by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu      (in English and Chinese 中英文)

As men grow older about 50% of 55 years old suffer from prostate enlargement and by the time men reach 80 years old, more than 75% of them suffer from prostate enlargement.

Traditionally, surgery is the main solution but more and more patients are selecting non surgery treatments.

One of the main causes is that testosterone turns into excess dihydrotestosterone which stimulate the cells of the prostate glands and causes the cells to multiply which causes the

enlargement of the prostate glands. Urinary tract infection or prostate inflammation,  or blood circulation stasis in the pelvic area also can make the symptoms worse.

The medication available for prostate enlargement mainly falls under the following categories:

1. adrenergic blocker

2. reductase inhibitors

3. leuteinization stimulating hormone

4. anti cholestrol drugs

5. anti testosterone drugs

6. herbal remedies

The herbal remedies can possess the functions of the above medications.

Chinese herb formulas for different syndromes:

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Formula #1 For conditions of qixu (qi deficient) 氣虛, shenxu (kidney deficient) 腎虛 , yinxu (yin deficient) 陰虛,  yangxu (yang deficient)陽 虛,  and yu is  heavy and urination difficulty:                                                                   

huang qi 10 g, liu ji nu 10 g, shu di 10, shan yao 12, yu rou 8 g, hu po 10 g, chen xiang 1 g, wang bu liu xing 12 g.

If blood stasis  is serious, add rou gui 2 g, dan pi 12 g.

If yangxu (yang deficient) , add xian ling pi 10 g, lu jiao shuang 10 g.

If wet heat is heavy, add bai jiang cao 12 g, chi shao 12 g.

Boil with water. Simmer for 25 minutes. One prescription a day.

Make into 3 servings.

Note: the weight of herbs is edited by the editor to be used as

sample.

Please see footnote.

See shenyangxu

朱良春﹕劉寄奴治前列腺肥大溺癃

黃耆 10 克﹐劉 寄奴 10 克﹐熟地 10 克﹐山 藥 12 克﹐山 茱萸 8 克﹐

琥 珀 10 克﹐沉 香 1 克﹐王 不留行 12 克。

加減法﹕

血淤甚 者::加 肉桂 2 克﹐丹皮 12 克。

陽虛者::加 仙靈脾 10 克﹐鹿 角霜 10 克。

 shu di 4 qian, huai shan 3 qian, yu rou 4 qian, dan pi 3 qian, ze xie 4 qian, tu si zi 1 liang,

sang sheng 5 qian, fu pen zi 3 qian, huang bai 3 qian, zhi mu 1.5 qian, niu xi 3 qian, shi chang pu 3 qian.

Boil with 3000 cc of water. Simmer till 1000 cc is left.

Make into

5 servings.

One prescription a day.

1 qian = 3.75 g (old measurement)

SOURCE: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

黃柏牛膝方治前列腺肥大溺癃

熟地四錢﹐淮山藥三錢﹐山 茱萸四錢﹐丹皮三錢﹐澤 瀉四錢 ﹐菟絲子一 兩﹐

桑椹五錢﹐覆盆子三錢﹐黄柏三 錢﹐知母 錢半﹐牛膝三錢﹐石菖蒲三錢。

加水3000 cc。煎至1000 cc。分五份﹐溫服。        

Boil with water. Used as tea.

This formula has been used by 80 patients.

Effective rate was 86.3%.

Source of formula:

經利彬﹐北平研究院﹐生理學研究中文

文匯﹐1935﹔(2)﹕39

前列腺肥大

處方﹕知母﹐黃柏﹐牛膝 各 20 克﹐丹 參 30 克﹐大黃  12 克﹐益母草 50 克。 加水1600 cc。

煎取 700 cc。分三次﹐溫服。

Prescription:                                           

dan pi 7 g, cang zhu 7 g, dong gua zi 18 g, yi yi ren 40 g, tu fu ling 18 g. Add 2000 cc of water and simmer till 700 cc

xian ling pi  10  g,  nu zhen zi 9 g,   qi zi  10 g, jin ying zi 9 g,

 ren shen 6 g,   huang qi 10 g, huang jing 10 g.

Add 1200 cc of water and simmer till 500 cc is left.

Make into 2 servings. Drink while warm.                     

人參黃精湯

功能補腎健脾、益气通淋，用治腎虛與脾 虛所致

的前列腺增生症.

處方﹕

仙靈脾 10 g、女貞子 9 g、枸杞子 10 g、金櫻子9 g、

人參 6 g、黃耆 10 g、黃 精 10 g。

加水1400 cc。以慢火煎至600 cc。 分兩份﹐溫服。

If prostate enlargement is the result of  shenxu (kidney deficient) conditions, the patients also show zinc deficiency.