TCM treatment of Ureaplasma

There are a lot of microbes in nature and our bodies, many of them are pathogenic. However, whether infected depends on the capability of immune system. This is also linked to the number of microorganisms and the formation of “flora balance”. Our body has a strong immune system, which defends the body from all kinds of microbes in order to protect health. Even a small number of highly pathogenic microorganisms, such as fulminating infectious diseases, do not infect all people. This is the reason why, in general, only a small number of people will be sick in the same environment, they have a physical decline and low resistance.

A variety of parasites accompany a person to its whole lifetime, mycoplasma and Chlamydia are parasites in normal human body. They and many other "parasites" restrict each other to achieve a dynamic balance, so that each quantity has been under control and they will not impact human body, this is technically called "flora balance". However, overuse of antibiotics or physical decline, will destroy the original "flora balance", the number of some microbes will quickly increase and cause corresponding diseases.

Therefore, the treatment of genital tract Ureaplasma infection must be weighed carefully. The treatment for the spouse or sexual partners should also be careful. The key is to target the co-existence of other sexually transmitted pathogens. A lot of patients have been under antibiotic treatment for a long time and still tested positive, combined with new complications. The reason is very complex. Drug-resistance, detect errors, reagent failure, double infection (long-term use of antibiotics could cause infection of fungi or insensitive bacteria), even psychological factors. Generally, drugs which are effective against Chlamydia are also effective against Mycoplasma.

When necessary, western medicine treatment can use tetracyclines (the tetracycline, doxycycline, minocycline), macrolides (erythromycin, roxithromycin, azithromycin, erythromycin Ethylsuccinate), quinolones(commonly ofloxacin, levofloxacin), spectinomycin, clindamycin and clarithromycin for 1 to 2 weeks. Erythromycin is invalid in treatment of Mycoplasma hominis, clindamycin is invalid on Ureaplasma.

Recently, drug resistance of Ureaplasma has raised much public attention, the overuse of antibiotics may be an important factor. The proportion of Ureaplasma strains resistant to tetracycline accounts for 10% ~ 20.6%, resistant to doxycycline accounts for 8% ~ 27.5%, resistant to erythromycin accounts for 10% ~ 52.4%. Ureaplasma and Mycoplasma hominis strains which are resistant to ofloxacin account for nearly 20%. In addition, the drug resistance of roxithromycin and azithromycin has also been reported.

Some experts suggested that in order to control potential spread of drug-resistance pathogens, traditional Chinese medication preparation should be taken into account. The advantage of Chinese medicine treatment is no drug resistance and no side effect. Western treatment can be matched with pure traditional Chinese medicine preparation like Fuyan pills. Traditional Vhinese medicine has the effect of detoxifcation. It contains prescription to clear away heat and toxic material, promote blood circulation and dissolve stasis, it can root out varied bacteria and virus and keep the risk of reappearance to a very low level, which is helpful to the self-development of immune system. "Fuyan Pill" is distilled from natural herbal extracts like Bupleurum, Tuckahoe and Scutellarin. Concluded from years of clinical experience, it doesn’t contain any side effects.