Article 147: Simple Remedies, Dietary Therapy, and Daily Precautions for Non-gonococcal Urethritis

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Treatment and recuperation of common diseases

Traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for treating non-gonococcal urethritis

1. Smilax glabra 30g, Kochia scoparia 15g, Phellodendron chinense 15g, Sophora flavescens 15g. One dose per day, decocted in water, used to fumigate and wash the affected area 2-3 times daily.

2. 15g of Cnidium monnieri, 15g of Dictamnus dasycarpus root bark, 15g of Kochia scoparia fruit, 30g of Taraxacum mongolicum, 10g of Anemarrhena asphodeloides rhizome, 10g of Phellodendron chinense bark, and 15g of Smilax glabra rhizome. One dose daily, decocted in water, used for fumigation and washing of the affected area, 2-3 times daily.

3. 30 grams of Kochia scoparia fruit, 9 grams of Lygodium japonicum, and 6 grams of Glycyrrhiza uralensis. Decocted in water and taken in two divided doses, one dose per day.

4. Dandelion 30g, purslane 30g, Pyrrosia lingua 30g, Phellodendron bark 9g, Sophora flavescens 9-15g, Bupleurum chinense 9-18g. Decocted in water, taken in two divided doses, one dose per day.

5. 30g each of Lysimachia christinae, Plantago asiatica, Eclipta prostrata, Leonurus japonicus, Juncus effusus, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Polygonatum sibiricum, and Dioscorea opposita. Decoct in water and take one dose daily.

6. 30g of Hedyotis diffusa, 30g of centipede, 30g of Plantago asiatica (wrapped), 12g of Cirsium japonicum, 12g of Poria cocos, 15g of Imperata cylindrica root, 12g of Alisma plantago-aquatica, 9g of Rubia cordifolia root, 12g of Cirsium japonicum, and 30g of Patrinia scabiosaefolia. Decoct in water and take one dose daily.

Dietary therapy for treating non-gonococcal urethritis

1. Ingredients: 50g dandelion, 30g honeysuckle, 50g mung beans, 50g Job's tears, 10 jujubes, and appropriate amount of white sugar. First, decoct the dandelion and honeysuckle, remove the dregs and keep the liquid. Then add the mung beans, Job's tears, and jujubes, and cook into porridge until done. Add white sugar to taste. Consume as needed, 2-3 times daily.

2. Wash 30 grams each of Viola yedoensis, Taraxacum mongolicum, Patrinia scabiosaefolia, and Imperata cylindrica. Add 500 ml of water and decoct to obtain 400 ml. Add an appropriate amount of brown sugar. Drink 200 ml each time, twice a day.

3. Two pork kidneys, 15g of Malva verticillata seeds, 30g of Poria cocos, 10g of Amomum villosum, 10g of ginger, and 10 jujubes. Remove the fat membrane from the pork kidneys, slice them, and soak them in water for half an hour to remove the urinous odor. Wash the Malva verticillata seeds and Poria cocos, put them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer over low heat for 1 hour. Strain and keep the liquid. Add the pork kidneys, Amomum villosum, jujubes, and ginger to the liquid, cook for about 5 minutes, and add salt to taste. Eat the meat and drink the soup, with meals in the morning and evening.

4. Ingredients: 150g fresh grapes, 50g honeysuckle, 50g forsythia, 150g fresh lotus root, and appropriate amount of honey. Wash the grapes and lotus root, mash them to extract the juice. Wash the honeysuckle and forsythia, add an appropriate amount of water, decoct to extract the juice, and heat to concentrate. Mix the two juices together, simmer over low heat until it becomes a paste, add an equal amount of honey, and bring to a boil. Take 1 tablespoon each time, dissolved in boiling water, 3 times a day.

5. Ingredients: 50g fresh hops, 50g fresh oldenlandia diffusa, 30g fresh plantain, 10g ginger, 10g dried tangerine peel, appropriate amounts of water chestnut flour and rock sugar. Preparation: Wash the hops, oldenlandia diffusa, plantain, and dried tangerine peel. Place them in a pot with the ginger and add enough water to cover. Simmer over low heat for 30-40 minutes. Remove the dregs and add the juice. Add the rock sugar and moistened water chestnut flour. Turn off the heat and let it cool until it becomes a thick soup. Dosage: 1-2 tablespoons each time, 2-3 times daily, as a side dish.

What should we pay attention to in daily life?

1. Eliminate anxiety and actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment.

2. Abstain from sexual intercourse for at least two weeks before and after treatment to help with a complete cure.

3. Drink plenty of water during treatment to reduce urine concentration and alleviate irritation to the urethra.

4. Do not drink alcohol. Drinking alcohol can worsen urethral congestion and exacerbate inflammation.

How to prevent

1. The key to prevention is to avoid unsafe sexual practices. In addition, hygiene in public bathhouses is also important; bathing in tubs is discouraged, and clothes should be stored separately.

2. Gonorrhea increases the chances of developing this disease, so it is important to actively treat gonorrhea and achieve a complete cure. After gonorrhea is cured, tests should be conducted to check for non-gonococcal urethritis.

3. If one spouse becomes ill, the other spouse should undergo laboratory tests and seek treatment promptly if the illness is discovered.

chancroid

Chancroid is prevalent in certain tropical and subtropical regions, particularly in ports frequented by seafarers. It is more common in men than women, with a male-to-female ratio of 10:1. Statistics show that chancroid ranks fifth in incidence among more than ten sexually transmitted diseases in my country. Chancroid is often co-infected with other sexually transmitted diseases, with co-infections with syphilis accounting for 12%–15%. It frequently occurs among people with poor hygiene, has a rapid onset and progression, and is highly contagious.

Causes of disease

Haemophilus ducreyi is the pathogen that causes this disease; it is a Gram-negative bacillus.

Transmission routes

Chancroid is mostly transmitted through sexual contact. During intercourse, infection occurs through direct contact with the secretions from open wounds and pus from ulcers of an infected person. Some female patients may remain carriers even after their wounds have healed, and sexual intercourse with these asymptomatic carriers can also lead to infection. While casual contact with an infected person will not transmit chancroid, infection can occur through contact with their wounds if proper disinfection and isolation are not followed. Due to the variety of sexual practices prevalent in modern times, the disease can also occur near the anus, hands, eyelids, lips, and breasts.

Clinical manifestations

After Haemophilus ducreyi invades the body, it causes single or multiple painful necrotic ulcers at the contact site of the genitals. The incubation period is generally 1-6 days after sexual intercourse. At the site of infection, inflammatory erythema, papules, vesicles, or small pustules appear, surrounded by an inflammatory halo, which soon rupture to form ulcers. The ulcers are round, oval, or irregular in shape, 1-2 cm in diameter. The base of the ulcer is richly vascularized granulomatous tissue, tender to the touch and prone to bleeding. The base is not as hard as a chancre, and the ulcer has a burning sensation when in contact with urine. Initially, it appears as a single ulcer, but due to autoinoculation, it often arranges satellites around the primary ulcer, ranging in size from small, seed-like to as large as a fingernail. Sometimes they merge to form large ulcers, and sometimes they rapidly destroy large areas of tissue, causing vulvar deformities and a foul odor. Without complications, the ulcers generally heal spontaneously within 3-8 weeks, leaving shallow scars.