Patient's question:
My husband has had prostatitis for many years, and it hasn't healed yet. So I want to ask if traditional Chinese medicine can cure prostatitis?Doctor's answer:
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) cannot completely cure prostatitis. There is no concept of a "cure" in the treatment of diseases. In clinical diagnosis, the most that can be said is that a certain disease has been treated and healed, but it is not possible to say it has been "cured." For example, if you catch a cold, we can say that we have treated the cold effectively, but it is not possible to say that curing the cold will prevent you from getting colds again. As for prostatitis, TCM can be used for treatment. Chinese herbal medicines that have the functions of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, resolving stagnation, and removing blood stasis are all effective for prostatitis.