Which is better for testicular swelling, cold compress or herbal medicine?

What is testicular swelling? Testicular swelling is commonly happens when man have infect or inflammation on testicles or the nearby organs like prostate, epididymis or seminal vesicle. 

 

Since the testicular swelling is caused by infection, its curing is antibiotics. But with the development of modern medical knowledge, more and more researches show that the antibiotics aren’t the best choice for testicular swelling. Therefore, more and more men tend to choose healthier treatment methods to cure this condition. 

 

Recently, the cold compress and herbal medicine are two methods widely used over the world. But which is one is better for the testicular swelling? Let’s find out the answer from this article.

 

What is cold compress? Have you seen such scene before? One who has his or her head be hit by hard thing commonly uses the ice bag to relieve pain. Therefore, Cold compress is such a treatment that uses to relieve pain by putting ice bag on the pain area or injured area. According to the definition of the cold compress, it is easy for us to know that the cold compress can only ease the pain. Since the root cause of testicular pain is infection or inflammation, cold compress isn’t a good treating method for this condition. 

 

How about the herbal medicine? Can herbal medicine ease this pain from the root? Actually, herbal medicine not only can ease the pain effectively, but also can eliminate the pain from the root. Herbal medicine which consists lots of hers has lots of functions. By combining different herbs into together, the functions are different too. The herbal medicine – diuretic and anti-inflammatory pill which has herbs like Plantain Seed, Fringed Pink, Polygonum Aviculare, Soapstone, Earthworm, Seaweed, Laminaria, Pangolin, Red flower, Peach Kernel, Honeysuckle, Cordate Houttuynia, Gardenia, Scutellaria Baicalensis, Agilawood, Fructus Amomi, Cowherb Seed, Elecampane, Mangnolia Officinalis, and Fructus Aurantii can eliminate infection and inflammation, can relieve pain, can promote blood circulation and QI, can improve the immunity and the self-healing ability. Therefore, herbal medicine can solve the testicular pain from the root.

 

All in all, the cold compress can only solve the testicular pain temperately and the pain will show again after stopping the cold compress. However, the herbal medicine can solve the pain totally. Therefore, herbal medicine is better than cold compress for testicular pain.