Clinical Observations on the Treatment of 80 Chronic Prostatitis Patients with Combined Acupuncture and Medicine

• Published in: Journal of acupuncture and tuina science Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 47 - 49
• Main Author: 张银开 张明选 吴强 汪司右（译）
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer Nature B.V 01.02.2006; Fujian College of TCM, Fuzhou 350003, P.R.P.R. China
• Subjects: 前列腺炎; 细菌培养; 针刺疗法; 针药并用; 针刺疗法; Acupuncture Medication Combined; Prostatitis; 前列腺炎; Acupuncture Therapy; 针药并用
• ISSN: 1672-3597; 1993-0399
• DOI: 10.1007/BF02852358

Objective: To investigate if acupuncture can improve the curative effect of Western medicine on chronic prostatitis (CP).Methods: One hundred and ten patients with chronic prostatitis were randomly allocated to a treatment group of 80 cases and a control group of 30 cases. The clinical effects were evaluated according to cultures of bacteria in early-stream urine, midstream urine, prostate secretion(EPS) and after-massage urine(VB3).Results: Both the cure rate and the total efficacy rate were higher in the treatment group than in the control group(43/80 vs 10/30,P<0.01; 75/80 vs 25/30,P<0.05). In the treatment group there was no significant difference in curative effect between bacterial CP and nonbacterial CP(P>0.05). In the control group the curative effect on bacterial CP was significantly superior to that on nonbacterial CP.Conclusion: Treatment with combined acupuncture and medicine is a good therapy for nonbacterial CP.