[The treatment of method of regulating qi by alleviation of mental depress in chronic abacteria prostatitis].

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of method of regulating qi by alleviation of mental depress for chronic abacteria prostatitis (CAP).

Methods: From Aug. 2000 to Dec. 2000, 60 patients underwent TCM treatment with either method of regulating qi by alleviation of mental depress (31 cases) or promoting blood circulation (29 cases).

Results: The marked rate and effective rate were 83.86%, 93.55% in treatment group, and 65.52%, 93.10% in the control group, respectively. The marked rate in treatment group was higher than that of control group. Scores of NIH-CPSI were more decreased in treatment group than that in control group(P < 0.05). The quality of life improved significantly in treatment group than that in control group (P < 0.05).

Conclusions: Method of regulating qi by alleviation of mental depress had its advantage over methods of promoting blood circulation for CAP and was an effective treatment modality for CAP.