Infection of urinary tract refers to inflammation of mucus or
tissues of the urinary tract due to growth and multiplication of
pathogenic bacteria in the urinary tract. The clinical
manifestations are frequent urination, urgent urination and
painful urination, or accompanied by lumba-go and fever. This
problem is usually seen among women, similar to stranguria and
retention of urine in TCM. This disease originates from the
bladder and kidney, but is also related to the spleen. It is
caused by accumulation of damp-heat in the lower energizer and
dysfunction of the bladder in transforming qi due to exogenous
or endogenous factors. It is usually of sthenia syndrome.
Prolonged du-ration may change into asthenia syndrome or
syndrome of mixed asthenia and sthenia due to stagnation of heat
con-surning yin, dampness blocking yang-qi or yin impairing
yang. 1. Sthenia syndrome Urgent urination, astringency and
burning pain in urination, yellow and turbid urine, distension
and pain in lower abdomen, or lumbago, or avers