Bri Hurlburt 0:00
Welcome back, everybody. It's been a little while since it's been me and Melissa, I feel like, since we’ve recorded. Before we jump into our topic today, we wanted to talk about a couple of new class options. The first one is Home Prescriber. It's with CHE Online, where Melissa is actually going to school again. Always. So, it's through them. Iit's a free course you can download. It's the basics of homeopathy, I would say from a little bit more of a classical approach, probably a lot more of a classical approach than Gateway.
Melissa Crenshaw 0:37
Yeah, the Banerjis.
Bri Hurlburt 0:39
Even if you have taken Gateway, this is another great thing to do because the course is free, and Melissa, your study group’s only $27, so a really good place to start or to go after gateway. Or to just add in. I really enjoyed listening to Hilary. I don't remember her last name.
Melissa Crenshaw 0:58
Dorian.
Bri Hurlburt 0:59
Hilary Dorian. Listening to her speak. People have said that about you, but I love listening to her, too. Just have it in the background playing. Even though it's stuff I know, hearing a different teacher has been good and cool.
The other one is the New Old Viruses and Post-Viral syndrome. That turned into four and a half hours of time instead of three. So many good questions were answered. A ton of information. I mean, a lot. That is also really affordable. You can go to Melissa's website, melissacrenshaw.com, under courses. It's in there and it's self paced so you can take that whenever. It's the recording, so you can listen in chunks, or whatever. Then, the slideshow has all of your information that you provided. As you listen, you can take extra notes. There's a lot more information that we talked about at the end.
Melissa Crenshaw 2:04
With the course you get the slides and you get the chat box, so everything that was discussed in the chat box, you get that, too, as a download. You can just pause it and take notes and get all this stuff into your notes. I've had several people say to me how thankful they were already that they had that information, because right after that, or since then at least, they or somebody they knew got sick with a virus, and they were able to help them tremendously because of the information that was in there
Bri Hurlburt 2:43
There’s so much weird post-viral stuff people are dealing with and you talked about a lot. I mean, we covered the whole spectrum, I feel like, of weird things.
Melissa Crenshaw 2:57
I tried to do some research before so I could try to get everything that people are dealing with.
Bri Hurlburt 3:02
I feel like we covered a good amount.
Melissa Crenshaw 3:05
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Bri Hurlburt 3:06
The other thing is TapRoots. I know that you work with that a lot, but taprootsva.com is the website and they made a kit off of your course.
Melissa Crenshaw 3:18
That matches the New Old Virus course. That's right. Awesome. So good.
Bri Hurlburt 3:22
So, that was awesome.
Melissa Crenshaw 3:24
Yeah, So go check those two things out. If you haven't taken those yet or come take a Gateway course. I would suggest Home Prescriber first and then Gateway I, then Gateway II, and then the Mentorship Program. And then the New Old Viruses course is just if you feel like you need extra help helping your family with viruses, or if you have post viral syndrome, then you definitely want to take that.
Bri Hurlburt 3:51
Okay.
Melissa Crenshaw 3:51
We're going to talk about bedwetting today and I have lots and lots of remedies here to talk about, so I'm just going to jump in so that we don't make this podcast episode too long, but you're going to want to take notes, so get some notes. Hit that pause button and write stuff down and then get all these things into your notes. This is big. This is a lot that I'm going to cover today. I just remembered it's better when I hold my mic next to my mouth.
Equisetum. Equisetum is horsetail and Robin Murphy suggested that you use that in the mother tincture, so that's the herbal form. He suggested 5 to 10 drops three times per day and give that when you don't know what else to do. When you don't want to give. He also said that the Equisetum tea is a kidney and bladder tonic. Remember Dr. Murphy was a naturopathic doctor who really focused on homeopathy. He used lots of herbs and tinctures and tonics and things like that, that I don't generally use. If you decide to use the herbal form, that's not homeopathic, it can have contraindications in certain people or with other medications. I don't know. I'm not an herbalist and I’m not a naturopathic doctor.
Bri Hurlburt 5:20
Do your research.
Melissa Crenshaw 5:21
Do your research. Yep. But you can just use it in the homeopathic form, which is totally safe and no problem. The differentials is what I'm going to do here. I'm going to differentiate between all the different remedies. Equisetum is good for stimulating the kidney function. It has a very strong affinity for the kidneys and has polyuria. And when I say it has, I mean your person that you're helping might have some of these symptoms. These are the rubrics, these are the symptoms that we're going to look at. Polyuria is frequent and abundant urination. They have a very strong smelling urine. This being horsetail, the urine might smell like a horse's urine. It's very strong, strong smell. There might be cystitis, which we are going to cover next time so look for that podcast next. We're going to really dig deep into cystitis. Kidney disorders and weakness. Pain in the kidneys. Constant desire to urinate. Passes clear, light colored urine without relief. Nocturnal bedwetting of children without cause.
So think about that. You know, it's really much more common in boys to have the bedwetting happen than it is for girls. Yes, of course, girls can do that but boys tend to do it more often. You might not know the cause or there might not be a cause other than just habit. If you think that about your young boy, then you could do Equisetum. Also, parents, I want to encourage you not to be discouraged if you have a 10 to 12 year old boy who is still wetting the bed. I've heard that quite often and homeopathy can help. If you're at that stage, and go ahead and use some of these remedies, but you can, I think, help your child sooner than that. Right? You don't have to go all the way, that long.
Bri Hurlburt 7:25
That might also … starting here, may help rule out any other conditions. Like if you're worried that maybe there is an underlying problem, you could start here because that could help rule out if it's just a habit, or something like that, that's a little bit easier to take care of. And then if it doesn't work, move on to maybe something more involved or look into other things.
Melissa Crenshaw 7:51
Mm-hmm. Yes. And, you know, you can always go and get a diagnosis from a doctor if you want to.
Bri Hurlburt 7:55
That’s true, yeah.
Melissa Crenshaw 7:57
You know, homeopathy, we don't have to have a diagnosis in order to help somebody. We can just go based on the symptoms, so that's really what we'll talk about today is what does it look like? Because as you'll see today, there are lots of different ways that bedwetting can present itself. We're going to talk about some emotional things and some causes and some modalities, so this is how you'll differentiate.
Bedwetting when he dreams. Feeling of full bladder not relieved by urination. Of course, this would be during the day. If this symptom goes along with bedwetting at night, then you might think of this remedy. A sharp, burning, cutting pain in the urethra on urination. Incontinence in old women with involuntary stools. There are some really good remedies also for your elderly people. It does say women in the Materia Medica, but I would say you could use this for men, too. If they're having involuntary stools and incontinence, and/or bedwetting, then this might be a good remedy. Frequent urination at night, so it might even be that you are getting up a lot to urinate at night. Maybe you're not even bedwetting. Maybe you're just having to urinate a lot at night and that's the cause of your sleeplessness, which can … Man, that can take down and feel terrible, though. When you're not sleeping because you have to get up and use the bathroom all night, that can really mess up a lot of things in your body. Severe pain at the end of urination and, of course, this can be worse at night and at the end of urination.
The next remedy is Causticum. Causticum has a history of holding the urine, so you think about these little boys that don't want to stop playing?
Bri Hurlburt 10:03
Oh, yeah, I have a kid like that.
Melissa Crenshaw 10:04
That’s what they do. Mm-hmm. I think probably both of my boys have done that. I think most boys do that when they're playing.
Bri Hurlburt 10:13
Oh, yeah. And they'll start running to the bathroom after they're already in their pants like, “I had to go so bad.” You even ask them 1000 times, “Do you need to go to the bathroom? Do you need to go?” “No, I don’t have to go.”
Melissa Crenshaw 10:29
Yeah. Because you can see them doing this dance. You can see them dancing around. “Nope. I don't have to go,” because they don't want to stop what they're doing.
Bri Hurlburt 10:33
I know.
Melissa Crenshaw 10:34
So they're holding it. And if they do that chronically, you might look at Causticum as a remedy. Then I've seen plenty of boys who just drop their pants where … I mean outside, if they're outside playing. Not drop their pants anywhere … but if they’re outside.
Bri Hurlburt 10:51
Well, I mean, kind of they do. It's mortifying. If you have never experienced this. I have to tell this story. I was at the Renaissance Festival in Charlotte when we lived there. It was not my child. I mean, it's happened to my kids, but this poor mom. It was this fenced in little area of wood chips, tons of people, and her little three year old boy just runs over to the edge, pulls his pants down, just stands there and goes. Like, literally like did the whole arc. She was just like, “I don't know what to do.” And I stood there kind of trying to block him, like I get it. This will happen to me, so it's fine. But yeah, anyway.
Melissa Crenshaw 11:38
That's so funny. Yeah, that's gonna happen. And especially with boys. We have a cousin who did that in the neighbor's yard. The neighbor came running out so mad. And I was like, well he's just a boy. He's outside.
Bri Hurlburt 11:55
Not hurting anything.
Melissa Crenshaw 11:57
He’s not hurting anything. He's helping your tree. Don’t shoot.
Bri Hurlburt 11:59
Yeah, right? It’s fine.
Melissa Crenshaw 12:01
So this person might have a weak sphincter. This bedwetting or this problem with urination could be caused by fright, grief, worry, sorrow, or nightwatching. And again, we're talking about Causticum. Involuntary passage of urine on coughing, walking, blowing nose, or sneezing.
Bri Hurlburt 12:23
Just like postpartum kind of stuff where you sneeze and you have to be like, cross your legs, okay.
Melissa Crenshaw 12:30
Yup. Urine dribbles or passes slowly. You're going to want to ask the person questions. When we're talking about a little boy, or any kid or any person but especially a child. You know, they might not know the answers to these questions so you'll observe. You'll observe. You'll maybe even have to be in the bathroom sometimes to observe some of these things. The urine dribbles, or passes slowly, might be something you have to observe in your child. If it's a girl, you can't really do that so try to ask the questions. This person might have black, cloudy, or white urine. Better cold drinks; damp, wet weather; washing; warmth of bed; gentle motion.
You're always going to ask the person if there's anything that makes it better or worse. Don't feed them anything. Remember, don't say, “Is it better when you drink a cold drink?” We're not going to ask yes or no questions. We’re just going to ask is there anything that makes it better or worse? It's worse for clear, fine weather; dry, cold air; extremes of temperature; change of weather; wind; drafts; 3-4 AM. This is big. If your child is coming to wake you up around that time every morning, or most mornings, you might think of Causticum. We'll do some other time modalities in a little bit. Also worse 6-8PM. That can be at the very beginning of sleep if you have a young child who goes to bed around 7 or 8.
Bri Hurlburt 14:16
Right. Right before bed or right when they fall asleep and then that early morning.
Okay, question because I'm thinking of … I already … This is what people do in homeopathy, including myself. You read the remedies, and I'm like, “Oh, I have all of these.” So, in this situation, would you just stick to one remedy?
Melissa Crenshaw 14:38
Bri Hurlburt 14:39
Or ever rotate a couple or no?
Melissa Crenshaw 14:42
No, not at first. I would always try one.
Bri Hurlburt 14:44
So you just pick one and stick with it?
Melissa Crenshaw 14:45
Yep. I would stick with one for a while first.
Bri Hurlburt 14:50
And we treat this chronically? I know it's not an illness all the time, but you would treat it chronically, like give it a couple months?
Melissa Crenshaw 14:57
So I would if the child has been doing this for more than 3 to 4 weeks.
Bri Hurlburt 15:03
Okay, with little kids really, it's like they've been doing it forever, and you're trying to get to an end.
Melissa Crenshaw 15:11
Right. So mostly it's going to be chronic, but let's just say your two year old starts wetting in the bed.
Bri Hurlburt 15:17
Yes. It does happen with transitions. I mean, you hear that when a new baby is born or they go to preschool, or some traumatic event has happened.
Melissa Crenshaw 15:26
Yep. And so some of those emotional aspects. Causticum can be caused by grief, worry, sorrow. I mean, we don't know how our children are handling these transition times. Then, of course, don't mix it up with potty training. So if your child is fully potty trained and night weaned from their … Well, there's a couple things. If your child is fully potty trained during the day and at night and not having a PullUp or diaper or anything at night, not wetting the bed, and then they suddenly start, then you're going to look at remedies. Where you immediately treat it chronically is you've been trying to get them potty trained at night. Now they're 3 and you're like, “Okay, this,” … I don't know that there's a perfect exact age that they should be not wetting at night. I just think you'll decide. When you decide as a parent, “Okay, this is a problem,” then start looking at remedies. Causticum can also be worse for the motion of a car and taking hold of anything. I almost left that out but I thought, “This is just how funny the Materia Medica is.”
Bri Hurlburt 16:52
Those are weird things, like you've said, where people will mention some totally bizarre explanation. I did see, too, and waslike, “What does that mean?” but somebody might hear it and be like, that's what it is.
Melissa Crenshaw 17:06
Yeah. Somebody might say to you, “You know what, every time he takes a hold of something.” It's weird.
Okay, next remedy. Sepia. I don't generally use Sepia in children. It's not that you can't, but it would definitely not be my first thing that I would use because it really has a big affinity, a big action on the hormones. We don't want to mess too much with children's hormones. But this is great for bedwetting, especially when there's a weak bladder, dribbling urine during laughing or coughing or sneezing and then wets the bed. This might actually even be for an adult that could be doing this and like you said, postpartum. If there's constipation.
Bri Hurlburt 17:57
Postpartum, meaning 20 years after baby?
Melissa Crenshaw 17:59
Oh no.
Bri Hurlburt 18:00
I feel like there are a lot of women who deal with stuff that started postpartum maybe, and just has not ever gone away. And we just start thinking, “This is just our new body.”
Melissa Crenshaw 18:11
That's so sad. It's never … I just want to encourage you right now, it's never just something you're just going to deal with for the rest of your life. I guess I shouldn't say never, but really try …
Bri Hurlburt 18:24
Do not have that attitude.
Melissa Crenshaw 18:26
Yeah, don't have that attitude. Try homeopathy. It can uproot so many things.
If there's constipation. I've heard of boys being constipated and wetting the bed, and it be because their bowel was full and it presses on the bladder, or it just be part of the gut issue. You know, the whole picture of the gut issue and everything. Sepia has a big action on the liver, too, so it's really good … It’s really such a great remedy. It could come along with hormone disorders, prolapsed bladder, sensations of bladder falls to the side that you're lying on. So if you lay down, and then you feel like your bladder shifts to that side, or goes all the way down, then you might think of sepia. Bedwetting during the first part of sleep. I actually had a mom call me today, just for the little free 15 minute phone call that you can get before you sign up for a consult, and that's exactly what she said. She said that her child falls asleep, soon after he falls asleep, he wets the bed. I couldn't think of the remedy off the top of my head, but I was like, “Oh my gosh. Me and Bri are getting ready to do a bedwetting podcast.” This can be caused by overwork, anger and vexation, or puberty. This person might have weak kidneys. There might be a feeble stream of urine that's thick, foul smelling, white, milky. There might be blood in it. It might be gritty, re, adhesive, sandy sediment.
Bri Hurlburt 20:23
That sounds terrible.
Melissa Crenshaw 20:25
It does. And I've helped people with that before. I've heard it. Mm-hmm. Yeah,
Bri Hurlburt 20:31
That makes sense if it’s a … Well, this isn't the kidney one, I know, but a lot of these seem to have some kind of, obviously, a relation to the kidneys.
Melissa Crenshaw 20:41
Yeah, yeah. Sepia is better with motion. Worse for cold air and lying on the left side.
Bri Hurlburt 20:54
So you would use Sepia sometimes in men. I've most commonly seen women use it for hormone things, but it sounds like, especially puberty stuck out to me since it's a hormone remedy. If you have a young, even prepubescent, where the hormones are starting to go kind of crazy and they relapse, or whatever, back to wetting the bed again. So good. Okay.
Melissa Crenshaw 21:20
Okay, Benzoic acid is the next remedy. Benzoic acid, you would think of that if the urine stains the sheets yellow and the smell cannot be washed out. I've not had that happen to me personally except for, of course, with cloth diapering. When I used the cloth diapers, then you have to strip them to get that urine out. That's common in diapers so that's different, but that's the only thing I can relate it to is … When I've had kids wet the bed, I could wash the sheets and the smell came out. But you know, if you have one that really stains the sheets yellow and the smell can't be washed out, Benzoic acid is the only one that I know of that says that in the Materia Medica. Kidney and/or bladder disorders. Uric acid. Offensive urine with a strong smell. Urine is hot; dark brown; strong, foul odor that might even smell like ammonia. This person might be better with heat and better from profuse urination. Worse from open air, cold, weather changes, uncovering, motion, and lying down. Think about your child who as soon as they turn over in the bed, then they pee in the bed. Or if they get hot and they take their covers off then they pee in the bed.
Bri Hurlburt 22:52
Okay, yeah.
Melissa Crenshaw 22:53
So you're worse for motion and worse for uncovering.
Bri Hurlburt 22:58
That ammonia smell. That seems like a good keynote to remember. I have experienced that before when they were in PullUps. Like I know, I remember thinking, “This does not smell normal.” Like it worried me. Like that was so strong. And ammonia was exactly what I thought of.
Melissa Crenshaw 23:20
Wow.
Bri Hurlburt 23:21
So in that case, though, if there's … I mean I know we talk about this in all of the remedies. When there's something strong like that, like a very specific thing with this remedy that sticks out to me, but there are maybe more of another remedy that matches. That was kind of hard for me. Like when you think Belladonna has a really strong red, hot, high, but maybe another remedy has a longer list that matches all those weird modalities and things, which one would you choose in that kind of situation?
Melissa Crenshaw 23:54
I think I would always choose the one with the longest list.
Bri Hurlburt 23:59
Okay.
Melissa Crenshaw 24:00
And then that one that had a specific thing that stood out, I would go there next if that first one didn't work.
Bri Hurlburt 24:04
Okay. That's where my brain went, so that's good confirmation.
Melissa Crenshaw 24:09
Yeah. All right. And then Phosphorus Phosphorus has voracious thirst for ice cold drinks, dry mouth, over drinking in the evening is causing the bedwetting and you know this. You know. You see the child gets super thirsty at night, or in the evening, and start drinking, you're like, “No.”
Bri Hurlburt 24:29
Yeah. Setting yourself up for failure.
Melissa Crenshaw 24:33
Yeah, because then you know that's the reason that they're wetting the bed because they drink too much in the evening. You know, I can drink too much in the evening but I wake up and I go to the bathroom. I don't like to drink too much in the evening because I will wake up and have to go, right? But the kid can't wake up. Some kids can, but this kid can't wake up. So they're overdrinking and then they just let it all out. Fear of the dark and emotional problems that led to the bedwetting. That can do it. Think about … Okay, so fear of the dark. I don't think this really matters because you can just use Phosphorus, but is it that they're too afraid to get up to go to the bathroom? Because I've had a kid or two with that. That they were. So yeah, they need a nightlight, right? But even with a nightlight, it's still dim. They might still be afraid of the dark.
Bri Hurlburt 25:38
And you have to go to the bathroom, go out of the hallway or something, that can be … yeah.
Melissa Crenshaw 25:44
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Bri Hurlburt 25:45
That's a good point.
Melissa Crenshaw 25:49
This could also be caused by anger, fear, grief, worry, excessive use of salt or sugar. You're going to want to take really good notes with your kids.
Okay, no. That's wrong. I was like, “What?” I just had a notification pop up of an appointment, but it was canceled, but my calendar still told me about it. I was like, “Am I going to have to jump off of here?”
Bri Hurlburt 26:24
Oh no.
Melissa Crenshaw 26:27
Okay, we're good. We're good, okay.
You're going to want to take good notes on your person, on your child, or your elderly person and kind of figure out some modalities and some causations, if you can. Etiology is what that is. Also, are they very just an angry person? Then you're going to think of some of these. There are several of these that say caused by anger. And then blood in the urine. Phosphorus, remember, is your bloody nose remedy. If there's blood in the urine that kind of goes along with that. That's called hematuria.
Phosphorus is worse for thunderstorms and lightning, worse in the evening, worse lying on the left side, worse lying on the painful side, and worse lying on the back. these are the times when they will wet the bed, right? Or if they have kidney or bladder pain.
Lycopodium. Lycopodium is a big children's remedy. Very big. If you have children, you likely need to have Lycopodium in your house. It's just such a big kids’ remedy. I'm not saying that all kids need it, but children with poor confidence, digestive problems, and a domineering parent who wets the bed, you're going to want to think of Lycopodium. Lycopodium is very self conscious. They have a fear or an embarrassment that happened to them and ever since then they wet the bed. You might have to really do some thinking. Like what happened? You always ask that. What happened just before? And you can figure some things out.
Bri Hurlburt 28:19
That might be something to have … I feel like it's helpful to have someone else to ask questions in those times, because you can sit there and think and not remember, but if somebody else can come ask you, “Did this happen? Did anything like this occur?” I've had several times where that's happened. I've asked somebody else a question and they're like, “Oh, yeah, I forgot about that,” or something they didn't think of.
Melissa Crenshaw 28:47
Well, yeah. I can think of so many examples right now of that when … It's hard to be objective when it's you or your loved one. Just recently when I was sick, and what did I do? I used Voxer and I got on there with Bri and I was like, “I can't believe this. I'm sick.” And I was just telling her what I was feeling like and she was like, “Well, have you done Gelsemium?” And I said, “Of course I need Gelsemium.” I didn't even … you know? I couldn't even think. So yes, yes, yes. I love that. Definitely. Definitely get some help sometimes if you're having a hard time figuring stuff out.
There's a fear of wetting the bed and fear of being punished for wetting the bed … ohhhh, which makes them wet the bed even more.
Bri Hurlburt 29:50
You know what is interesting there? We talked about this a little bit in the abuse and trauma and the grief podcast is there are times … I mean, I've even experienced this with my oldest son. He just turned six and he wets the bed often, so he usually still sleeps in PullUps but sometimes they'll even leak. And he has never gotten in trouble for this. We have always made sure we respond so fine. It's totally fine. We'll put a new PullUp on. You can sleep in our bed, sleep wherever you want. And he's still … I think it's just developmentally he's getting older, and he still is a little bit nervous about it. I can tell. He'll try to take care of it himself, or just for whatever reason, be worried that we're going to be upset. And I'm like, we've never … he’s never gotten in trouble for this. So maybe that's encouraging to some parents, like your kids … It doesn't mean you're doing something wrong or terrible. Some fear just develops, I think.
Melissa Crenshaw 30:51
That's true. That's true. Yes. Thank you for that reminder. Yes. Because my mom went straight to the parent that yells or screams or punishes. Don’t do that.
Bri Hurlburt 30:59
Which does happen. It does happen. It’s so sad.
Melissa Crenshaw 31:04
Right? Your child could just be very self conscious about it and be worried about it even without you having done that.
Bri Hurlburt 31:12
And I know … our oldest, too, is really considerate, and I know he's probably thinking,”Oh, I don't want to wake them up,” like inconvenience us.
Melissa Crenshaw 31:20
So sweet.
Bri Hurlburt 31:22
I know. It’s sweet, but it does make you feel bad.
Melissa Crenshaw 31:26
Again, when there are gut issues and low self esteem that come along with that, you really probably are going to think of Lycopodium. They hold their urine a lot during the day and then it comes out more at night. Again, if the child's parents, or even it could be older siblings, are overbearing, domineering, bossy, it can cause them to have low self esteem, which then can lead to all kinds of stuff, but bedwetting is what we're talking about today. There can be involuntary urination at anytime, night or day. Frequent urge to urinate that takes a long time to pass. You might see them standing there or sitting there for a long time and just dribbling, taking a long time to come out. This is interesting, frequent and copious urine at night, but scanty during the day. And caused by fear, fright, abuse, anger, anxiety, embarrassment, sugar, sweets. They might have hot urine with heavy red sediment. This is a big one for nephritis.
Almost all of the remedies had nephritis in the Materia Medica but I'm only mentioning nephritis in the remedies that were very big for nephritis, that had bold. And then also remember that we're not doctors, and we're not diagnosing, and if you need to go to the doctor, you go to the doctor. I am telling you what the Materia Medica says.
Bri Hurlburt 33:21
Nephritis is kidney inflammation, not bladder? Okay.
Melissa Crenshaw 33:27
Right. Right. And it can be a really big deal, nephritis can be. That's why I'm really saying right now whether you get the help of a medical professional is totally up to you, but Lycopodium is a big remedy for nephritis.
The next one is Plantago. This is not a very big remedy at all. It’s a real small remedy in the Materia Medica but it has toothache with bedwetting.
Bri Hurlburt 34:01
So weird.
Melissa Crenshaw 34:02
Yeah, that's odd. So if your person, if your child is only bedwetting while they have a toothache, then you might think of Plantago.
Bri Hurlburt 34:13
I've never heard of this remedy.
Melissa Crenshaw 34:15
Yeah. Caused by bite. This is weird, too. Caused by bites, bruises, burns, cuts, puncture wounds, snake bites, stings. When you think about cuts, you can think of even surgeries. Surgery is a cut. When you think about puncture wounds, you can think about a shot of any kind. And then, of course, like it says, the others: snake bites, stings, bruises, burns. If that thing happened first and then the child started wetting the bed. That's where you always ask what happened just before. Irritable bladder with frequent urination and then profuse flow of urine. That's plantago. Small remedy.
Alright, and then Thuja. Ooh, we love Thuja. Did I disappear?
Bri Hurlburt 35:14
No, you’re here. You’re good.
Melissa Crenshaw 35:16
Thuja has bedwetting, of course. And are we still recording? Okay, yes. And then paralysis of the sphincter of the bladder. I love Thuja so much. Thuja also has … So the bladder might feel paralyzed, and they might have to wait for urination, so they feel like they need to urinate but they just sit there and wait and wait and wait because the bladder feels paralyzed. There might be burning in the urethra, a cutting pain after urination. Urinary stream is forked and small.
Bri Hurlburt 35:58
That's so specific.
Melissa Crenshaw 36:01
Right? Very specific. So, you know, it comes out in like two different streams, right? Or maybe even three, but probably two streams are coming out. And it's a very small stream. So there's a frequent urge to urinate with profuse flow. This can be caused by badly treated or suppressed gonorrhea. It can be caused by vaccinations, tea, coffee, beer, tobacco, sweets, fatty meat, and onions.
Bri Hurlburt 36:35
Okay.
Melissa Crenshaw 36:37
As you're taking really good notes …
Bri Hurlburt 36:39
Yeah, some of that makes sense and some of it I’m like … onions?
Melissa Crenshaw 36:43
You realize every time we have onions, he pees in the bed that night. So you keep food logs. Seriously, and I know … so I don't want this to overwhelm you. This can be as easy or as hard as you want to make it really. Because you can literally just open up a document in your phone, the Notes app or a Google Doc or whatever and voice it, “Had whatever to eat tonight,” and then, “Wet the bed tonight,” or didn't. And you can find a pattern.
Bri Hurlburt 37:10
Yeah. And as you're taking other notes, you might naturally see that combined with some of your other, the things you've written down either match Thuja really well or don't.
Melissa Crenshaw 37:23
Thuja also is big for nephritis, especially with swollen feet. The urethra is swollen and inflamed.
The urine burns, dribbles, is foul smelling and foamy. I have heard people describing foaming before.
Bri Hurlburt 37:41
Yeah.
Melissa Crenshaw 37:43
The last one is Cina. And it's a big one. Cina, some people say Cina, C-I-N-A, is not China. And it's not Cinchona bark. There are two different remedies. China and Cinchona bark are the same. Cina is different. This bedwetting is due to worms and reflex irritation points, such as those listed, that I'm going to tell you about here.
The reflux irritation points of worms: The child might pick their nose or bore a lot, so it’s a lot of boring. Their anus might itch. Grinding of the teeth, which is also called bruxism. Rubbing the eyes. So the baby might rub their face in the pillow a lot or rub their face on you a lot. This is excessive. If the baby's rubbing their face on the person that is holding them or into the bed, then you really might think of Cina. Cross-eyed or has tics in the eyes with twitching. Twitching of the face or eyelids. Restless feet. Biting the nails. Dark circles under the eyes. Warm breath, which is foul and sour. Gnawing hunger, ravenous appetite, without weight gain. Again, rubs her head into the pillow. Ears itching. Yawning. Those are the reflex irritation points of worms. If they have those, and they don't have all of them, but if they have some or even just one or most of them with bedwetting. This person probably sleeps on their stomach; wants to be rocked; voracious, insatiable, ravenous appetite; precocious especially when they don't get food; vomiting without cause; sudden diarrhea; sudden fever of unknown origin; night terrors that are due to worms.
Bri Hurlburt 39:58
I feel like every time we do these I need to leave and go investigate my family's life. It is always good information.
Melissa Crenshaw 40:10
I wish I had known all of this when my oldest was very little. Bedwetting, no, but the other things. My oldest one never wet the bed. Not ever.
Bri Hurlburt 40:22
Oh my word.
Melissa Crenshaw 40:23
And he's a boy. I know.
Bri Hurlburt 40:26
Yeah, that is crazy. Well, our youngest, he did fine at two years old. He almost stopped for a long time. Now he does again, but we've also moved and there's been so much transition. But I think even knowing having homeopathy as an option that's affordable, I can learn, I don't know. It has really changed my life as a mother. And I know I've said this before, but having these for moms who get anxious. You worry for your kids about, I mean anything you can think of to worry about. So knowing you have these really good options for something that's very common is nice.
Melissa Crenshaw 41:05
Yeah, absolutely. So that's all we have for bedwetting.
Bri Hurlburt 41:11
And you can add these to your notes. If you've been listening to our podcast and you're learning remedies anyway, you could add to … I mean, Thuja’s in a lot of other things that we've talked about, Lycopodium. So add those to your notes. Stacking it up, you know?
Melissa Crenshaw 41:27
So when you're keeping notes, you can keep notes by condition and you can keep notes by remedy, and you should do both. If you're doing both, then what you'll do is under your Thuja note, you're going to add bedwetting, and then under your bedwetting, add Thuja.
Bri Hurlburt 41:45
And we will transcribe this. This will be on your website, in the blog, so you can go get help with notes there. If you're listening in the car or something, don't stop.
Melissa Crenshaw 41:57
Yeah, that's right. That's right. I bet you could just copy and paste.
Bri Hurlburt 42:03
Yeah, I'm sure.
Melissa Crenshaw 42:05
Well, you could but the way we transcribe it is conversational, so not really like note taking style. Anyway, I hope this has blessed you. Next time we're going to do cystitis, which is very similar to this. We're going to do some of the same remedies, but not all of the same remedies, so come back next time for cystitis. Have a blessed day.