慢性前列腺炎中医外治疗法研究进展

慢性前列腺炎（Chronic Prostatitis,CP）是一种好发于20～40岁青壮年男性的慢性泌尿生殖系统炎症,在我国的发病率约为8.4%。现代医学对其发病机制仍不十分清楚,导致临床疗效并不理想。中医药在治疗CP上有一定的优势和潜力,尤其是中医外治疗法具有避免内服药引起的肝脏的首过效应和不良反应,且渗透吸收快,起效迅速,能充分发挥药物作用的优点,正越来越引起人们的关注,已成为研究的热点。目前,许多学者在临床试验方面作了大量的研究,积累了大量有效的经验。

Research Progress on External Therapy of Chinese Medicine Treating Chronic Prostatitis

Chronic prostatitis （CP） is a common chronic urinogenital inflammatory disease which is apt to occur on male patients aged about 20 to 40 years old whose onset rate in China is about 8. 4% of Chinese population. Its pathogenesis in modern medicine is still unclear,leading to not satisfactory clinical effect. Traditional Chinese medicine has certain advantages and potential in the treatment of CP. Especially the external therapies of traditional Chinese medicine have the advantages of avoiding the first-pass effect of orally-admin-istration medicine caused by the liver and adverse reactions,being absorbed quickly,instant therapeutic effect,giving full play to the drug action. Therefore,TCM external therapies are getting more and more attention,and becoming a research hotspot. At present,many scholars have done a lot of research in clinical trials,accumulating a large number of effective experience.