Dietary therapy for chronic prostatitis and the causes, symptoms, and home remedies for benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Arrowhead and Trumpet Vine Powder Ingredients: 30g of arrowhead flower, 20g of trumpet vine flower. Preparation: Grind the arrowhead flower and trumpet vine flower into a fine powder. Dosage: Take 6g each time with warm water, 3 times a day. Efficacy: Suitable for prostatitis.

Magnolia Flower Powder Ingredients: Appropriate amount of magnolia flowers. Preparation: Grind the magnolia flowers into powder. Dosage: Take 10 grams each time with warm water, 3 times a day. Efficacy: Suitable for prostatitis.

Radish with Honey Ingredients: 1500g radish, appropriate amount of honey, appropriate amount of salt. Preparation: Wash the radish, peel and slice it. Soak in honey for 10 minutes, then dry it on a tile. Repeat the soaking and drying process, being careful not to burn it. Repeat this process three times. Dosage: Chew several slices each time and swallow with salt water, 4-5 times daily. Efficacy: Suitable for chronic prostatitis of the qi stagnation and blood stasis type.

Mallow Leaf Soup Ingredients: Mallow leaves, starch, salt, and MSG (all in appropriate amounts). Preparation: Wash the mallow leaves, boil them, add a small amount of starch to make a soup, and season with salt and MSG. Dosage: Eat on an empty stomach, twice daily. Efficacy: Anti-inflammatory and detoxifying, clears heat and promotes diuresis. Suitable for chronic prostatitis.

Unique Royal Jelly Ingredients: Appropriate amount of royal jelly. Preparation: Dissolve the royal jelly in boiling water to a 1:100 solution. Dosage: Take 20-30 ml orally twice daily for long-term use. Efficacy: Nourishing and strengthening, benefits the liver and spleen. Suitable for chronic prostatitis, post-illness weakness, and malnutrition.

Grape Decoction Ingredients: 150 ml each of grape juice, lotus root juice, and rehmannia root juice; 100 ml each of white snake grass juice and vaccaria seed juice; 250 ml of white honey. Preparation: Combine all ingredients and simmer until it becomes a syrupy consistency. Dosage: Take 60 ml before meals. Efficacy: Suitable for prostatitis and dysuria.

Lespedeza decoction ingredients: 30-60g fresh whole Lespedeza (Vitex negundo) herb, 15-24g Plantago asiatica, 30g rock sugar. Preparation: Decoction of the above three ingredients with appropriate amount of water. Dosage: Take 3 times daily. Efficacy: Moistens the lungs, clears heat, promotes urination and relieves strangury. Suitable for prostatitis and dribbling urination.

Bamboo Leaf Tea Ingredients: 10 grams of bamboo leaves, 5 grams of tea leaves. Preparation: Steep in boiling water. Dosage: Drink as a tea substitute, regularly. Efficacy: Suitable for prostatitis of the damp-heat type.

Rose and Juncus effusus tea ingredients: 6-10 grams of rose petals, 2-3 grams of juncus effusus. Preparation: First, decoct the juncus effusus in water, remove the dregs and keep the liquid. While still hot, steep the rose petals in the liquid, cover and let steep briefly before drinking. Dosage: Drink frequently as a tea substitute. Effects: Relieves qi stagnation and depression, promotes urination and relieves strangury. Suitable for symptoms such as difficult urination, lower abdominal pain, reddish tongue, and wiry pulse.

Tea for Dysuria and Urinary Tract Pain Relief: Ingredients: 20g Houttuynia cordata, 10g stir-fried Phellodendron chinense, 9g Akebia quinata. Preparation: Increase the dosage of the above herbs according to the proportions, grind into coarse powder, wrap 30g in gauze, place in a thermos, pour in an appropriate amount of boiling water, cover and steep for 5 minutes. Dosage: One dose per day, divided into several servings. Efficacy: Clears heat, promotes urination and relieves dysuria. Suitable for dysuria due to heat, with symptoms such as frequent and scanty urination, burning and stinging pain, dark yellow urine, and lower abdominal distension and pain.

Two-Purple Urination Tea Ingredients: 15g each of Viola yedoensis, Salvia miltiorrhiza, and Plantago asiatica; 30g of Lygodium japonicum. Preparation: Grind the above herbs into a coarse powder, place in a thermos, and steep with 500ml of boiling water for 15 minutes. Dosage: Drink as tea, one dose daily for 5-7 days. Efficacy: Anti-inflammatory and diuretic. Suitable for those with prostatitis, difficulty urinating, frequent urination, and painful urination. Contraindications: Not suitable for those with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.

Purslane and Plantain Leaf Drink Ingredients: 50g plantain leaves, 90g fresh purslane. Preparation: Wash the plantain leaves and purslane, decoct in water and drink. Dosage: Divide into two doses daily, continue for 7-10 days. Efficacy: Promotes urination and relieves strangury, cools the blood and stops bleeding. Suitable for hematuria, painful and difficult urination, blood in urine, red tongue, and rapid pulse.

Shiwei Decoction Ingredients: 15 grams each of Shiwei (Pyrrosia lingua), Jinqiancao (Lysimachia christinae), and Zhuzongcao (Herba Polygonati). Preparation: Decoction of the above three ingredients in water. Dosage: Drink as a tea substitute. Efficacy: Clears heat and promotes diuresis, cools the blood and stops bleeding. Suitable for hematuria, frequent and painful urination, blood in urine or pure hematuria.

Three-Juice Formula for Promoting Urinary Retention: Ingredients: Equal parts lotus root juice, grape juice, and rehmannia root juice, with an appropriate amount of honey. Preparation: Mix the three juices together. Dosage: Take half a cup, mixed with honey, twice daily. Efficacy: Clears heat and promotes urination, cools the blood and stops bleeding. Suitable for frequent, scanty, and urgent urination, burning and painful urination, even unbearable penile pain, blood in the urine or pure hematuria, red tongue, and thin yellow coating.

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a common disease among men over 50. Because the male urethra passes through the prostate gland, an enlarged prostate inevitably compresses the urethra to varying degrees, leading to difficulty urinating. Previously, aging and androgen secretion from the testes were considered the two most important factors contributing to BPH. Since BPH primarily occurs in the elderly, if orchiectomy is performed during adolescence, BPH might not develop in old age. However, a pathological examination of 95 unselected Chinese male cadavers over 41 years of age conducted by the Urology Institute of Beijing Medical University between 1989 and 1992 revealed that 30.5% had BPH, 4.6 times the 6.6% rate in 1936. In half a century, the two traditional factors contributing to BPH in China have remained unchanged, yet the incidence of BPH has increased, indicating that traditional views cannot fully explain the etiology of BPH. It may also be closely related to the increase in total calorie, fat, and animal protein intake, the reasons for which remain unclear. Nevertheless, the medically recognized causes of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) include the following: (1) Excessive sexual activity and masturbation cause congestion of the sexual organs, leading to enlargement of the prostate tissue due to prolonged blood stasis. (2) Incomplete treatment of chronic prostatitis, or urethritis, cystitis, seminal vesiculitis, etc., cause congestion and hyperplasia of the prostate tissue. (3) Frequent or prolonged alcohol consumption, or a preference for spicy or other irritating foods, can stimulate prostate hyperplasia. (4) Lack of physical exercise can lead to arteriosclerosis and poor local blood circulation in the prostate, which can also result in BPH.

Clinical manifestations of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH): (1) Frequent urination: The number of urinations increases significantly, both day and night, especially the number of nocturia, which affects the patient's sleep and rest. This is because the urethra is compressed by the prostate, and the urine in the bladder cannot be completely emptied each time. (2) Difficulty urinating: It takes a while to urinate while standing next to the urinal. This is medically known as "slow initial urination" or "urination hesitancy". In normal people, urine is discharged within two seconds after the start of urination, but in patients with BPH, the initial urination time is significantly delayed. (3) Weak urination: The force of the urine stream disappears during urination, the "range" is shortened, it cannot form a parabola, and it appears "weak", sometimes even dripping. (4) Urine stream splitting: In normal people, the urine stream is concentrated into a jet of water "pouring down", but in patients with BPH, due to the compression of the urethra, the discharged urine becomes two streams and "diversify". (5) Interrupted urination: The urine cannot be discharged all at once and has to be discharged in several segments. (6) Incomplete urination: After urinating, there is always a feeling of "not being able to empty the bladder" and urine will drip out, often wetting the crotch. (7) Urinary incontinence: Urine will leak out without the patient's awareness. This is because a large amount of urine accumulates in the bladder, causing the pressure in the bladder to gradually increase, and it will overflow when the abdominal pressure increases, such as when coughing or straining. (8) Urinary retention: The patient feels that the bladder is very full, but cannot urinate. This is a very serious symptom and often requires catheterization to resolve.

There are many methods for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). In addition to the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, comprehensive home treatment measures can also be adopted. The following are some commonly used methods: (1) Food therapy: According to the latest research in Japan, a pollen preparation called Sai Niao Tong has a special effect on treating BPH. The pollen tablets made in China are called Qianlie Kang tablets. Food therapy experts believe that eating bee pollen regularly can prevent and treat benign prostatic hyperplasia. This is because pollen is rich in amino acids, trace elements and various vitamins, especially alanine, glutamic acid and glycine, which can play a therapeutic role. BPH is caused by congestion and edema of the prostate and its surrounding tissues, which leads to abnormal urination symptoms. After taking pollen and its preparations, the blood circulation of the prostate tissue can be increased, edema can be reduced, satisfactory therapeutic effect can be achieved, and there are no adverse reactions. (2) Physical therapy: Regular physical exercise can enhance physical fitness and promote blood circulation in the perineum. ① First, do the abdominal contraction and anal contraction exercise: The method is to contract the lower abdomen and anus when inhaling and relax when exhaling, and do it continuously for 100 times. Do it once in the morning and once in the afternoon every day. The posture is not limited. Standing, sitting and lying down are all acceptable. Secondly, increase the amount of exercise in the perineal area: for example, practicing Tai Chi regularly can improve blood circulation in the perineal area and prevent benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). In addition to the above-mentioned treatments, patients with BPH should also pay attention to self-care, such as avoiding overwork and strenuous exercise. Dietary therapy should also include foods that tonify the kidneys, promote yang, and have diuretic effects, such as dog meat, venison, mutton, turtle meat, shrimp, carp, winter melon, red beans, white fungus, asparagus root, wolfberry, poria cocos, and fresh imperata root. It is also important to abstain from smoking and alcohol, avoid spicy and other irritating foods, and avoid excessive sexual activity.

Dietary Therapy: Stewed Sparrow Ingredients: 10 sparrows, 5 scallions (white part only), 50g Shaoxing wine, appropriate amounts of ginger juice, soy sauce, salt, sugar, and MSG. Preparation: Slaughter the sparrows, remove feathers and internal organs. Marinate with ginger juice and soy sauce for 10 minutes, then stir-fry in oil heated to 60% (medium heat). Add Shaoxing wine, salt, water, and crushed scallion segments. Simmer over low heat for 40-60 minutes. Before serving, add a little sugar and MSG, and reduce the sauce until thickened. Serving: Eat with meals. Efficacy: Nourishes the kidneys and reduces urination. Can be used as an adjunct treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia and frequent urination.

Goji Berry and Diced Pork Ingredients: 250g pork hind leg meat, 15g goji berries, 50g tomato sauce, appropriate amounts of rice wine, ginger, white vinegar, and sugar. Preparation: Wash the pork hind leg meat, tenderize it with the back of a knife, and cut it into small cubes. Add rice wine, salt, and wet starch, mix well, and marinate for 15 minutes. Coat with dry starch, then lightly fry in oil at 60-70% heat. Fry again in hot oil until crispy, then remove and set aside. Grind the goji berries into a paste, mix with tomato sauce, sugar, and white vinegar to make a sweet and sour sauce. Pour this sauce into the remaining oil and stir-fry until thickened. Add the pork cubes and mix well. Serving: Serve as a side dish. Efficacy: Nourishes kidney essence and tonifies kidney yang. Suitable for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Snail and Motherwort Soup Ingredients: 250g snails, 125g fresh, tender motherwort (Leonurus japonicus), 30g plantain seeds, 10g costus root. Preparation: Rinse the snails thoroughly and remove the tail tips; chop the motherwort; wrap the plantain seeds and costus root in a cloth bag. Add water to all the herbs and decoct to make a soup, then remove the cloth bag. Dosage: Drink the soup and eat the snail meat and motherwort. Efficacy: Clears heat and dampness, promotes qi circulation and relieves stagnation. Suitable for those with benign prostatic hyperplasia due to damp-heat in the bladder, characterized by frequent urination, small amount of urine, burning sensation, and even urinary retention.

White Fungus Soup Ingredients: 12g white fungus, 1500ml chicken broth, cooking wine and pepper to taste. Preparation: Soak the white fungus in warm water until softened. Pour the chicken broth into a clean, oil-free pot, add salt, cooking wine, and pepper, bring to a boil, then add the white fungus. Steam over high heat until the white fungus is soft and flavorful. Remove from the steamer and season with MSG. Dosage: Drink the soup and eat the white fungus. Efficacy: Nourishes Qi and reduces urination. Suitable for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Ingredients for Marrow-Nourishing Soup: 1 turtle, 200g pork spinal cord, and appropriate seasonings. Preparation: Scald the turtle with boiling water to kill it, remove the shell, internal organs, head, and claws. Place it in an aluminum pot, add ginger, scallions, and pepper powder. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until the turtle meat is cooked. Add the cleaned pork spinal cord, cook until done, and add MSG. Dosage: Eat the meat and drink the soup. It can be eaten with meals and consumed regularly. Efficacy: Suitable for benign prostatic hyperplasia due to kidney yin deficiency.

Dog Meat Yang-Nourishing Soup Ingredients: 500g dog meat, appropriate amounts of red chili peppers, ginger, orange peel, Sichuan peppercorns, and salt. Preparation: Wash the dog meat and cut it into chunks. Place it in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, then add the red chili peppers, ginger, orange peel, and Sichuan peppercorns. Simmer over low heat until tender. Add salt to taste. Dosage: Eat the meat and drink the soup. Once daily for 7 days as one course of treatment. Efficacy: Warms and tonifies kidney yang. Can be used as an adjunct treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia due to kidney yang deficiency.

Flavored Green Duck Soup Ingredients: 1 green-headed duck, 30g each of Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus membranaceus, 15g each of Cimicifuga foetida and Bupleurum chinense, and appropriate amount of salt. Preparation: First, slaughter the green-headed duck, remove feathers, gut it, and wash it thoroughly. Crush the above four herbs, wrap them in gauze, and stuff them into the cleaned duck's abdomen. Place the duck in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook until the duck meat is thoroughly cooked. Add salt to taste. Dosage: Drink the soup and eat the duck meat. Take on an empty stomach. Efficacy: Tonifies the spleen and stomach, promotes yang and diuresis. Suitable for those with benign prostatic hyperplasia due to qi deficiency, manifested as difficulty urinating, lower abdominal distension, urge to urinate but inability to do so, fatigue, and poor appetite.

Kidney-Nourishing Soup Ingredients: 1 pair of sheep kidneys, 10 grams each of scallion whites and ginger, 500 grams of mallow seeds, salt and MSG to taste. Preparation: Wash the sheep kidneys, remove the membranes, and chop finely. Add scallion whites, ginger, and enough water to cover and cook until tender. Season with salt and MSG, and add the stir-fried mallow seeds. Dosage: Consume as desired. Efficacy: Nourishes the kidneys and promotes urination. Suitable for urinary retention due to insufficient kidney qi, with symptoms such as pale complexion, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, and difficulty urinating.

Amomum tsao-ko, mutton offal, and sunflower seed soup. Ingredients: 500g mutton, 1 sheep lung, 1 sheep stomach, 250g mushrooms. Preparation: First, simmer the mutton, amomum tsao-ko, and galangal to make a broth. Then, finely chop the separately cooked sheep stomach, lung, and mushrooms and add them to the broth. Add pepper, sunflower seeds, scallions, salt, and vinegar to make a soup. Separately, cook thin noodles from wheat flour and mix them with this soup. Dosage: Consume as desired. Effects: Regulates qi and promotes urination, warms the middle jiao and dispels cold, moistens the lungs and tonifies the kidneys. Suitable for urinary retention due to deficiency and cold. This formula is both beneficial and tonifying, and is particularly suitable for water retention caused by imbalances in the qi transformation of the spleen, lungs, and kidneys.

Ingredients for Ginseng and Astragalus Extract: 250g Codonopsis pilosula, 250g Astragalus membranaceus, 500g white sugar. Preparation: Soak the Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus membranaceus thoroughly and decoct, collecting the liquid every 30 minutes, for a total of 3 decoctions; combine the liquids and simmer over low heat until thick and viscous. Let cool, add white sugar and stir well. Dry in the sun, crush, and store in a porcelain jar for later use. Dosage: 10g each time, dissolved in boiling water, twice daily, for regular use. Efficacy: Suitable for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) due to deficiency of Qi in the middle Jiao (Spleen and Spleen).