Prostatitis has no name in traditional Chinese medicine, and is generally categorized under the category of “spermatorrhea” and “gonorrhea (increased frequency of urination, dribbling and pain)”, which is identified as dampness-heat underflow, stagnation of qi and blood stasis, and deficiency of yin and fire, and other types of evidence.
Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate tissue caused by a variety of reasons. It is characterized by pain and discomfort in the pelvic region, difficulty in urination, urinary urgency, and psychoneurological symptoms, and can be accompanied by varying degrees of sexual dysfunction, which seriously affects the patient’s quality of life. It can be accompanied by sexual dysfunction of varying degrees, seriously affecting the patient’s quality of life.
Chinese medicine believes that the main cause of prostatitis is due to the habit of eating spicy foods, or smoking and drinking too much alcohol, resulting in the spleen and stomach dysfunction, resulting in dampness and heat, dampness and heat in the internal, and the bladder and the disease.
Chinese medicine can be based on the symptoms of prostatitis, such as deficiency, solidity, cold and heat. If it is accompanied by red, dripping, astringent pain in the urine, yellow tongue, slippery pulse, etc., it can be categorized as dampness-heat downward injection (dampness and heat invading the intestines, bladder, pubic area, lower limbs, etc.) type.
If it is accompanied by an enlarged and hard prostate, a purple and dark tongue, and a stringy pulse, it can be categorized as Qi stagnation and blood stasis (blood stasis due to the lack of smooth flow of Qi) type.
If it is accompanied by soreness of the waist and knees, hot flashes (a burst of fever), night sweats (abnormal sweating after going to sleep and stopping after waking up), a red tongue with little moss and a thin pulse, etc., it can be categorized as a type of yin deficiency and fire (a deficiency of yin and essence in the body, which leads to hyperactive deficiency and fire).
The TCM diagnosis of prostatitis needs to be made by a regular doctor who fully understands the symptoms and signs, and should not be made on his own.