Mechanism of Huayu Jianpi Fangshi decoction in urolithiasis prevention: a randomized trial.

Background: This study aims to explore the mechanism of the Huayu Jianpi Fangshi decoction in urolithiasis prevention.

Methods: The present study was designed as a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Sixty patients with the qi stagnation and blood stasis, spleen deficiency, and dampness obstruction types of urolithiasis were randomly divided into two groups: the treatment group and the control group (n=30 in both groups).

[A clinical study on psycho-behavior therapy for premature ejaculation].

Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy of psycho-behavior therapy for premature ejaculation (PE).

Methods: A total of 58 PE patients that met the study criteria were treated by psycho-behavior therapy, 2-3 times a week, for a 6-time course. After the treatment, the therapeutic effect was assessed by observation of the changes in the patients' CIPE-5 scores.

[Recognition and thoughts for diagnosis and treatment of chronic prostatitis in integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine].

The etiology, pathogenesis, and diagnostic criteria of chronic prostatitis were reviewed in this article. Based on clinical practice, the authors systematically discussed the thoughts and methods for the treatment of chronic prostatitis by integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine. Meanwhile, advice on disputed problems in clinical study of prostatits were given, such as curative effect estimation value of the number of leukocytes in expressed prostatic secretion (EPS) and bacterial culture in EPS, the opportunity and treatment course of antibiotics, National Institutes of Health chronic prostatitis symptom index, classification of syndromes of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), TCM symptom score, and clinical study period.