What medicine is effective for epididymitis?

Epididymitis is very common in young and middle-aged men. This disease can be divided into acute and chronic. Men suffering from this disease will experience scrotal swelling and discomfort, as well as pain, high fever and chills. If it is acute epididymitis, it must be treated in time. If it turns into chronic treatment, it will be more difficult to treat. In addition, epididymitis is likely to affect fertility if it is not treated in time.

Chinese medicine treatment for epididymitis:

1. Dabuyin Pills

15g each of Phellodendron chinense and Rehmannia glutinosa, 12g each of Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Turtle Plate, 1 spoon of pig spinal cord (steamed and taken), 30g of Yinhua, 20g of Litchi kernel. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, 10 days as a course of treatment. Functions: nourishing yin and clearing heat, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, regulating qi and relieving pain. According to reports, this prescription has been used to treat 10 cases of acute epididymitis, 7 cases of chronic epididymitis, and 1 case of hydrocele caused by chronic epididymitis, all of which have achieved satisfactory results.

2. Flavored Tangerine Soup

10g each of Bupleurum, Red Peony Root, Toosendan Fruit, and Gallbladder Grass, 12g each of Litchi Seed, Guangju Seed, and Zexie, 20g of Artemisia Capillaris, 15g each of Gentiana Macrophylla and Plantago Seed, and 6g of Raw Licorice. Take 1 dose daily, decoct twice, and take the juice in 2 doses. 10 days is a course of treatment. This prescription soothes the liver and regulates qi, eliminates dampness and clears heat. It is mainly used to treat epididymitis. According to clinical reports, 16 patients with epididymitis were treated with this prescription with additions and subtractions, and 9 were cured and 7 were effective, all of which were effective in 1 to 2 courses.

3. Chai Tangerine Ube Soup

6g each of Bupleurum, Wuyao, and Qingpi, 9g each of Citrus aurantium and Aconite, 12g each of Sargassum, Fritillaria dahurica, and Sinapis alba. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day. Mainly used for epididymitis. Some people have used this prescription to treat many cases of epididymitis, all with good results. Generally, 7 to 10 doses of the medicine will cure the disease.

4. Ginger external application

An appropriate amount of old ginger. Take a large piece of old ginger, wash it with clean water, cut it into uniform slices about 0.2cm thick, and apply 6 to 10 slices to the affected side of the testis each time, cover it with gauze, cover the scrotum, and change it 1 to 2 times a day until it is healed. No antibiotics are used during the treatment period, and analgesics can be used appropriately for those with unbearable pain. It can eliminate swelling and disperse nodules, and is mainly used to treat acute epididymitis.

Clinical reports show that this prescription was used to treat 28 cases. 14 cases were cured after 3 days of application (self-perceived symptoms disappeared, pain disappeared, epididymis swelling disappeared), 10 cases were cured on the 4th day, and another 4 cases were cured after 5 days of application.

5. Epididymis Soup

20g of Polygonum cuspidatum, 10g each of Prunella vulgaris, Radix Dioscoreae, Frankincense, Myrrha, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, White Peony Root, Rhizoma Prunellae, and Radix Angelicae Sinensis. If the tongue is red with a yellow and greasy coating, and the pulse is slippery or rapid, add 10g each of Talc, Dianthus superbus, and Flos Lonicerae; if the kidney yin is insufficient, remove Radix Dioscoreae and Prunella vulgaris, add 20g of Rehmannia glutinosa, 10g each of Dendrobium officinale and Rhizoma Dioscoreae, 1 dose per day, decocted in water. 10 days is a course of treatment. It has the functions of promoting dampness and removing toxins, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It is mainly used to treat chronic epididymitis with dampness and heat, blood stasis and yin stagnation.