How TCM Helps Clear Chronic Pelvic Damp-Heat and Blood Stasis from Prostatitis

If suffering from prostatitis for a long time, frequent symptoms such as abdominal heaviness, poor urination, and perineal pain occur; don't just think of it as a common inflammation. 

In the view of traditional Chinese medicine, this is mostly caused by "damp-heat" and "blood stasis" in the chronic pelvic cavity. It's like a wet corner with water and silt. If it's not cleaned up, the discomfort will be repeated.

First of all, let's talk about the relationship between damp-heat and blood stasis: the two can be called "brothers and sisters." Drinking for a long time, eating spicy and greasy food, sitting for a long time, and staying up late are easy ways to breed dampness and heat in the body.

The dampness and heat in the pelvic cavity and bladder can cause frequent urination, urgent urination, and urethral burning. The characteristics of dampness, heat, and stickiness will hinder the circulation of Qi and blood and form blood stasis over time, which will lead to swelling and pain.

More importantly, long-term illness can easily damage healthy qi, eventually forming a complex situation of "damp-heat, blood stasis, and weakness," which is also the main reason why prostatitis is difficult to heal.

Next, I will talk to you about how to remove chronic pelvic damp-heat and blood stasis caused by prostatitis in traditional Chinese medicine. The following are the specific steps.

Step 1: Clear the Damp-heat  

The core of dealing with dampness and heat is "clearing heat and promoting diuresis," which is equivalent to "draining water" from the pelvic cavity so that moisture can be discharged with urine. This is the basis of conditioning; damp-heat is not cleared, and follow-up blood stasis and tonifying Qi are out of the question.

TCM often adds and subtracts drugs based on Ermiao San and Bazheng San. For example, Plantago seed and Dianthus superbus in Bazheng San can promote urination and treat stranguria, while Gardenia fruit and rhubarb can clear heat and purge fire and help discharge dampness and heat.

Moreover, we recommend the natural therapy of Dr. Li's clinic, the Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill, which is composed of more than 50 kinds of natural herbs. The Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill can clear heat and promote diuresis, promote urination, diminish inflammation, and quickly relieve discomfort such as frequent urination and urgent urination. 

It can also promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and it is suitable for prostatitis of the damp-heat and blood stasis type.

However, it should be noted that each person has different degrees of damp-heat and different constitutions. For example, people with spleen deficiency need to add spleen-invigorating ingredients, and those with severe damp-heat need to adjust the compatibility. 

Be sure to take it under the guidance of professional doctors to avoid bitter and cold ingredients that hurt the spleen and stomach.

Dietary conditioning is also crucial. It is advisable to eat more wax gourd, coix seed, red bean, and other light diuretic foods; strictly avoid wine, chili, chafing dish, fried food, and other "dampness-promoting and heat-generating" foods to avoid aggravating pelvic dampness and heat.

Step 2: Dredge Blood Stasis 

After removing dampness and heat, it is necessary to dredge blood stasis. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that "pain results from blockage," and abdominal distension and perineal pain are mostly related to blood stasis. Only by dredging blood stasis and smoothing Qi and blood can pain and swelling be truly alleviated.

The Guizhi Fuling Tang, by the legendary physician Zhang Zhongjing, is a classic formula for promoting blood circulation and resolving stasis. Despite containing only five herbs, its combination is remarkably precise. Cinnamon Twig warms and unblocks the blood vessels, while Red Peony Root invigorates blood and resolves stasis, together balancing yin and yang and supporting both qi and blood. 

Besides, Poria helps eliminate lingering damp-stasis. Moutan Cortex, being cool in nature, neutralizes the lingering heat generated by long-standing blood stasis. Peach kernel has a strong blood-breaking effect, showing remarkable efficacy in stubborn conditions such as prostatitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia, making it the formula's key highlight.

Guizhi Fuling Tang should be modified according to pattern differentiation: for lingering damp-heat, add Phellodendron Bark and Achyranthes Root to clear heat and promote urination.

In addition, acupuncture and moxibustion can assist in dredging blood stasis; professional doctors will select Guanyuan, Zhongji, Sanyinjiao, and other acupoints for acupuncture or moxibustion to dissolve stasis in the lower body. 

Acupuncture and moxibustion must be performed by professional doctors and should not be tried by oneself to avoid infection.

Step 3: Tonify Vital Qi 

Patients with chronic prostatitis often suffer from "deficiency after a long illness," such as deficiency of kidney-qi and spleen qi insufficiency. Conditioning should take into account "tonifying healthy qi," enhancing the body's ability to resist pathogens, and preventing recurrence.

If you have a deficiency of kidney-qi and you usually feel soreness in your waist, fatigue, and an inability to urinate, your doctor will refer you to Jinkui Shenqi Tang and add herbs such as Psoralea Fruit, Goji Berry, and Epimedium, which tonify the kidney. 

If you have a spleen qi insufficiency, and you always feel that your lower abdomen is bulging, and a little fatigue will aggravate it, you will use prescriptions such as Zhenren Yangzang Tang to tonify the spleen qi insufficiency.

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Attention should be paid here: tonification also has to be "dialectical," not blindly tonic; for example, when there are residual dampness and heat, it will leave the pathogenic factors in the body and aggravate the condition.

Daily Regulation 

Daily regulation directly affects the curative effect, and the following points should be kept in mind:

Moderate exercise: Avoid sitting for a long time, take a walk for 30 minutes every day, or practice Tai Chi, Baduanjin, and other soothing exercises to improve pelvic blood circulation; avoid strenuous exercise to prevent fatigue from affecting recovery.

Psychological adjustment: Avoid anxiety and tension. Emotional depression will aggravate Qi blockage and blood stasis, forming a vicious circle. Meditation, listening to music, talking, and other ways can be used to relieve pressure.

Pay attention to keeping warm: avoid catching a cold in the pelvic cavity, blow less air conditioning in summer, and do a good job of keeping warm in winter so as to avoid aggravating the stagnation of Qi and blood and inducing the invasion of damp-heat.

Conclusion 

The regulation of chronic pelvic damp-heat and blood stasis should be carried out step by step with regular follow-up visits, medication in accordance with medical supervision, and no unauthorized increase or decrease of dosage or withdrawal of medication. 

When the symptoms are aggravated or a fever occurs, it is necessary to seek medical treatment in time to avoid delaying the condition.

The essence of TCM management for prostatitis is to help the body restore its "clean, smooth, and vigorous" state. Find the right direction, patient conditioning, and good living habits, and discomfort symptoms will eventually be far away.