Chinese Medicine Treatment Of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Hyperplasia of prostate ,namely benign prostatic hyperplsia or prostatic hypertrophy is a common disease among middle-aged or aged males. There is no such record about the oHyprgan prostate or hyperplasia of prostate in traditional Chinese medicine. Hyperplasia of prostate belongs to "Longbi Syndrome"according to its characters which are frequent urination and difficult urination at present. Traditional Chinese medicine has good effect and affluent experience on hyperplasia of prostate, although it can not cure this disease completely.This thesis is based on the ancient and modern theory and tracing back to its origin. The essence of this thesis is the systemic theory exploration on the syndrome origin,viscera belongings, pathogenesis and principles of prevention of hyperplasia of prostate.We came to realize that the prostate is corresponding to the position of "Jingshi", "Jingfu"in the literature through studying the function of the prostate and has the property of extraviscera; Longbi Syndrome is generally consistant with the clinical characteristics of hyperplasia of prostate. However, hyperplasia of prostate should be strictly differentiated from Bi Syndrome of which the characteristic is anuria. New viewpoint on the pathogenesis in TCM is that the advent of difficult urination and secondary blood stranguria or pyretic stranguria is due to renal dificiency,phlegm and blood stasis retention and accordingly the principles of treatment is made. The details about the health cultivation of hyperplasia of prostate are also available in this thesis.