The five major types of prostatic hyperplasia:
1. Spleen and kidney qi deficiency syndrome
Symptoms: urinary weakness, frequent urination, dribbling of urine, fatigue, oliguria, pale tongue, and weak pulse
Treatment: tonify the kidney and diuretic, tonify the spleen and invigorate qi
Prescription medicine: add or subtract the tonic qi decoction
2. Kidney yin deficiency syndrome
Symptoms: frequent urination, yellow urine, difficulty urinating, soreness in the waist and knees, tinnitus and dizziness, five heart irritability, red tongue, little moss, and thin pulse
Treatment: diuretic, tonifying the kidney and nourishing yin
Prescription medicine: Zhibai Dihuang pill plus or minus
3. Dampness and heat accumulation
Symptoms: burning urine, urgency and frequent urination, abdominal distension and dry throat, difficulty urinating, red tongue, yellow greasy, pulse count
Treatment: Eliminate the symptoms and clear the dampness and heat
Prescription medicine: Gentian laxative liver decoction plus or minus
4. Kidney Yang insufficiency
Symptoms: weak urination, frequent urination, small amount of urine, thin urine line, white face and cold abdomen, cold limbs, pale tongue, pale moss, and thin pulse
Treatment: Transform qi and water, warm and replenish kidney yang
Prescription: Jisheng Kidney Qi Pill plus or minus
5. Qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome
Symptoms: poor urination, painful urination, thinning of the urine line, perineal suffocation, dark tongue with petechiae, pulse strings or astringency
Treatment: Channeling diuresis, promoting qi and invigorating blood
Prescription medicine: Agarwood powder plus or minus