Treatment of prostatitis is a long-term process. An integrated approach is used - medication use, lifestyle changes - moderate physical activity, proper nutrition, avoidance of bad habits, and herbal medicines. Treatment of prostatitis with folk remedies is not forbidden and is even welcomed by many medical professionals, because alternative medicine really helps to speed up the healing process. Experience shows that the use of folk remedies is sometimes more effective than the use of drugs. Learn how to treat prostatitis in men with folk remedies?
Benefits of alternative treatment of prostatitis
In most clinical pictures, a man seeks medical help when the disease becomes chronic. Ignoring the symptoms aggravates the condition, which delays recovery forever. Early stages of inflammation of the prostate are suitable for therapy, especially folk remedies.
Alternative medicine offers many recipes that will help you get rid of the negative symptoms of prostatitis. However, the use of folk remedies is not always advisable, because they isolate forms of the disease that can be treated only with one drug. These include the acute phase of the disease, bacterial, infectious and calculous prostatitis. With such pathologies, it is recommended to combine drugs prescribed by a doctor and non-traditional methods of treatment.
Strong drugs are often prescribed to treat prostatitis. As you know, the drug has not only indications for use, but also contraindications, an effective side effect. And this is true, because sometimes the positive effect of pills on the prostate gland is accompanied by a deterioration in overall well-being.
Advantages of alternative medicine:
- Phyto-medicines do not contain chemical and synthetic components that ensure the safety of the body;
- Mild effect on the human immune system;
- Minimum probability of adverse events. In most cases tinctures and decoctions are well tolerated by patients;
- Profit. Folk remedies are much cheaper than drugs.
Important: folk remedies for prostatitis can not be used in the acute form of the disease, because in this case the patient needs urgent care - strong medication or even surgery.
The use of folk remedies is recommended when the diagnosis is confirmed by laboratory and instrumental diagnostic methods. Unlike medicines, herbal medicines work a little milder, so there will be no rapid therapeutic effect.
Clay therapy
Blue (preferably) or black clay is used to treat prostatitis. Has anti-inflammatory properties. The method of therapy is simple: the clay powder should be diluted with lukewarm water or herbal-based plasticine to a consistency. Bend a cake at least three centimeters in diameter out of the mass. The glands are applied to the area where the organ is located. The duration of the manipulation is three hours.
It is noted that the pain syndrome can develop 30-60 minutes after the cake is placed, but this is normal. Experts say that the pain is a sign that the clay has begun to work. You can not go out for 2 hours after the procedure.
Another use of clay:
- Dissolve wheat bran in plain water. Add enough clay to the liquid to get a plasticine mass at the outlet.
- A cake is prepared as in the previous version.
- Then a piece of wool is immersed in warm water and applied to the perineum or sacrum. Put a cake on top. Piece again.
- Make a commitment. Leave on overnight.
The duration of the described method of treatment is two weeks. Healers note an improvement on day 3-4 of the therapeutic course. A full course will allow you to forget the symptoms of prostatitis forever.
Fact: Clay therapy has been proven for centuries to treat prostatitis. There is no doubt about its effectiveness, although it does not know exactly why such therapy works. Clay manipulation eliminates inflammation, reduces swelling of the prostate gland. Prostate cells and tissues are cleansed, full function of the body is restored. In men, the urinary process is normalized, erectile function improves.
You can use clay at any age, there are no contraindications. The only caveat is that you can't re-apply it every time you need to make a new cake. Local side effects in the form of redness of the skin are possible due to individual intolerance.
Coniferous baths
Traditional treatments for prostatitis in men include baths. Often they are made with a collection of herbs or needles. The essence of the therapeutic effect is that warming the whole body helps to strengthen metabolic and metabolic processes, the body's blood circulation.
Coniferous baths provide the following effects:
- Reduces swelling and pain syndrome in the background of prostatitis;
- Trophism (nutrition) of tissues is normalized;
- Toxins and free radicals are removed from the prostate;
- As tissue regeneration accelerates, cells recover;
- The secretory function of the glandular organ is normalized;
- Local immune status is increasing.
Coniferous baths can be taken for all types of prostatitis. There are no contraindications, and among the side effects differ only an allergic reaction to the needles. Occurs in 0, 001% of people.
Needle extract can be bought at the pharmacy or prepared yourself. Recipe: 200 g of fresh needles are added to three liters of water (you can take cedar or spruce). Put the liquid on the fire with the needles and cook under the lid for 90-120 minutes. There is another recipe for the extract: add 300 g of pine needles to three liters of boiling water, leave for 5–6 hours. After firing, boil until half of the liquid is left.
Worth to know: add more than 200 ml of coniferous concentrate to 50-60 liters of water. If the needles are in tablet or powder form, 80 g is added to the bath.
Treatment of the prostate for men, especially with folk remedies with needles, has certain rules. To achieve the desired therapeutic effect, you must follow the following recommendations:
- The optimal temperature of the liquid in the bath is 36-40 degrees.
- The water level reaches the middle of the chest. It can be lower, and higher is impossible.
- The duration of the manipulation is 15 minutes.
- If dizziness is observed, the bath is stopped.
- Do not bathe immediately after eating.
- The candle bath is done shortly before bedtime.
- The course of treatment is 2 weeks, a bath is taken every day.
- It is allowed to take a bath every day, but the course of therapy is 28 days.
If the recommendations listed are followed, the man will notice that the skin is red during the procedure, giving a slight tingling sensation. These symptoms indicate an increase in blood circulation in the body. Sometimes there is a feeling of warmth in the parts of the body that do not sink in the bath - this is normal. Frying should not be accompanied by swelling or rash. When such symptoms occur, the use of acupuncture baths is contraindicated.
Contraindications for coniferous baths: atherosclerosis of blood vessels, decompensated arterial hypertension, oncological pathologies. You can not take a bath with an exacerbation of chronic diseases on the background of cough, fever, chills, shortness of breath and fever accompanied by fever.
Physical training
Physical inactivity - low physical activity leads to pelvic congestion, circulatory disorders, which provoke prostatitis. For moderate prostatitis, moderate exercise is a mandatory part of treatment. Exercise increases the excretion of prostate secretions, strengthens pelvic muscles, normalizes metabolic processes, blood circulation, which together help to restore the normal functioning of the prostate.
For information: In chronic prostatitis, it is not recommended to load the body with strenuous exercise - everything should have a measure. Permitted types of load: swimming, morning exercises or jogging before breakfast, yoga, brisk walking.
Effective exercises for prostatitis at home:
- To build. This exercise involves pulling the anus muscles. During breathing, the muscles are pulled in and relaxed during exhalation. Repeat twice a day. Each workout is a minimum of 10 approaches;
- Scissors. The man lies on his back, lifts his legs and spreads to the sides. Then you need to bring the lower limbs together and cross, then return to the original position. "Scissors" can be done while lying on your stomach. Such a performance is given a little tougher, but is more efficient than the first option;
- "Walk behind. " The man sits on the floor, then must move in any direction with his hips. You need to "walk" 50-60 meters in one workout;
- Bicycle. Starting position - the man lies on his back, straightens his arms behind his head, raises his legs and imitates riding a bicycle. One workout covers 20-30 revolutions.
Exercise really works, but only if a man does it regularly - at least 5 times a week. It is recommended to forget about the elevator, because climbing stairs also improves blood circulation in the body.
Prostatitis can be treated, but it is difficult. Therefore, prevention - a proper and balanced diet, good rest, adherence to a drinking regimen, regular sexual intercourse and preventive visits to the urologist, you should take comprehensive action.