Prostatitis is a kind of chronic or acute inflammation caused by infection in the prostate, specific and non-specific. Symptoms on the prostate and organs close to it and sometime spread to the whole body. The disease is one of the most common diseases occur among middle-aged men. Most of them are in the age of 15-55, and they are 25% of patients visit urology department every year. Prostatitis, can be divided into non-specific bacterial prostatitis, idiopathic bacterial prostatitis,specific prostatitis, non-specific granulomatous prostatitis, pain in prostate, and prostate congestion caused by other pathogens .
External Therapy in TCM plays a very important role. Through the skin and mucous membrane direct contaction with drugs, drug penetrate into the body and perform function. Location of the lesion of chronic prostate is deep and outside the capsule, the drugs hardly penetrate into the gland. Therefore, by using methods of drug contaction with rectum and perineum, which is very close to the prostate gland, will enhance the therapeutic effect.
Hot water sitbath wihch is suitable for most of the families is a simple therapy. Before going to sleep at night, add some hot water about 105 degrees in the tub , and then add the medicine that has been brewed for 3 times into the tub, sit in the water(water must cover perineum) for 15 to 30 minutes, 1 to 2 times per day. When the water is getting cold , you can add some hot water. Remember to maintain the water at a certain temperature. Persist this for months, that is helpful to the health. This kind of therapy can ease muscle, promote angiectasis, blood circulation and help to eliminate inflammation.
Fumigation of Chinese medicine decoction is a common external treatment. It's suitable for acute exacerbation and chronic phase of chronic prostatitis. Hot water bath is a kind of heat the prostate. From the physiological point, after heating, muscle will relax, blood vessel expand, and blood circulation get promoted. If there is a inflammatory exudate, the heat can help to absorb. Hot bath with Chinese medicine decoction not only make the medicine reach the part that is infected directly, improve the efficacy of medicine concentrations to the inflammation, but also can maximize the efficacy, so that they can release the symptoms better.