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Observation on therapeutic effects of acupuncture for erectile dysfunction

针刺治疗勃起功能障碍的疗效观察

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摘要

目的

观察辨证针刺治疗勃起功能障碍的临床疗效。

方法

勃起功能障碍患者82 例, 辨证分为肾阳虚衰与湿热下注两个证型, 根据证型采用不同穴位进行针刺治疗。

结果

总有效率87.6%。 肾阳虚衰型痊愈率为45.0%, 湿热下注型痊愈率为59.1%。

结论

针刺治疗勃起功能障碍临床疗效与患者年龄及病程有关, 年龄越大, 病程越长, 疗效越差。 湿热下注型痊愈率高于肾阳虚衰型。

Abstract

Objective

To observe the clinical effects of acupuncture treatment for erectile dysfunction.

Methods

Eighty-two cases of the patients with erectile dysfunction were identified as two patterns of kidney yang deficiency and damp-heat in lower jiao and were treated with different acupoints for different patterns.

Results

The total curative rate was 87.6%. The curative rate was 45.0% in pattern of kidney yang deficiency and 59.1% in pattern of damp-heat in lower jiao.

Conclusion

The clinical effect in acupuncture treatment of erectile dysfunction was related to the age of the patients and duration of disease. The higher the age and the longer the duration, the poorer the therapeutic effects were. The curative rate was higher in the treatment of pattern of damp-heat in lower jiao than pattern of kidney yang deficiency.

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Correspondence to Miaogen Chen  (陈妙根).

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Author: Chen Miaogen, chief physician

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Chen, M., Cheng, L. & Wang, W. Observation on therapeutic effects of acupuncture for erectile dysfunction. J. Acupunct. Tuina. Sci. 9, 226–229 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11726-011-0518-0

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