Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS)

Comparing with the normal treatment like pain-killers, herbal medicine surprisingly has a more significant effect on patients with CPPS. In accordance with its features, CPPS, which is known as chronic pelvic pain syndrome, is a disease that is given when patients complain of severe pain or discomfort in the pelvic area with no infection can be found in prostate fluid and semen. Of course, there is also no pathological change on the prostate gland. In the view of modern western medicine, CPPS is triggered by inflammation or a causative agent, which can stimulate the nerves of the prostate gland and press pain or discomfort to sufferers, and has no effective solution. Western doctors hold the opinion that there is no need a cure if the pain or discomfort isn't severe. On the contrary, TCM takes the viewpoint that symptoms of CPPS such as pain or uncomfortable feelings mainly come from sluggish blood circulation and Qi deficiency. …show more content…
Antibiotics that are good at eliminating bacteria have no such opportunity to work its function because there are no bacteria. Even if bacteria exist, some side effects caused by antibiotics such as drug resistance and damages on liver and kidney will make antibiotics the worst choice. According to western doctors, patients with CPPS should take pain-killers to solve their problems, because they assume that pain can be the main problem that men have. Even though this pain would disappear when on medication, it would come back again after drug withdrawing.

"Herbal medicine shows its significant advantages on curing CPPS," states Dr. Lee, "diuretic and anti-inflammatory pill, as patented herbal medicine approved by SIPO in 2010, cures CPPS through improving the blood circulation of the prostate gland, enhancing immunity and self-healing