Can chronic prostatitis be cured by taking Chinese medicine?

Chronic prostatitis is a type of prostate disease. If this disease is not treated in time, it can easily lead to problems with male fertility and affect the patient's sexual life. Therefore, we must pay attention to the treatment of this disease. Now there are many methods to treat chronic prostatitis, including traditional Chinese medicine. So, can chronic prostatitis be cured by taking traditional Chinese medicine? Of course, let me introduce it to you below.

1. Damp-heat stagnation type is mostly the acute attack period of chronic prostatitis. The treatment principle is to clear away heat and detoxify, and promote 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 hurt the yin and body fluid.

2. Yin deficiency and fire excess type is characterized by 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 is characterized by frequent urination, white urethral discharge, cold body and limbs, abdominal and perineal distension and discomfort, cold and wet scrotum, premature ejaculation and spermatorrhea, dizziness and vertigo. The treatment principle is to warm and nourish the kidney Yang. Guifu Bawei Pills are often used with modifications.

4. The Qi stagnation and blood stasis type is a long-term and difficult-to-heal disease. 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. The symptoms of insufficient middle qi type are clear and long urination or frequent urination without pain, white urine at the end, perineum swelling and pain, fatigue, shortness of breath and laziness, and poor appetite. The treatment principle is to replenish the middle qi, raise the clear and lower the turbid. Buzhong Yiqi Decoction is often used with modifications.

External treatment is a treatment method that does not involve oral medication. It is often used as an adjuvant treatment for oral Chinese medicine. There are mainly the following types.

1. There are two groups of acupoints commonly used in acupuncture therapy. The first group includes Guanyuan, Bladder Shu, and Hegu points; the second group includes Zhongji, Shenshu, and Chize points. The two groups of acupoints are used alternately; once a day or every other day, each time for about 15 minutes, and ten times as a course of treatment. Acupuncture of these acupoints has the effects of tonifying the kidney and promoting diuresis, regulating qi and activating blood circulation. During treatment, moderate stimulation is used, and lifting, inserting, and twisting techniques are used. When acupuncture Guanyuan and Zhongji points, it is best if the patient feels soreness and swelling in the glans penis or urethra.

2. Moxibustion: For the deficiency of kidney yang, moxibustion points such as Shenshu and Sanyinjiao are selected; for the deficiency of middle qi, moxibustion points such as Pishu, Shenshu, Zusanli, Qihai are selected; for the stagnation of qi, moxibustion points such as Xuehai, Qihai, Yanglingquan are selected. Each moxibustion lasts about 20 minutes, or acupuncture first and then moxibustion, or acupuncture and moxibustion are used alternately every other day.

3. Ginger moxibustion: Take fresh ginger, slightly cut off the ginger skin on both sides, and place it one centimeter away from the sacrum, two pieces on each side, or place it on the Qugu and Zhongji points, and put moxa on it and moxibustion it for three consecutive times.

4. Prostate massage

5. The difference between sitz bath therapy and western medicine is that the second and third decoctions of oral medicine can be used for sitz bath. You can also use Chinese medicine decoction for sitz bath. The prescription is: 20g of Houttuynia cordata, 10g of Semen Armeniacae Amaranthus, 20g of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 10g of Red Peony Root, 10g of Lithospermum officinale, 10g of Hedyotis diffusa, and 20g of Chrysanthemum officinale. Decoction 1500ml of juice, sitz bath 1-2 times a day, 30 minutes each time.

6. Recipe for retention enema with Chinese herbal decoction: 20 grams of Herba Houttuyniae, 10 grams of Houttuynia Cordata, 10 grams of Smilax glabra, 10 grams of Rhubarb, 20 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 10 grams of Orchidaceae, 12 grams of Prunus persica, and 20 grams of Red Peony Root. Add 500 ml of water and boil the juice to obtain 150-200 ml. After it is warm, use retention enema once a day.

The above content introduces the question of whether chronic prostatitis can be cured by taking Chinese medicine. I believe everyone has some understanding of it. Here we need to remind patients that Chinese medicine is a treatment for chronic prostatitis. Of course, there are other treatment methods to choose from, and some patients are suitable for Chinese medicine treatment, but some patients are not suitable, so everyone should choose the appropriate treatment method according to their own situation.