The best way to treat prostatitis in Chinese medicine

There is no such thing as the best TCM treatment for prostatitis. Prostatitis is categorized in Chinese medicine as dampness and heat (dampness and heat invade the intestines, bladder, pubic area and lower limbs), kidney yang deficiency (lack of yang qi in the kidneys), and liver and kidney yin deficiency (lack of yin in the liver and kidneys), etc. It needs to be treated by means of general measures, medication and physiotherapy. 1. General measures: patients should pay attention to the hygiene of private parts, avoid eating spicy and stimulating food, quit smoking and drinking, and pay more attention to rest and avoid overwork. 2. medication: if prostatitis is a type of dampness and heat, the patient needs to follow the doctor’s instructions to take psyllium, licorice, poria, chenpi, angelica, ginseng and other traditional Chinese medicines. If it is a kidney Yang insufficiency type, the patient needs to follow the doctor’s instructions to take Huang Jing, Eucommia, Cuscuta, Angelica and other traditional Chinese medicine. In case of Yin deficiency of the liver and kidney, the patient should follow the doctor’s instructions to take Chinese medicines such as Dangpi, Huangbai, Zhimu, Shouwu and so on. 3. Physical therapy: The patient can cooperate with the doctor for acupuncture, moxibustion, commonly used points are kidney Yu, life, Qihai, Guanyuan, etc., to a certain extent, can play an auxiliary therapeutic effect.