Can bacterial prostatitis be cured by traditional Chinese medicine?

Chinese medicine categorizes prostatitis as essence turbidity, which includes bacterial prostatitis, and can be treated with appropriate medications according to the specific symptoms. The common types of Jing Turbidity include Dampness-Heat Conjugation (Dampness and Heat evils are agglomerating with each other in the body), Qi Stagnation-Blood Stasis (Blood stagnation due to the lack of Qi), Yin Deficiency-Heat Exuberance (Yin-Essence deficiency in the body and the appearance of hyperactive deficiency-fire), and Kidney-Yang Insufficiency (Lack of yang in the kidneys). 1. If the disease is characterized by frequent urination, urgency, painful urination, burning sensation in the urethra, yellowish greasy moss, slippery pulse, etc., it is considered to be the accumulation of dampness-heat, which can be treated with Bazheng San. 2. If the disease is of long duration and accompanied by symptoms such as dark tongue or ecchymosis, white or thin yellow moss, and dull and astringent pulse, it is considered to be stagnation of qi and blood stasis, so prostate soup can be chosen to activate qi and blood circulation (to promote the operation of qi so as to make the blood flow), and resolve blood stasis to alleviate pain. 3. If accompanied by symptoms such as lumbar and knee soreness, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, red tongue with little moss, fine pulse (pulse becomes narrower, thinner and faster), etc., it is considered to be a deficiency of yin and exuberance of fire, and can be treated with Zhi Bai Di Huang Tang. 4. If accompanied by soreness and coldness of the waist and knees, impotence, premature ejaculation, coldness of the limbs, pale and fat tongue with teeth marks on the sides, white moss, and thin pulse, etc., it is considered to be deficiency of kidney yang, and it can be treated with Right Angelica Pill. After the appearance of discomfort should promptly consult a doctor, under the guidance of the doctor to choose medication, not self-medication.