Impotence
StarEssentials of Chinese Acupuncture (Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing Colleges of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1980) — the standard prescriptions of the Chinese colleges.
Points
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Tonifies original qi
Moxibustion.
- Pregnancy: contraindicated
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Gate of vitality; strengthens kidney yang
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Back-Shu of the Kidney; strengthens kidney yang
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Yuan-Source of the Kidney; strengthens kidney yang
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Vertex point; moxa lifts yang qi
Moxibustion.
Needling Safety
Cited hazards for these points. Tick what applies to the patient to see the cautions that follow from it.
Treatment Principle
Tonify kidney yang with reinforcing needling and moxibustion on Ren and Kidney points.
Indications
Method
Reinforcing method plus moxibustion.
⚠ Cautions
Erectile dysfunction can be an early sign of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, endocrine disorder or medication effect; a medical assessment is advisable. Empty the bladder before needling CV4.
About
The colleges' prescription for impotence, aimed at deficient kidney yang, with additions when heart and spleen qi are also damaged.
Rationale
Moxa at CV4 builds original qi, and GV4, BL23 and KI3 strengthen kidney yang from the back and the foot. Moxa at GV20 raises the yang qi, completing a prescription that warms from the lower abdomen to the vertex.
Clinical Notes
When heart and spleen qi are damaged (palpitations, insomnia), add BL15, HT7 and SP6 to tonify them. The book also gives an ear-acupuncture option (Seminal Vesicle, External Genitalia, Testis, Endocrine).
Sources
- Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, et al. Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1980. Chapter III, Impotence, p. 369.
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