What do leeches do for treating prostatitis?

Leeches have the efficacy of breaking blood circulation, eliminating blood stasis and eliminating symptoms, and are generally not used in the treatment of prostatitis, please follow your doctor’s instructions. Leeches are salty, bitter, neutral, slightly poisonous, and belong to the liver meridian. They are used in clinical practice for the treatment of blood stasis and menstrual closure, bruises, hemiplegia, and impediments in the abdomen (visible or invisible lumps in the abdomen, with a feeling of distension and pain), etc. In Chinese medicine, prostatitis is one of the most serious diseases. Prostatitis in Chinese medicine belongs to the category of “gonorrhea (increased frequency of urination, gonorrhea, astringent pain)”, the cause of the disease is mainly exogenous dampness and heat, dietary disorders, emotional disorders, labor injuries and prolonged illness. The disease is located in the kidneys and bladder, and is also related to the liver and spleen. Treatment requires evidence-based therapy, based on the principles of replenishing deficiency and diarrhea, supporting the positive and dispelling the evil (supporting the positive qi in the body and dispelling the evil qi in the body). Gonorrhea can be categorized into various types, such as Heat Gonorrhea (burning and stinging pain when urinating, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort in the abdomen), which can be treated with Bazheng San and other prescriptions; Blood Gonorrhea (blood in the urine accompanied by pain), which can be treated with Xiaojijie Drinking Seed or Zhibai Di Huang Tang; and Qi Gonorrhea, which can be treated with Sinking Fragrance Dispensary or Tonifying the Middle Jiao Yi Qi Tang and other prescriptions. For stone drenching (discharge of gravel during urination, or sudden interruption of urination with pain in the urethra and intolerable cramps in the lower back and abdomen), prescriptions such as Shi Wei San or Liu Wei Di Huang Tang can be used; and for labor drenching (frequent and painful urination with tugging in the abdomen after labor), prescriptions such as Buxi Shan Yao Tang can be used. If there is any discomfort and medication is needed, please go to the hospital and use the medication under the doctor’s guidance.