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 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.
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