What are the traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for treating chronic prostatitis?

Chronic prostatitis is a very common disease among men. Many patients do not take it seriously in the early stage, which leads to repeated and serious symptoms and turns into a chronic disease. So what Chinese medicine prescriptions are needed to treat chronic prostatitis?

Internal treatment is the oral Chinese herbal medicine treatment. According to the syndrome differentiation and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, chronic prostatitis is generally divided into five types:

1. Damp-heat stagnation type

Most of them are acute attacks of chronic prostatitis. The principle of treatment is to clear away heat and detoxify, and to promote the flow of dampness and turbidity. If the heat is more serious, Bazheng Powder can be used for treatment; if the dampness is more serious, Bazheng Powder plus Elm White Bark, Winter Melon Seed, etc. can be used. If both dampness and heat are serious, Sanmiao Pills combined with Biyu Powder can be used for treatment. Bazheng Heji can also be used. However, the above-mentioned heat-clearing and dampness-promoting agents should not be taken for a long time or in large quantities, so as not to damage the spleen and stomach, and damage the yin and body fluid.

2. Yin deficiency and fire excess type

Symptoms include frequent masturbation, excessive sexual intercourse, backache and leg weakness, general fatigue, fever in the five hearts, white urine, constipation, and short and dark urine. The principle of treatment is to nourish the kidney yin. Liuwei Dihuang Pills are often used with modifications.

3. Kidney Yang Deficiency Type

Symptoms include frequent urination, white discharge from the urethra, cold body and limbs, distended pain and discomfort in the lower abdomen and perineum, cold and wet scrotum, premature ejaculation and spermatorrhea, and dizziness. The principle of treatment is to warm and nourish the kidney yang. Guifu Bawei Pills are often used with modifications.

4. Qi stagnation and blood stasis type

Patients with a long course of illness that is difficult to cure. Symptoms include discomfort and pain in the lower abdomen, perineum, lumbar sacrum, and urethral tingling. The treatment principle is to activate blood circulation, regulate qi and remove stagnation. Fuyuan Huoxue Decoction is often used with modifications.

5. Insufficient Qi

Symptoms include long, clear urination or frequent urination without pain, white urine at the end, perineum swelling and pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, laziness, and poor appetite. The principle of treatment is to replenish the middle qi, raise the clear and lower the turbid. Buzhong Yiqi Decoction is often used with modifications.