This prescription has a certain effect. Chronic prostatitis is often manifested as a series of abnormal urination, such as frequent urination, urgency, pain in urination, burning sensation in urination, difficulty urinating, and discomfort in the posterior urethra, anus, and perineal region. "Because the symptoms are located at the lower part and are difficult to heal, while traditional Chinese medicine believes that the dampness tends to decrease and the dampness is not clear, so this disease is related to dampness.". The stagnation of dampness pathogenic factors over time can transform heat, so the treatment of this disease is mainly to clear heat and promote dampness.
Maize whisker is sweet, light and flat in nature. It can enter the bladder meridian and has the effect of diuresis and detumescence. It is often used to treat edema, urination, hypertension, diabetes and other diseases. The essence of corn whiskers is the stamens of corn, which are hollow pipes that convey pollen from top to bottom. Therefore, they are characterized by being able to dredge and descend. In this way, it is good at expelling the dampness and heat from the lower energizer, as recorded in the "Lingnan Medicinal Collection Record": "It is used to treat dripping urine, unbearable pain, and frequent decoction." Purslane has a sour taste, a cold nature, and a sticky and smooth texture. It has the effects of clearing heat and removing dampness, dispersing blood and swelling, and diuresis and dredging the drenching process. It is commonly used to treat heat toxicity, diarrhea, metrorrhagia, blood in stool, hemorrhoids, red and white tape, heat drenching, and yin swelling. According to the "Materia Medica Justice", "Cold and slippery can guide it, while dampness and heat can release, and can also enter the blood and break blood stasis." It can be seen that it is also good at treating dampness and heat in the lower energizer. The combination of these two drugs can diuresis, dehumidification, and collaterals, and has a gentle nature and taste, easy to accept, and no adverse consequences. Therefore, you can give it a try.
It should be noted that these two drugs are cold and cold in nature, and those with deficiency of spleen and stomach yang who are prone to abdominal pain and diarrhea should not take them in large quantities. In addition, the pathogenesis of chronic prostatitis is complex, and in addition to damp-heat internal resistance, it is often accompanied by the presence of blood stasis. Although purslane has a slight blood activating effect