How effective is Chinese medicine in treating impotence?

　　For men, the most tragic thing is impotence. However, many people do not fully understand impotence and cannot pay attention to this disease when it occurs. They think that this disease will heal on its own after a period of time. This is very difficult. Patients still need to go to the hospital for treatment in time to find out the cause of their impotence. Only timely treatment can impotence recover faster.

　　How effective is the traditional Chinese medicine for impotence?

　　1. Yin deficiency and fire exuberance type

　　This disease is more common in those with excessive yin deficiency in the body. The main symptoms include impotence and premature ejaculation, palpitation, sweating, nervousness, thirst, weakness in the waist and knees, pale red tongue with less coating, and thready and rapid pulse. The treatment principle is to nourish yin and reduce fire. Medicinal Cortex Phellodendron, Anemarrhena, Rehmannia glutinosa, Chinese yam, paeonol bark, Sichuan bark, Sangji, etc.

　　2. Heart and spleen deficiency type

　　This disease is often caused by excessive thoughts and depression that damage the heart and spleen, leading to deficiency of both qi and blood. The main symptoms are inactivity, sallow complexion, lack of desire to eat, lack of energy, palpitation and insomnia, lack of appetite, loose stools, pale tongue with less coating, and thready and weak pulse. The principle of treatment is to nourish the heart and spleen. Medicinal Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus membranaceus, Atractylodes macrocephala, Angelica sinensis, red dates, longan meat, costus, polygala root, psoralen, etc.

　　3. Liver Qi stagnation type

　　This disease is more common in people who have a lot of sorrow, worry, and depressed mood. The main symptoms are nausea or weakness, chest and hypochondrium distension, red tongue, and stringy pulse. The treatment principle is to soothe the liver and relieve depression. Medicinal Bupleurum, Angelicae, White Peony, Atractylodes, Poria, Tribulus Terrestris, Orange Leaf, etc.

　　4. Damp heat type

　　This disease is mostly caused by poor mood, stagnation of liver qi, and stagnation of dampness transforming into heat. The main symptoms are difficulty in lifting, moist scrotum, residual drainage after urination, abdominal distension and pain, sticky stool, upset and bitter taste in the mouth, heavy limbs, red tongue with yellow and greasy coating, and wet and rapid pulse. The treatment principle is to clear away heat and promote dampness. Medicinal gentian, skullcap, gardenia, bupleurum, plantain, Akebia, Alisma, coix seed, Phellodendron, phellodendron, centipede, etc.

　　5. Fear of kidney damage

　　This disease is mostly caused by timidity, suspicion, physical weakness, and fright during sexual intercourse. The main symptoms are inactivity, palpitations and easily frightened, sleepless nights with many dreams, spermatorrhea, impotence and premature ejaculation, pale tongue with white coating, stringy and thready pulse. The treatment principle is to benefit the kidneys and calm the mind. Medicinal Radix Pseudostellariae, white peony root, Polygala, keel, oyster, Acorus, angelica, Cuscuta, Poria, etc.

　　6. Kidney deficiency and blood stasis type

　　This disease is often caused by bruises, excessive sexual intercourse or surgery for venous leakage type impotence. The main symptoms are inability to lift firmly, weakness in the waist and knees, dizziness, lack of energy, pale tongue with ecchymosis, tortuous sublingual veins, thin and weak pulse, etc. The principle of treatment is to nourish the kidneys and remove blood stasis. Medicinal Cistanche deserticola, taro, fairy spleen, raw rehmannia root, wolfberry, Achyranthes bidentata, Ligusticum chuanxiong, luffa, Panax notoginseng, etc.

　　Impotence is a male sexual dysfunction and should not be taken lightly. If you find that you have this disease, you need to understand the situation in time and receive treatment.