Depression, easily worries, anxiety, emotionally un-stable, possible plum pit syndrome, fullness in chest and hypochondriac regions.
Chinese Medicine Differentiation and Treatment [Read the rest of this entry...]
Impotence refers to the inability to have an erection or maintain an erection until ejaculation, which is often seen in sexual neurastenia and some chronic diseases.
Etiology and pathogenesis
Impotence is usually caused by the decline of fire from the gate of life and exhaustion of essence and blood as a result of early marriage, indulgence in sexual activity or frequent masturbation, damage to the kidney by fright, damage to the heart and spleen and further the Stomach Meridian of Foot-Yangming and Chong Meridian by worries. There are also some cases caused by the downward flow of dampness-heat. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Impotence refers to the inability to have an erection or maintain an erection until ejaculation, which is often seen in sexual neurastenia and some chronic diseases.
Impotence can be classified as primary or secondary. A man with primary impotence has never had successful intercourse with a partner but may achieve normal erections in other situations. This rare condition is difficult to treat.
Treatment of secondary impotence is more successful than that of primary impotence because, despite current impotence problems, there is some history of success with completing intercourse in the past.
In TCM, impotence is usually caused by the decline of fire from the gate of life and exhaustion of essence and blood as a result of early marriage, indulgence in sexual activity or frequent masturbation, damage to the kidney by fright, damage to the heart and spleen and further the Stomach Meridian of Foot-Yangming and Chong Meridian by worries. There are also some cases caused by the downward flow of dampness-heat. The syndrome differentiation is failure to have an erection or inability to maintain a satisfactory erection, premature ejaculation. The accompanying symptoms are dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, insomnia, pale complexion, lassitude, soreness and weakness in the loin and knees, thready and weak pulse.
Treatment of the disease is to invigorate kidney qi and benefit the heart and spleen.
1. Insufficiency of kidney essence: overstrain, or overindulgence in sexual activities have consumed the kidney essence, thus the “sea of marrow” becomes empty, so there could appear such manifestations as bent back, premature loss of teeth and hair, dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, poor memory, incontinence of urine and stool, slow and awkward actions and deep, weak pulse, especially in “Chi” pulse.
2. Deficient heart and disabled mind: over-thinking exhausts the energy, and the heart and mind are undermined, then the spirit and thinking become dull, the consciousness is not very clear, the speech is slurring; to be even worse, involuntary cry and laugh, irregularity of sleep, self-murmuring, inability to answer questions, pale tongue, deep, thready, and forceless “Cun” pulse.
3. Misting by turbid-phlegm: obese build, sluggishness and reluctance to move, preference for rich food; or hot-temper, depression, gradually developing to reluctance to speak, dull expression, unclear mind, inability to distinguish the family members from strangers, the beauty from ugliness, the good from the bad, etc., thick and sticky tongue coating, and rolling-forceful pulse.
4. Blood stagnation blocking meridians: there used to be the history of sudden falling-down, associated with paralysis of limbs, deviation of mouth and eyes, slurring of speech, slow reaction; or even worse, there was attack of stroke associated with unconsciousness, mental derangement even after the recovery, dark-purple tongue or with stasis spots, and wiry, hesitant, and unharmonious pulse.
1. To insufficiency of kidney essence: to replenish the kidney essence, and to reinforce the functions of brain.
Pilose Antler 3g, Human Placenta 10,Epimedium 15g, Morinda Root 10g, Eucommia Bark (stir-fried) 10g, Sesame Seed 15g, Mulberry 15g, Grass-leaved Sweetflag Rhizome 10g, and Licorice Root 5g
2.To the deficiency of heart and disabled mind: to tonify the heart, nourish the mind, and cultivate the intelligence.
Ginseng 3g, Milkvetch (astragalus) Root 15g, Asparagus Root 10g,Rehmannia Root 15g, Milkwort Root 10g, Chuanxiong 10g, Lotus Seed 15g,Grass-leaved Sweetflag Rhizome 15g, and Licorice Root 5g.
3. To the obstruction and misting by turbid phlegm: to resolve the phlegm from the orifices, and to vitalize the brain to cultivate the intelligence.
Tangerine Peel 10g, Pinellia Tuber 10g, Poria 15g, Milkwort Root 10g, Grass-leaved Sweetflag Rhizome 15g, Bezoar 0.3g, and Musk 0.15g.
4. To the blood stagnation blocking meridians: to disperse the stagnation to reopen the meridians, and to vitalize the brain to recover the intelligence.
Chinese Angelica 10g, Rehmannia Root 15g, Red Peony Root 15g, Safflower 10g, Chuanxiong 10g, Peach Kernel 15g, and Musk 0.3g.
In clinic, it is difficult to distinguish one syndrome from another, both heart and kidney could be coincidentally deficient, or phlegm and stagnation could coexist. The key point of syndrome differentiation is: to grasp the principle and use it flexibly; to ensure the syndrome by ascertaining the etiology; and to make changes on the ground of patients’ conditions. In general, the treatment aims to cure the disease.
For this disease, some cases could be cured, and some couldn’t, for it is also dependent on the vitality of stomach Qi and primordial Qi. So the treatment could be long-lasting, because it takes time for the recovery of both types of Qi, hence the patience is required.
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