Burning or Painful Urination

A swelling (inflammation) of the urinary bladder, the prostate or the urethra may cause burning or pain while passing urine, combined with a sense of urgency; the urine may flow out intermittently or drop-wise.

Homeopathic Treatment

Check if most symptoms of any of these medicines match with most of your symptoms:

Aconite 30 : Severe burning and pain, especially at the beginning of urination, accompanied by great fear (the patient feels he is about to die). The symptoms are worse at night.

Apis 30 : Scanty, frequent and painful urination, with great urgency (can scarcely retain the urine for a moment). Urine flows out drop-wise after much straining. While passing out, the urine severely scalds the passage; especially the last drop burns and smarts.

Belladonna 30 : Frequent, burning, painful and scanty urine which flows out drop by drop. The urinary organs are very sensitive to pressure or motion.

Berberis vulgaris 30 : Frequent slow urination with burning pain in the bladder, thighs and loins while urinating, especially at the end. However, the urethra (final passage) burns even when not urinating. Sensation of some urine left behind even after complete urination. Urine contains thick mucous and bright-red sediment.

Cannabis sativa 30 : There is frequent or constant desire to pass urine. While passing urine, there is severe burning and pain, which becomes violent at the end of urination. Urine contains thick yellow or red material. The urethra is so sensitive to touch and pressure that the victim keeps his legs wide apart while walking.

Cantharis 30 : Constant urge to pass urine, but only a few drops pass out at a time. There is such violent, cutting or stabbing (as from a knife) pain in the bladder region that the person screams while passing each drop. Drinking coffee or cold water worsens the problem; warm applications to the bladder region seem to help.

Nux vomica 30 : There is frequent, ineffectual urge for urination. Urine, passing out in drops, causes itching, irritation and burning pain, which even extends to the genital organs and the legs.

Sarsaparilla 30 : Urine passes out in a thin, feeble stream. There is severe, almost unbearable pain at the conclusion of urination (like Apis, Berberis). The urine dribbles while sitting but passes more freely while standing.

Staphisagria 30 : Though an urgent need is felt for passing urine, the person has to wait for a long time before urine actually flows out. Burning in the urinary passage when not urinating (like Berberis). Sensation as if a drop of urine were rolling continuously along the urinary passage.

Summary of indications:

• Sudden, acute problem: Aconite, Belladonna
• Burning/pain at the beginning of urination: Aconite
• Burning/pain at the time of passing urine: Belladona, Berberis, Cantharis, Nux v
• Burning/pain worse at the end of urination: Apis, Berberis, Cannabis, Sarsaparilla
• Burning/pain even when not urinating: Berberis, Staphisagria

Notes:

1. It is desirable to get the urine analaysed to determine the presence or absence of micro-organisms, blood or other abnormalities.
2. For further guidance about the dose and repetition of the selected medicine.
3. Discontinue the medicine as soon as about fifty per cent improvement has occurred. Restart the medicine if symptoms worsen again or reappear later.
4. If none of the above-listed medicines seems matching or if no improvement occurs even after taking ten doses of the selected medicine, consult a competent homoeopathic doctor.