What is the best way to treat chronic prostatitis?

Traditional Chinese medicine has been passed down for thousands of years. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of our ancestors. Before Western medicine was introduced, Chinese herbal medicine was used to treat diseases. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine still has its own advantages in many areas. It solves problems fundamentally. It can treat both the symptoms and the root cause. For example, chronic prostatitis is not just a symptom, it is also caused by several types. Let's see what good methods are there for traditional Chinese medicine to treat chronic prostatitis?

1. Wet-heat agglomeration type:

Patients often have symptoms such as frequent urination, urgent urination, burning and stinging pain in the urethra, distended pain and discomfort in the perineum, white urine at the end of the urine, red tongue, yellow and greasy fur, and slippery pulse. The results of prostatic fluid microscopy showed an increase in the number of white blood cells (pus cells may also be present), and bacterial growth was often found in prostatic fluid culture. In treatment, drugs that clear heat and promote diuresis should be used, such as 15 grams each of Hedyotis diffusa, Taraxacum mongolicum, and Herba Scutellariae, 10 grams each of Phellodendron, Smilax glabra, Honeysuckle, Lianhua, and Polygonum cuspidatum, 5 grams each of Licorice, Akebia, and Rhubarb, and 30 grams each of Herba Ecliptae and Imperatae. Patients can decoct the above medicines in water and take one dose a day in two doses.

2. Qi and blood stasis type:

Most patients have obvious tingling in the perineum, pain extending to the lower abdomen, testicles, penis and lumbar sacral region, dripping urine, dark purple tongue or petechiae, slow or astringent pulse, and microscopic examination of prostatic fluid shows a small or moderate amount of pus cells. In treatment, drugs that promote qi and blood circulation and clear away heat and dampness should be used, such as 10 grams each of Danshen, Zelan, Chishao, Liuxingzi, processed frankincense, Qingpi, Chuanlianzi, Xiaofen, and Angelica dahurica, and 30 grams each of Basaocao and Taraxacum. Patients can decoct the above medicines and take one dose a day in two doses.

3. Kidney Qi Deficiency Type:

Patients often have symptoms such as frequent urination, residual urine, white urine at the end, sore waist and knees, dizziness, tinnitus, impotence, and premature ejaculation. Those with partial yang deficiency may have symptoms such as cold body and limbs, clear and long urine, pale and fat tongue, and deep and weak pulse. Those with partial yin deficiency may have symptoms such as five-heart heat, short urine, red tongue with little coating, and thin and rapid pulse. In treatment, those with partial yang deficiency should choose drugs that warm the kidney and help yang, such as cinnamon bark, aconite (pre-decocted), eucommia, cooked rehmannia, yam, jujube peel, wolfberry, salvia miltiorrhiza, curculigo, and chuanxiong, 10 grams each, and 5 grams of roasted licorice.

The above tells you how to use Chinese herbal medicine to treat chronic prostatitis. Looking at the different prescriptions given for different types of prostatitis, the physical discomfort is fundamentally solved. So everyone has some understanding of what good methods Chinese medicine has to treat chronic prostatitis. Patients and friends can also see a Chinese medicine doctor according to their own situation.