Epimedium-Yinyanghuo & Impotence/ED

[Guest guest]

Hi Bob, & All,

 

Bob wrote:

> I've been hired as an expert witness in a drug patent case between two

> large pharmaceutical companies (I can't disclose the names), and one of

> my jobs is to find a professional practitioner of Chinese medicine who

> is willing to say they treated at least one case of erectile

> dysfunction (ED, impotence) with Yin Yang Huo/Xian Ling Pi (Herba

> Epimedii) prior to 1993. The Yin Yang Huo may have been part of a

> complex formula. The more cases of ED treated with Yin Yang Huo the

> better. This is a well-heeld client. Money is not an object. So you

> would be compensated for any time involved, such as for a deposition or

> the creation of a notarized affadavit. But the case or cases have to be

> before 1993.

 

The use of epimedium in male impotence is poorly documented in the

medical literature, as indexed by Medline. A search just now gave only two

hits (both published in 2006) for the search profile:

(Yinyanghuo OR Yin Yang Huo OR Xian Ling Pi OR Xianlingpi OR epimedii

OR epimedium) AND (erection OR penis OR penile OR cavernosum OR

erectile OR impot*)

See: http://tinyurl.com/yz575g

 

However, absence of hits on Medline does not prove that epimedium was

not used clinically to Tx of impotence. For example, page 916 in the book " A

Barefoot Doctor's Manual (1977) lists impotence as one of the indications

for Yinyanghuo. [That great book - paperback - cost only 5.95 US$ in

1977!!].

 

I would be interested to hear the FIRST date that any Listers used

epimedium in impotence.

 

Best regards,