Thought on Acupuncture in Treating Chronic Prostatitis
ZHANG Yongchen
Abstract：The location of chronic prostatitis is in the prostate ,which is a part of sperm chamber. Chronic prostatitis is related to the spleen,kidney,liver,heart,lung,bladder,testis and epididymis. It is due to damp-heat invading the lower jiao and accumulating in the bladder,or is due to spleen failing to transporting with damp turbidity accumulating in the lower jiao,or is due to liver qi stagnation with corrupted sperm ac-cumulating in the sperm chamber,or is due to qi deficiency in the lung and kidney with fluids accumulating in the bladder and further leading to stagnation in the sperm chamber. Spleen deficiency is the root ,and damp-heat,external pathogenic factors,damp turbidity,stasis and toxin accumulating in the sperm chamber are the branch. Deficient root and excessive branch is in the whole process of chronic prostatitis. For the treat-ment,various acupoints are selected,and acupuncture,pricking blood,cupping,massage are applied. The com-bination of acupuncture with medicine and the regulation of stool and urine can improve and consolidate the curative effect.
Keywords：prostatitissperm chamberacupuncturesyndrome differentiation and treatment
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 915-918 )