Chinese herbs have been used to treat benign prostate hypertrophy. Most traditional Chinese medicine herbalists use herbs in combination with each other as formulas, rather than as separate materials. The proper mixture of herbs is usually prepared after the herbalist interviews the patient in order to determine his precise problem. For example, one commercially available product recommended for the treatment of BPH is Qian Lie Xian Yan Wan, which consists of a mixture of more than a dozen natural products, including Vaccaria segetalis seed, Paeonia veitchii root, Astragalus membranaceus root, Paeonia suffruticosa root-bark, Clematis armandi stem, Aucklandia lappa root, Corydalis yanhusuo rhizome, and Glycyrrhiza uralensis root. Another product recommended for the treatment of BPH is a classical formula called Rehmannia Eight Formula, which consists of eight Chinese herbs: Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia), Shan Zhu Yu (Cornus), Shan Yao (Dioscorea), Ze Xie (Alisma), Fu Ling (Poria), Mu Dan Pi (Moutan), Fu Zi (Aconite), and Rou Gui (CinnamonBark).

Acupuncture is one form of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that can be used to treat benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH). Very fine needles are inserted beneath the skin to stimulate one or more of the meridians through which qi flows in to and out of the prostate. Qi, pronounced "chee," is the body’s life energy, and meridians are channels in the body through which qi flows. When channels become blocked, a medical problem like BPH may develop. In most urogential problems, it is the Liver meridian that is affected. The actual acupuncture points to be treated by this method are not necessarily located near the prostate gland itself. They could be in the arms, ears, legs, or some other region distant from the prostate; typical points include Liver 5, Ren 6, and Bladder 2. A practitioner of TCM will be able to locate the most appropriate meridians and acupuncture points that can treat your specific case of benign prostate hypertrophy.