Dietary therapy for chronic prostatitis and the physiological function of the foreskin

What are some dietary therapy methods for chronic prostatitis?

For patients with chronic prostatitis, the following dietary therapy methods can be selected as appropriate, in addition to appropriate medication.

(1) Stewed black-boned chicken with chestnuts: Wash the black-boned chicken, cut it into pieces, put it in a pot with chestnut kernels, salt and ginger, add an appropriate amount of water and steam until cooked. Eat it in 2 to 3 servings.

(2) Dandelion and Honeysuckle Porridge: 60g dandelion, 30g honeysuckle, 100g rice, and appropriate amount of sugar. To prepare, first put the dandelion and honeysuckle into a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water and decoct. Then remove the dregs and add the rice to the decoction to cook into a thin porridge. Add an appropriate amount of sugar after the porridge is cooked. Eat twice daily.

(3) Smilax glabra porridge: 30g Smilax glabra (100g fresh), 100g rice. To prepare, first wash the Smilax glabra, remove the outer skin, cut it into slices, put it in a clay pot, and simmer over medium heat for 30-40 minutes to extract the juice. Add the rice to the Smilax glabra juice and cook into porridge over medium heat. Eat 1-2 times a day.

(4) Water chestnut juice: Take 150 grams of water chestnuts (with skin), wash and remove the stems, chop and mash them, add 250 ml of warm water, mix well, filter out the residue and skin, drink the juice twice a day.

(5) 500 grams of sugarcane, peeled, cut into sections, juiced and drunk twice a day.

(6) Take 250 grams of fresh grapes, remove the skin and seeds, mash them, add an appropriate amount of warm water and drink, 1-2 times a day.

(7) Take an appropriate amount of royal jelly, add an appropriate amount of warm water, take it orally twice a day, 20-30 ml each time, for long-term use.

(8) Plantain Syrup: 100g plantain (400g fresh), 10g bamboo leaf heart (30g fresh), 10g raw licorice root, and appropriate amount of brown sugar. To make it, first put the plantain, bamboo leaf heart, and raw licorice root into a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and boil over medium heat for about 40 minutes. Then add brown sugar and boil for a short while. Drink it as a tea substitute every day.

(9) Rush pith and bitter melon soup: 6 bundles of rush pith and 200 grams of fresh bitter melon. To make it, first wash the bitter melon, remove the seeds and pith, cut it into small pieces, and simmer it with the rush pith to make soup.

(10) Winter melon, kelp and barley soup: 250g fresh winter melon (with skin), 50g raw barley, 100g kelp. To make it, first wash the winter melon and cut it into large chunks, wash the raw barley, and wash the kelp and cut it into thin slices. Put all three ingredients into a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water and cook into a soup.

Is foreskin useful?

Patients often come to the clinic requesting circumcision because they feel the foreskin is useless, that their foreskin is too long, or for cosmetic reasons. In fact, the foreskin, as a component of the male external genitalia, has important physiological functions. The medical community has been conducting research on the functions of the foreskin, and with in-depth research, our understanding of these functions has been updated. Currently, the medical community generally recognizes the following functions of the foreskin.

First, the foreskin covers the glans penis, providing protection. Normally, the foreskin and glans penis fit together well, effectively covering and protecting the glans. The moist environment between the foreskin and glans contains lysozyme, which can kill harmful microorganisms, thus preventing urinary tract infections.

Secondly, because the foreskin covers the glans penis, it can reduce and distribute the stimulation to the glans during sexual intercourse, thereby delaying ejaculation and preventing premature ejaculation. The edge of the foreskin is rich in mechanoreceptors, while the glans penis is rich in free nerve endings; the complex interaction between the two is essential for normal sexual behavior.

Secondly, the foreskin plays a lubricating role during sexual intercourse. The foreskin's structure is quite delicate, allowing it to slide freely, a feature unmatched by any other organ. On the inner surface of the foreskin and the surface of the glans penis is a layer of mucous membrane tissue. Tiny protrusions of this mucous membrane continuously grow towards the surface, eventually undergoing fatty degeneration. The degenerated tissue sheds, forming smegma. Smegma acts like a lubricant; its physiological function is to keep the foreskin cavity moist, increasing smoothness and pleasure during sexual intercourse. Clearly, without this lubricating function of the foreskin, excessive friction during intercourse would cause discomfort for both partners, negatively impacting the quality of their sexual experience.

Therefore, when paying attention to phimosis, one must not ignore the normal physiological function of the foreskin. If there is no indication for surgery, one should never rashly remove the foreskin.