Patient's question:
Hello, I have been frequent masturbation since my youth, and it seems that I can no longer get a normal erection for three or four years. Even when I do get an erection, it's not hard, and it quickly becomes soft if I don't keep stimulating it. However, I get erections at night when I hold my urine, and they are still not hard. I haven't realized I have erectile dysfunction until recently, as I am about to get married. I have cold hands and feet, and I am losing a lot of hair. I suspect I have a deficiency of kidney yang, so I bought and have been taking Hui Ren Shen Bao, but it hasn't been effective. Please help me see a doctor.Doctor's answer:
Hello: Based on your description, it may be due to excessive masturbation leading to kidney yang deficiency. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), what is referred to as kidney yang deficiency is a type of cold deficiency syndrome characterized by the decline of kidney yang, failure to warm the body, and loss of function in qi transformation.Symptoms include: pale complexion, soreness and coldness in the lower back and knees, feeling cold in the body, especially in the lower limbs, impotence and premature ejaculation in men, cold semen, uterine cold and infertility in women, reduced libido, or symptoms such as loose and watery stools, morning diarrhea, frequent clear urination, excessive nighttime urination, pale tongue with white coating, and weak, deep, and fine pulse, particularly pronounced in the (scales).
Treatment generally focuses on warming and tonifying kidney yang. Medications such as Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan (Golden Cabinet Kidney Qi Pill) and You Gui Wan (Right Regulating Pill) can be used.