A good night’s sleep is key to helping your body recover from daily exertion. However, frequent trips to the toilet at night will interrupt sleep and make one physically and mentally exhausted.
Although nocturia (frequent urination at night) is not a serious disease, it can worsen one’s quality of sleep and even endanger one’s health. Many people think that nocturia is typical of the elderly, but in fact, young people may also suffer from it.
According to the International Continence Society, “nocturia” is defined as the manifestation of “waking to pass urine during the main sleep period.”
Guo Yijie, a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner, wrote in a Facebook post that the total amount of urine during sleep at night is about a quarter to a third of that during the day….