Abstract

FRANCIA REYES, María Elena. Enuresis y Medicina Tradicional. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2003, vol.19, n.1. ISSN 0864-2125.

Enuresis is the involuntary discharge of urine occurring generally in the child while he/she is sleeping at night, although it may also happen during day sleep. A retrospective longitudinal and descriptive study of 50 patients, diagnosed with enuresis and seen at the infantile-juvenile psychiatry service of "Nguyen Van Troi" polyclinics in Centro Habana municipality, was conducted. Our main objective was to prove the effectiveness of ear acupuncture and moxibustion- modalities of traditional medicine- in these patients. A pattern of points to be stimulated both in ear acupunture and moxibustion was established. The results showed that over 50 % of the patients recovered satisfactorily after ten treatment sessions.

Keywords : ENURESIS [therapy]; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MOXIBUSTION; ACUPUNCTURE, EAR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY.