Although the use of acupuncture would appear to be symptomatic therapy, one of the long-term effects of embedding needles in patients' ears for ongoing pain relief includes changes in a patient's chemical profile -- i.e. when the corresponding sciatic area in the ear was treated, there would eventually be a change with cellular zinc and potassium levels. This would explain the permanent pain relief some patients experience following certain types of acupuncture treatments, unlike - or in addition to - the supposed endorphin effect.
In some cases, stomach acid-lowering medications appear to help improve
prostatitis symptoms, which is likely due to the calcium-raising effect that many of these types of stomach remedies exhibit. Calcium is not only a very potent zinc antagonist, but it has significant anti-inflammatory properties as well. When taking larger amounts of calcium, it may be prudent to include higher doses of Vitamin D for its (prostate) cancer-protective properties also.
Since mainstream medicine does not have a very good track record in the successful treatment of Chronic Prostatitis (CP) - particularly abacterial varieties, many men look into alternative methodstrying to resolve their problem, and they frequently end up using a shotgun approach by combining all the advice gathered from various sources.
