Acupuncture for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

Inclusion Criteria: * 1.History of pain perceived in the prostate region and absence of other lower urinary tract pathology for a minimum of three of the past 6 months. In addition, any associated lower urinary tract symptoms, sexual function, and psychological factors should be addressed. Physical examinations, urinary analyses, and urine cultures will be performed for all subjects; * 2\. Age 18 to 50 years. * 3\. NIH Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH- CPSI) total score ≥ 15. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Prostate, bladder, or urethral cancer, seizure disorder in any medical history. * 2\. Inflammatory bowel disease, active urethral stricture, neurologic disease or disorder affecting the bladder, liver disease, neurologic impairment or psychiatric disorder preventing understanding of consent and self-report scale. * 3\. Urinary tract infection with a urine culture value of more than 100,000 CFU/mL, clinical evidence of urethritis, including urethral discharge or positive culture, diagnostic of sexually transmitted diseases (including gonorrhoea, chlamydia, mycoplasma or trichomonas, but not including HIV/AIDS), symptoms of acute or chronic epididymitis). * 4\. Residual urine volume≥100ML. * 5\. Qmax≤15ML/S. * 6\. Prior 4 weeks used androgen hormone inhibitors (finasteride), alpha-blockers (terazosin HCI, doxazosin mesylate, tamsulosin hydrochloride), antibiotics (ciprofloxacin hydrochloride), or any other prostatitis-specific medication (including herb and Chinese medici…