Study on chronic pelvic pain syndrome treated with Huzhangyuzhuo decoction / 中华中医药杂志

Objective:To observe the therapeutic effect and mechanism of Huzhangyuzhuo decoction on treating chronic pelvic pain syndrome(CPPS).Methods:46 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into control group(n=10) and experiment group(n=36).The CPPS rat model was induced by intraperitoneal injection of diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccine and subcutaneous injection of puri ed prostate protein with FCA suspension.Rats in experiment group were subdivided into model group,Chinese medicine group and western medicine group(n=12).After 30 days of treatment,pathology changes of prostate were observed,and levels of IL-1?,COX-2,PGE2,?-EP in prostate homogenate were measured by ELISA.Results:Huzhangyuzhuo decoction greatly reduced the in ammation of prostate and relieved the structure damage.At the same time,Huzhangyuzhuo decoction can decrease the level of IL-1?,COX-2,PGE2 and increase level of ?-EP.Conclusions:Huzhangyuzhuo decoction might treat CPPS by regulating of cytokines in the prostate,depressing in ammation and relieving structure damage.

Problems and countermeasures of chronic prostatitis in study of TCM syndrome / 中华中医药杂志

To summarize the status of chinese medicine syndrome study in chronic prostatitis, emphatically analyze the key problems. In the national standard and textbook, the names of four syndrome types are not unifi ed, difference of symptoms description still exist, and diagnostic criteria of basic syndrome type needs to be clarified. Analysis of literature showed that syndrome differentiation was commonly based on the experience of physician in clinical practice. In addition to the four syndrome types, occurrence frequency of spleen qi deficiency and liver qi stagnation syndrome types are relatively high. Research method of syndrome should be improved urgently. This paper proposes counter measures: Clarify the commonly basic syndrome types and syndrome differentiation standards. Formulate the quantitative diagnostic criteria of basic syndrome types.conduct the prospectively multicenter clinical survey.

The correlation analysis between severity of symptom and SPL amounts in prostatic secretion of the patients with chronic prostatitis / 中华中医药杂志

Objective: To evaluate the correlation between severity of symptom and SPL amounts in expressed prostatic secretion(EPS).Methods: A total of 164 men enrolled in the study.Scores of CPSI and Chinese medicine syndrome were used to assess the severity of symptom.SPL acounts in EPS were also measured.The correlation between scores of CPSI,Chinese medicine syndrome and SPL acounts in EPS were analyzed.Results: There was no linear correlation between scores of CPSI,Chinese medicine syndrome and SPL amounts in EPS(P