Urination Difficulty due to Prostate Enlargement by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu 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: Click on the links: 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﹐ |