Urinary urgency

Supplements for Oral Use

• Magnesium

  Magnesium alleviates symptoms. Take 400-600 mg of magnesium daily, in divided doses, for many months.

• Pumpkin seed

  Pumpkin seed alleviates urinary urgency. Take 10-20 g of pumpkin seed daily, in divided doses, for many months.

• Buchu

  Buchu alleviates stmptoms. Take 3-6 g of buchu leaves daily, in capsule or tea form, in divided doses, for many weeks.

• Astragalus complanatus

  Astragalus complanatus alleviates symptoms. Take astragalus complanatus seed daily, in divided doses, for many months, as suggested on the label.

• GLA

  GLA alleviates symptoms. Take 300-600 mg of GLA daily, in divided doses, with meals, for many months. If you take 2-4 g of black currant seed oil, containing 15% of GLA or 1.25-2.50 g of borage oil, containing 24% of GLA or 3-6 g of evening primrose oil, containing 10% of GLA you receive 300-600 mg of GLA.

• Wormwood

  Wormwood is a diuretic; alleviates irritable bladder and urinary urgency. Take 6-12 g of dried wormwood daily, in tea form, in divided doses, for maximum of 4 weeks.

• Yarrow

  Yarrow alleviates irritable bladder and urinary urgency. Take 2-4 g of dried yarrow daily, in divided doses, in tea or capsule form, for many weeks.