Is the combination of needle and medicine therapy effective in treating sexual prostatitis?

  At present, the treatment of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome in Western medicine is mostly empirical and symptomatic, and the goal of treatment is mainly to relieve pain, improve urinary symptoms and improve the quality of life, and there are no reports on the treatment of pelvic venous congestion for chronic prostatitis in China. The treatment of pelvic venous congestion with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome in Chinese medicine has some superiority.  How does TCM recognize prostatitis?  The chronic prostatitis belongs to the category of “white turbidity”, “labor gonorrhea” or “kidney deficiency and back pain” in Chinese medicine, because the disease is located in the sperm chamber, so it is also called “sperm turbidity”. Because the disease is located in the sperm chamber, it is also called “sperm turbidity”. The frequency of the distribution of Chinese medical evidence is reported to be dominated by the Qi stagnation and blood stasis evidence and the damp heat injection evidence, although the two evidence are often combined, but the individual evidence is most common in the Qi stagnation and blood stasis type.  The symptoms of qi stagnation and blood stasis prostatitis are: a long duration of the disease, discomfort and pain in the lower abdomen, perineum, testicles and lumbosacral area, a feeling of incomplete urination, a dark tongue or petechiae, white or thin yellow coating, and a sunken and astringent pulse. A number of clinical reports have shown that TCM can take advantage of the holistic concept, identify and treat the symptoms, and use Chinese herbal medicine to activate blood circulation, resolve blood stasis, and improve clinical symptoms and clinical efficacy. Some foreign scholars have studied the effect of acupuncture therapy on the relief of pelvic venous congestion in chronic pelvic pain syndrome and the clinical efficacy of acupuncture therapy, giving a positive answer to the efficacy of acupuncture therapy.  What is the combination of needle and medicine therapy?  The combination of acupuncture and medicine includes experienced prescriptions and acupuncture points, which are organically combined under the guidance of the principle of acupuncture and medicine to achieve the best synergistic effect.  Empirical prescriptions are effective prescriptions that have been clinically tested and formulated into Chinese medicine granules, which can also follow the principles of diagnosis and treatment and add and subtract according to the symptoms in clinical application, and have greater superiority than traditional Chinese medicine tablets, specifically in terms of quality control, herb utilization, blending and usage. It minimizes the impact on the efficacy caused by the patient’s irregular decoction method. The formula has the effect of activating blood circulation, resolving blood stasis, clearing dampness and detoxifying heat.  Acupuncture at specific acupuncture points on the body can regulate Qi, activate blood circulation, clear the meridians and relieve pain, so that the stasis is eliminated and the vasculature is unblocked, and the pain is relieved. The actual acupuncture points are selected to take into account the cause of refractory prostatitis pelvic vein congestion, the overall acupuncture points and pelvic local acupuncture points, combined with the doctrine of prostatitis complex disease, tailored to the individual.  What is the unique feature of the combination of acupuncture and medicine therapy?   The main reason for this is that it is a good idea to use acupuncture as the main treatment, so as to achieve the maximum synergistic effect, mainly in the use of the same or similar acupuncture treatment, can replace part of the role of drugs, and thus reduce the amount of drugs. In addition, the specific techniques and points selected in acupuncture also reflect the idea of combining local treatment with overall treatment, internal and external treatment, and acupuncture to reduce the adverse effects of Chinese medicine. In the specific treatment, the combination of acupuncture and medicine can be chosen flexibly according to the specific situation of each patient.