Most gay men know about Viagra (the little blue pill) because it is a milestone in the history of the treatment of impotence (ED)! People often say that Viagra mainly refers to “Viagra” (sildenafil citrate), but now refers to a variety of PDE5 inhibitors, all called Viagra. When it comes to Viagra, we have to mention the process of its birth: “intentionally planted flowers do not live, unintentionally inserted willow into the shade”. The discovery was a purely misguided one. Pfizer invested in the development of a new drug for the treatment of angina, but the clinical trials were very ineffective and difficult to win. The company had to abandon the development and decided to withdraw the drug. What was unexpected was that the subject seemed to have a hidden agenda and refused to deliver the drug. The results of the follow-up investigation surprised the manufacturer, and it turned out that the new drug, which had no connection with the heart, had a special use: an obvious erectile effect on the penis. Viagra is extremely widely used, and as a modern herbalist we also occasionally use this medicine in conjunction with treatment. Although Viagra is a purely Western medicine, with its detailed instructions on pharmacological effects, dosage, contraindications, and adverse reactions. We often think if we consider Viagra as a Chinese herbal medicine, what are its properties and efficacy? Viagra Taste: pungent and warm. The main body is the liver, kidney and heart meridians. Efficacy: Diversify the liver to arouse yang, and pass through the channels to arouse impotence. Characteristics: Up to the head, down to the sea of blood; the nature of the walk is not guarded, the main into the zong tendons; treating the symptoms of excess, the treatment of the root is not enough; excessive use, excessive Yang ascension, congestion of Qi and blood; use for a long time, depletion of kidney essence, damage to Yin and blood. Here are a few explanations: 1. Pungent taste and warmth: the theory of the four gases and five tastes of traditional Chinese medicine talks about: pungent, acidic, sweet and slow, bitter and soft. The pungent taste: can disperse, can travel, has the effect of dispersing, travel qi, travel blood, and so on, and the role of Viagra dilation of blood vessels is more similar, so set Viagra for the taste of pungent, and at the same time set Viagra for the sexual warmth, taking its pungent dispersion away from the characteristics of Yang. In fact, Viagra is strictly flat, our characterization of the medicinal properties of cold and hot and warm is derived from the reaction profile that occurs when the drug acts on the organism. The clinical evidence we identify patients who belong to Yang deficiency and fear of cold, eat Viagra does not protect the cold, the same Yin deficiency and fear of heat eaten does not return deficiency heat. 2, dredge the liver to start Yang, through the impotence: efficacy is well understood, Viagra’s most obvious role is to eat to improve erection, the internal meridian meridian theory says: liver meridian by the femoral yin, into the hair, ring the pubic apparatus, to the small abdomen. It is said that the male genitalia: the penis and the liver meridian is closely related, plus Viagra pungent, moving qi and activating blood, so it is said that the main principle of Viagra’s effect is to remove the liver to start impotence, as mentioned earlier Viagra slightly warm and flat, so it is to start impotence, start Yang (device), not aphrodisiac. 3. Upward movement of the head and downward movement of the blood: those who study Chinese medicine know this is a phrase describing the Chinese medicine: Chuanxiong. Viagra has a similar effect, because Viagra a common side effect: headache, blushing, nasal congestion, bleeding. Apparently Viagra has a strong dilating effect on the blood vessels in the head and face. 4, sex go not guard, the main into the zong tendon: Chinese medicine inside a taste of the drug: the sapodilla, very famous, known as “back to Yang to save the first product medicine”. The gas male sex humble, go but not guard, is to describe the Pineal, indicating that the Pineal this medicine warming Yang dispersing cold force is very strong, but the action time is not lasting, a coax and need to be accompanied by guard but not go dry ginger. Viagra is the same as the nature of the seeds, go but not guard, the half-life is short, eat a role can not be too long, sildenafil 3.7 hours, vardenafil 4.0 hours, tadanafil 17.5 hours, the strongest tadanafil but tube more than ten hours, after the time is useless. 5, there is more than enough to treat the symptoms, not enough to treat the root: why say it has more than enough to treat the symptoms, because Viagra the role of this drug to improve erection is clear and powerful, at present, on the short-term effect, basically no drug can compete with Viagra, so that he is more than enough to treat the symptoms, more than enough. Many of the health products on the market claim to be purely herbal preparations, in fact, are secretly added Viagra ingredients, so the short-term effect is very good. Why do you say that it is not enough to treat the root cause? Just said Viagra go but not guard, the role is really powerful, but after the time is useless, many times can not solve the fundamental problem, can not live a lifetime by eating Viagra, right? But some people are psychogenic impotence, tension and anxiety caused by eating Viagra strong to ensure erection, confidence slowly recovered, later to solve the problem of erection difficulties, this type of people should be considered a cure, and thus we say that he is not enough to cure the root. 6, the amount of too much, rise Yang excessive, Qi and blood congestion: Viagra has many kinds of packaging, the classic packaging 100mg a piece, that is for the Western individual large foreigners, the Oriental shape slightly thin, each dosage is not necessary to eat 100mg at a time, so we often let patients, break open to eat, each time eat 1/2 or 1/3 piece. Nowadays, there are also small packages of 25mg and 50mg, which are specially designed for the oriental population. If you give Viagra to a very thin person in the clinic, 100mg at a time, it is definitely too much, so there are many side effects, such as headache, red face, nose bleeding, which is what Chinese medicine says: excessive Yang ascension, Qi and blood fighting congestion on the top, so in the clinical application of Viagra, we have to grasp the dosage according to the individual, and the individualized treatment of Chinese medicine, the three reasons for the appropriate, different from each other, the same thing. The same as the individualized treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, the three reasons for the treatment of different people. 7, the use of long days, depletion of kidney essence, damage to Yin and blood: Viagra also has a drug resistance problem, the use of a long time, the effect may be discounted, perhaps at the beginning, eat 1/3 grain effect is very good, slowly need to eat 1/2 grain to achieve the same effect, and finally may eat a can not, which means what problem? Western medicine says it is drug resistance, how do Chinese medicine understand it? The Yang Road firm long depends on the fullness of the essence of the kidney, the essence of the kidney full is the material basis of the zong tendon invigoration. This way we can understand why Viagra eat a long time, the effect slowly does not work? Because it excessively depleted the body’s kidney essence, shaking the material basis of the penis erection, damage to the Yin blood, while Viagra has a common side effect, eat more will be back pain, back pain. The Chinese medicine seems to be: qi and blood deficiency, blood does not support tendons. So Viagra the drug or to moderate the use, not abuse. The goal of ED treatment should be to restore satisfactory sexual function, not just to get a firm erection!