharged with medicine.  15g of raw gypsum (decoction first), 10g of Zhi Mu, 10g of Huang Lian, 10g of Atractylodes macrocephala, 10g of roasted licorice, 10g of red ginseng (stewed separately).  At the follow-up visit on December 7, the patient informed that since his discharge, the feeling of frequent urination and difficulty in passing urine has completely disappeared, and now he can pass urine 1-2 times at night and pass urine once. The color ultrasound showed 0ml of bladder urine residual. The patient had a history of diabetes mellitus for many years and was admitted to the hospital with cold hands and feet, cold and sore back, frequent nocturnal urination, a pale, dull and fat tongue with teeth marks on the sides, a slippery tongue coating, a sunken and weak pulse, and a sunken and weak double ruler, a sign of deficiency cold, as in the book “Jin Kui Yao Yao”. The thirsty urine unfavorable gonorrhea pulse evidence and treatment of the thirteenth said: “men thirsty, urine, to drink a bucket, urine a bucket, kidney qi pill main.” The previous treatment of diabetic neurogenic bladder with Kidney Qi Pill and Shrinking Spring Pill has achieved very satisfactory results. In this patient, the signs of kidney qi deficiency and kidney yang deficiency are obvious at a glance. Jin Kui Zhen Shuo”: “the north black, into the pass in the kidney, open the orifice in the two yin, hide essence in the kidney ……”, “Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen? The five permanent government also said: “its dirty kidney, kidney its fear of moisture, its main two yin ……”, that is, the kidney division two stool, the smoothness of urination and defecation, and the strength of the kidney qi is closely related to the decline. In addition, the metabolism of water in addition to the spleen and kidneys, as well as the bladder, Sanjiao related, often easy to be ignored is the lung! “The lung is the source of water. If the lung is not propagated, the distribution of fluid and the flow of water will be obstructed, so it is often added with ephedra and sulforaphane to propagate the lung and promote water circulation, so that the water can flow smoothly without dripping urine. The patient’s hands and feet were gentle after using the Kidney Qi Pill and the Shrinking Spring Pill, but the frequency of urination did not improve at all. In addition, the patient’s fever, thirst, nocturnal murmuring, sweating and heat, dry and foul stools, and red face, considering that there may be a deficiency of Yang Qi in the heart and kidneys of Shao-Yin and Yang Ming, as stated in Article 219 of the Treatise on Typhoid: “The three Yangs together, abdominal fullness, body heaviness, difficulty in turning, mouth unkindness, face dirt, delirium, and urination. Sweating is delirium; down is sweating on the forehead, hands and feet rebellious cold; if spontaneous sweating, Bai Hu Tang is the main.” However, the patient’s mouth was dry and he wanted to drink, and sometimes he had a slight chill in his back after sweating, so he had signs of insufficient qi and fluid. The patient took 1 dose and the symptoms were significantly reduced, the frequency of toileting was significantly reduced, and the urine was significantly more fluid than before. After 1 more dose of the original formula, the symptoms of frequent urination almost disappeared, and only 1 to 2 times of urination were needed a night, and the urination was finished in 1 time. A repeat bladder ultrasound showed no residual urine volume in the bladder. Ten days later, the patient returned to the clinic and was asked about the urinary condition, and replied that it was completely normal and did not recur. The patient was very happy that the pain of more than half a year was cured in a few days.