Prostate disease is a common illness among young and middle-aged men. According to statistics, it accounts for about 1/4 of urology outpatient cases. Prostate disease may present without any symptoms or cause persistent or recurring discomfort in the urinary and reproductive systems.
Symptoms such as difficulty in urination, inability to hold urine, and incomplete emptying of the bladder are common in prostate patients. Initially, there may be only frequent urination and urgency, along with mild abdominal distension and pain. Gradually, the sensation of anal fullness worsens, leading to difficulty in urination, weak urine flow, and frequent nocturnal awakenings. Many patients even avoid drinking water or alcohol, and their marital life becomes a mess. Clinically, this disease is difficult to cure and often recurs, causing great stress to patients.
Famous old TCM practitioners from the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine point out that some prostate patients suffer due to the interaction of toxins and blood stasis, external exposure to filth (what Western medicine calls bacteria and viruses), while others are affected by damp-heat descending and kidney qi deficiency.
Generally speaking, as middle-aged and elderly people age, their kidney qi gradually declines, and their immunity continuously decreases. Immunity is an important barrier for the human body to defend against viral and bacterial invasion. When immunity decreases, the barrier becomes weak, and when weather changes, or after drinking alcohol or eating spicy food, prostate disease may recur. Therefore, simply regulating the prostate through "detoxification, anti-inflammatory, resolving stasis, and promoting diuresis" is just treating the symptoms. Only by replenishing kidney qi and essence, and comprehensively enhancing the body's immunity, can prostate diseases be fundamentally treated.
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