How does TCM understand prostate cancer?

There is no such disease name as prostate cancer in traditional Chinese medicine. According to the clinical symptoms, it is classified into the categories of "symptomatic accumulation", "urinary retention", "hematuria", "hemosemothermia", "deficiency and fatigue". Modern medicine has not yet identified the cause of the disease. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that prostate cancer is the result of the interaction of internal and external factors, which can be divided into five points:

1. Excessive consumption of five flavors: eating too much fat, sweet and greasy food, smoking, drinking and spicy food can damage the spleen and stomach, causing dysfunction of transportation and transformation, resulting in dampness and heat, which can cause this disease. Modern research shows that high-calorie diet, animal fat and vitamin AD, smoking and alcoholism are risk factors for prostate cancer.

2. Irregular daily life: Improper daily life, exposure to toxic substances, or excessive work and desire, insufficient kidney qi, blood exhaustion and sperm failure, which gather in the lower part of the body, leading to abnormal proliferation of prostate tissue. Modern medicine believes that excessive exposure to cadmium, intensity of sexual life and hormone levels may be positively correlated with the incidence of prostate cancer.

3. Six exogenous evils: "The eight winds of the four seasons invade the meridians and cause tumor diseases," said Lingshu. Modern research shows that prostate cancer may be related to viruses, chlamydia, mycoplasma, etc.

4. Emotional discomfort: Anger can damage the liver. The liver meridian goes around the genitals and reaches the lower abdomen. If sexual desire is not satisfied, the prostate gland will be repeatedly subjected to malignant stimulation. Or if sexual desire is not satisfied, one will be worried and anxious, and the fire in the body will be agitated. The prostate gland will often be in a state of congestion, which will cause qi stagnation, blood stasis, phlegm and toxins over time, and form cancer.

5. Congenital deficiency: Congenital deficiency makes it easy to be affected by external pathogens and accumulate internal pathogens. Currently, the family genetic tendency of prostate cancer has attracted people's attention.