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Impotence

Kidney Yang deficiency

Clinical Manifestations

• Cold testes, soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees.
• Poor memory, hearing and hair loss, loose teeth, aversion to cold and cold extremities
• Qi deficiency symptoms
• T: Pale and swollen with teeth marks.
• P: Deep thready, weak, especially in Kidney positions.

Etiology

• Age, too much sexual activity, constitutional weakness

Treatment principle

• Warm and stimulate Kidney Yang

Formula

• You Gui Yin

Heart/Spleen deficiency

Psychogenic, in Western terms

Clinical Manifestations

• Palpitations, shortness of breath, emaciation, insomnia, restlessness, vivid dreams, fatigue, indigestion, bloating, loose stools
• T: Pale
• P: Thready

Etiology

• Thinking or worrying too much creates the Spleen Zi deficiency which leads to Qi and Blood deficiency which creates a Heart Blood deficiency leading to various neurosis. Plus, the Qi and blood can't support the essence, which leads to impotence.

Treatment Principle

• Tonify Heart and Spleen

Formula

• Gui Pi Tang + Kidney tonic herbs which will warm the Spleen such as Bu Gu Zhi, Ba Ji Tian, Xian Ma.

Impotence due to fear

Clinical Manifestations

• frustration, easily panicked, insomnia, vivid dreams and nightmares, erection up until intercourse begins.
• Tongue and Pulse can be normal

Treatment Principle

• Calm Shen

Formula

• Ting Zhi Wan + Shi Chang Pu, Ren Shen, Yuan Zhi

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