Herbal Treatment Is Better In Treating Recurrent Prostatitis Than Antibiotics

 

 

Prostatitis can be caused by various organisms, including bacteria, funguses, viruses.   And it can also exist with no infection. Some patients request antibiotic treatment even if it is nonbacterial prostatitis, and hope it can be treated in a short time. Study finds that doctors will more likely to prescribe antibiotics if the patient has an urge to get this medicine. However, the treatment outcome is not always satisfactory. If the root cause of prostatitis is not cured, it will recur repeatedly. 

 

 

Bacterial prostatitis can be relieved with antibiotics in 1 to 2 weeks, however, the treatment will last for 2 to 3 months to get a complete cure. The treatment should be continuous so that the inflammation can be treated from its deeper cause. However, some patients will stop finishing the rest course of the medicine when they feel better. This a common cause of recurrent prostatitis.

 

 

Doctors will stress the importance of lifestyle changes when a man is diagnosed with prostatitis, such as drinking more water, avoiding alcohol, nicotine and spicy foods, keeping a normal bowel movement, avoiding long-term sitting and long-distance driving, etc. But some patients don’t pay much attention to the lifestyle changes and the risk factors often cause prostatitis flare-ups. 

 

 

Many patients with recurrent prostatitis have taken several courses of antibiotics. Whenever the prostatitis symptoms recur, they have to take antibiotics to control the condition. However, this can only relieve the symptoms for a periods of time but not provide a complete cure. Some patients develop drug resistance to the antibiotics they have used. What is worse, the long-tem use also causes liver and kidney damages. So many prostatitis patients don’t want to use this effective but unsafe treatment any more.

 

In recent years, more and more prostatitis patients start to use herbal medicine to manage prostatitis symptoms. Herbal medicine has good therapeutic effect in the treatment. For example, herbal medicine that contains honeysuckle can strengthen the antibacterial properties so that it can eradicate the causative bacteria. Herbs that have diuretic properties can help to discharge the bacteria and other toxins, and thereby protecting urinary system and kidney. 

 

Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill, as a herbal medicine, contains more than 50 types of herbs that can provide powerful effects on curing prostatitis. It contains semen persicae, angelica sinensis, saffron, and radix paeoniae rubra that have functions of improving blood and Qi flow to relieve the prostatitis pain. Talcum, dianthus superbus, antago seed, and polygonum aviculare in the pill have diuretic properties, so that the urine flow can be increased and the toxic substances can be flushed out of the body. And houttuynia cordata, scutellaria baicalensis, honeysuckle can be helpful in clearing heat and damp so as to wipe out the bacteria.

 

It usually takes 3 to 6 months’ treatment to get a full recovery by using Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill. The treating course is longer than western as it need time for herbs to work on the deeper cause of prostatitis. More importantly, the herbal prescription has no side effects during the treatment.

 

Additionally, patients should take the proper dose of the medicine as doctor prescribe. It is important to take the entire course of the medicine even if the symptoms disappear to make sure the inflammation is cleared up completely. And patients should keep the rules of lifestyle changes to avoid the risk factors of prostatitis.