"Erectile Dysfunction (Ed)" Issue / Symptom Connections
Below you will find various relationships to, and potential clinical treatment approaches for erectile dysfunction (ed).
Content Related to Erectile Dysfunction (Ed)
It is critical to appreciate that in Chinese Medicine, treatment for "erectile dysfunction (ed)" is rarely focused on the symptoms exclusively. Alternatively, a practitioner is looking at the factors that led to the development of "erectile dysfunction (ed)" - i.e. the "cause(s)".
For non-practitioners, we recommend reading treating the "cause" and not the "symptoms" for more on the overall approach and the importance of the TCM diagnostic system in formulating treatment approaches.
Some acupuncture points are considered "empirically" related to a specific condition or diagnostic pattern. While this would rarely, if ever, dictate the entire composition of a treatment, the following points should be considered, possibly even more so within the context of acupressure:
- View SP 6 (Three Yin Intersection)
3 cun directly above the tip of the medial malleoulus on the posterior border of the tibia.
Tonify Yin and Blood, all Spleen disorders.
Digestive disorders, sinking/prolapse.
Gynecological issues, male sexual issues, difficult labor (expel fetus).
Menstrual issues (irregular, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea).
Bleeding disorders, ute…
- View ST 27 (Great Gigantic)
2 cun lateral to the AML level with CV 5.
Beneficial for multiple genito-urinary issues in men - impotence (erectile dysfunction), seminal emission, premature ejaculation, difficult urination, etc.
Irregular menstruation.
Abdominal pain, bloating, hernia.
Fear/fright with palpi…
- View ST 29 (Return)
2 cun lateral to the AML level with CV 3.
Excess or Cold/Deficient disorders of the Lower Warmer - amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, qi stagnation/masses, leukorrhea.
Uterine prolapse, hernia.
Infertility, genital pain and/or swelling, impotence, seminal emission…
- View ST 30 (Surging Qi)
2 cun lateral to the AML level with CV 2.
Upper Sea of Water & Grain Point - excess or deficient conditions of the Stomach - hypogastric pain, bloating, abdominal pain.
Regulates the Intestines - borborygmus, hernia - rectal, inguinal.
Regulates genitalia - swelling and pain…
- View UB 31 (Upper Bone Hole)
On the sacrum at the midpoint of the PSIS and the PML, level with the 1st PSF.
UB 31, UB 32, UB 33 & UB 34 together form the "Eight Liao" points and are all useful for local low back a/or sacrum problems and most genital and urinary related disorders. Of these UB 32 is most often used clinically.
As it quickens …
- View UB 35 (Meeting of Yang)
.5 cun lateral to the GV line on either side of the tip of the coccyx bone.
Clears damp heat from the lower warmer - principle point for hemorrhoids, also vaginal disharges/leukorrhea, diarrhea.
Trauma a/or pain of the coccyx, deviation.
Potentially useful for impotence and/or swellings in the genitals or in the…