Patient's question:
Who has a Chinese herbal formula for treating prostatitis?Doctor's answer:
Prostatitis of Kidney Yang Deficiency Type: Symptoms include difficult urination with seminal discharge, aversion to cold, soreness and coldness in the lower back and knees, impotence, premature ejaculation, pale and swollen tongue, and deep, weak pulse. Chinese herbal medicine for treating prostatitis should invigorate the kidneys and strengthen Yang.Prostatitis of Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency Type: Symptoms include white discharge from the urethral orifice, a sense of fullness and heaviness in the perineum, soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, hot flashes and night sweats, red tongue with little coating, and thin, rapid pulse. Treatment should nourish the Liver and Kidneys and clear the ministerial fire. The formula is Zhi Bai Di Huang Tang ():
- Chinese foxglove root (): 15g
- Coptis rhizome (): 10g
- Rehmannia glutinosa root (): 30g
- Alisma rhizome (): 15g
- Moutan root bark (): 15g
- Poria (): 30g
- Prepared polygonum multiflorum root (): 15g
- Polygonatum sibiricum rhizome (): 15g
- White rattan vine (): 10g
- Salvia miltiorrhiza root (): 15g