Guest guest Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 I am a fairly new practitioner and would love some advice from the more experienced practitioners, especiallly those with experience treating erectile dysfunction. I have a 36 year old male with a 5 year history of ED. I thought his patterns were pretty clear cut- KD yang xu (low libido, low back soreness, freguent urination, feels cold), LR depression qi stagnation (irritable, stress makes impotence worse, exercise helps with fatigue and with impotence) with depressive heat (night sweats continue after bout of Lyme Disease). Tongue fat, pale, teeth-marked with red sides and tip. Pulse slow, deficient in cun and qi positions on left side (HT, KD). I am treating him with acupuncture and I gave him the following granular formula (a variation of you gui wan): Shu di, shan yao, shan zhu yu, ba ji tian, du zhong, Rou cong rong, Tu si zi, yin yang huo, dang shen, zhi mu, huang bai, bai shao, chai hu, lu rong. There was no change after 2 weeks, so I added xiang fu and huai niu xi. Had him on this for 2 more weeks without much change, except he has only had one night sweat since starting the herbs (he used to get 2-3 per week). His left KD pulse has responded beautifully with this formula, so I was surprised that there was no change! His wife, however, also just informed me that his ED started with the death of his brother. Not sure how to proceed from here. So now, I guess I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions/pearls of wisdom for a newbie? How long does this indication typically take to treat? Any advice on the formula? Thanks so much in advance! Candace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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