Can acupuncture treat the prostate?

Acupuncture can generally help improve prostate diseases, but it cannot achieve a complete cure.

There are many types of prostate diseases, including prostatitis, prostatic hyperplasia, prostate cancer and other lesions. These diseases may cause patients to feel distension and pain in the lower abdomen. Acupuncture can accelerate local blood circulation and metabolism, and help improve the symptoms of lower abdominal pain. Therefore, it has an auxiliary therapeutic effect in the treatment of prostate diseases, but it cannot completely cure it.

You also need to go to the hospital for examination through prostate color ultrasound and prostate CT. If necessary, a pathological biopsy is required to diagnose the cause of the condition and take timely targeted treatment measures to improve it. If it is caused by prostatic inflammation, it can be treated with oral cefixime dispersible tablets or amoxicillin capsules, which can have anti-inflammatory and anti-infective effects. For prostate hyperplasia, it can be treated by taking oral medications such as Pule'an tablets and Qianliesule capsules, which can also help to effectively relieve the symptoms. After the occurrence of prostate cancer, it can be improved through tumor resection surgery or radiotherapy and chemotherapy, which can achieve the effect of inhibiting the development of the disease.