Successful Treatment of Nocturnal Enuresis by Rokumigan Extract Administration to 2 Brothers / 日本東洋医学雑誌

ABSTRACT

Two brothers with nocturnal enuresis, aged 8 and 7 years, were brought to our clinic. They had had nocturnal enuresis since early childhood, necessitating the use of disposable diapers every night. Their past histories were unremarkable, and a family history revealed that their father had experienced the same disorder until he was 12 years of age. On physical examination, we noted hypertonic abdominal muscles and high sensitivity to tickling in the 8-year-old boy, and no remarkable finding in the 7-year-old boy. Initially, the elder brother was treated with saikokeishito extract ; the younger brother, with kakkonto extract. Because these extracts were ineffective, rokumigan extract was later added. The combination therapies cured the nocturnal enuresis in both the children. The fact that these patients were brothers and that their father had the same disorder as a child indicates that the cause of nocturnal enuresis observed in the parent and the siblings might be related to “kidney qi deficiency”.