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OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinical effect of rapid massage at Shuidao (ST 28) to prevent puerpera from postpartum urinary retention. METHODS: A total of 200 puerpera giving birth through vagina were enrolled and divided into an observation group and a control group according to the random number table method, 100 cases in each group. In the observation group, rapid massage at Shuidao (ST 28) was applied. In the control group,there was no intervention and urinated naturally. The traditional Chinese medicine syndrome scale was used to evaluate poor sense of urination, and record puerpera with or without postpartum urinary retention, the poor sense of first urination, the first time of urination, the amount of first urination and postpartum hemorrhage. RESULTS: The poor sense of first urination in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control (P<0.001), the first time of urination in the observation group was significantly earlier than that in the control group (P<0.001), the amount of first urination in the observation group was significantly more than that in the control group (P<0.001), the observation group was superior to the control group to prevent postpartum urinary retention (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Rapid massage at Shuidao (ST 28) can reduce the poor sense of first urination, significantly advance the time of spontaneous urination, significantly increase the amount of first urination and effectively prevent postpartum urinary retention.