Prostatitis is one of the most common diseases in men and has a huge impact on their health. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that chronic prostatitis can be divided into several different types, so how can traditional Chinese medicine treat chronic prostatitis? Traditional Chinese medicine adopts a dialectical approach and has good therapeutic effects on chronic prostatitis. Let's take a look together.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Chronic Prostatitis
1. Blood stasis obstructing sperm chamber type:
When the urine drips white or defecates, the urethral opening overflows white and turbid, the urine drips profusely and stings, the abdomen, perineum, and testicles are swollen and painful, the tongue is dark, there are ecchymosis spots, the coating is thin and white, and the pulse is astringent. It is suitable for promoting blood circulation, resolving blood stasis, unblocking collaterals, and relieving pain.
2. Liver Meridian Damp Heat Type:
The urethral opening often drips white, causing pain and swelling in the perineum, testicles, frequent and unpleasant urination, constipation, bitter and upset mouth, yellow urine, red eyes, red tongue, yellow and greasy fur, and a few pulse strings. It is recommended to treat heat clearing, dampness promoting, and liver diarrhea.
3. Kidney Yin Deficiency Type:
It is commonly seen in middle-aged people, with prolonged physical weakness, weak waist and knees, restless heart, premature ejaculation, residual urine, white and turbid discharge from the urethral opening, red tongue, thin coating, and thin pulse. It is suitable for nourishing yin and tonifying the kidneys, clearing heat and relieving fire.
4. Kidney Yang Deficiency Damage Type:
Long course of illness, frequent urination, incomplete urination, excessive nocturnal urination, white urine, low back pain and weakness, lukewarm hands and feet, indifferent sexual desire, impotence, premature ejaculation, light and fat tongue, thin and white fur, and weak pulse. During treatment, it can warm the kidney and tonify yang, and regulate qi and essence.
5. Bladder damp heat type:
Evidence of frequent and urgent urination, burning and stinging pain, swelling of the perineum, overflow of white viscous secretions from the urethral opening, aversion to cold and fever, red tongue, yellow fur, and smooth pulse. It is common in the acute stage of prostatitis and should be treated to clear heat, promote dampness, and remove turbidity.
Chronic prostatitis poses a great threat to male health, so timely treatment is essential for those who develop chronic prostatitis. Traditional Chinese medicine has developed corresponding treatment measures for five types of chronic prostatitis, and the results are obvious. You may want to give it a try.
(Intern Editor: Cai Junyi)