Natural Approaches to Treating Chronic Prostatitis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes

摘要

Chronic prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain affect a significant number of men in the western world. The various factors that appear to play a role in its pathogenesis, including breakdown in the urine-prostate barrier ("leaky prostate syndrome"), chronic inflammation, the role of infectious organisms, and autoimmune and other pathologic factors are considered.Various natural therapies to address these problems are discussed, including Juniperus communis, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Ros-marinus officinalis, Mahonia aquifolium, Berberis haematocarpa, Camellia sinensis, Allium sativum, Hypericum perforation, Equisetum arvense, Centella asiatica, N-acetylglucosamine, quercetin, brome-lain, Secale cereale pollen, Aesculus hippocastanum, Eryngium yucci-folium, Fouquieria splendens, Betula spp., Solidago canadensis, Achillea millefolium, Houttuynia cordata, Larrea tridentata, sitz baths, suppositories, Panax ginseng, Panax quinquefolius, Schisandra chi-nensis, Eleutherococcus senticosus, Trametes versicolor, Lentinula edo-des, Withania somnifera, Passiflora incarnata, Scutellaria lateriflora, and Valeriana sitchensis.