Bed Wetting and Ayurveda

Child health has great significance in all over world. Its importance is being realized more and more by pediatricians and general public in developing as well as developed countries.

Bedwetting / Nocturnal Enuresis is the condition in which child passes urine unknowingly during sleep at night. This is also called night wetting or bed wetting or in Ayurveda – Shayyamutra. The word meaning of Shayyamutra is urination (mutra)during night while lying in the bed (Shayya means sleep or lying down).

Causes of bedwetting in children

• Constipation
• Winter and Rainy seasons (Cold)
• Lack of coordination between bladder and the brain
• Less bladder enough strength to hold urine for the entire night
• Excessive fluid intake during evening hours and night
• Urine production is high at night
• Sweet foods at night
• Excessive sleep
• Child not trained with toilet habits
• Stress
• Anxiety
• Fear
• Aggressiveness
• Shamefulness
• Irritability
• Urinary tract infection
• Diabetes