The TCM diagnosis of impotence includes the types of liver qi stagnation (poor qi and blood transportation of the liver, emotional depression), damp-heat infiltration (dampness and heat invading the intestines, bladder, pubic area, lower limbs, etc.), failure of vital fire, deficiency of the heart and spleen, and injury to the kidneys caused by panic.
1. Liver-qi stagnation syndrome is characterized by inability to lift oneself up in the bedroom, lifting oneself up in sleep, or rising but not firm, distension and pain in the chest and ribs, discomfort in the epigastric region, and loose stools with scanty food (thin and unshaped feces); the formula is to use Chai Hu Shuo Liver Powder with additional subtractions.
2. Dampness-heat downstream injection symptom is characterized by impotence, penile flaccidity, testicular swelling and pain, scrotum itching or dampness and sweating, abdominal distension and stuffiness, drowsiness of limbs, yellowish, astringent and burning pain in urine, and stools not being refreshing, the formula is to use Gentian Diarrhea and Liver Soup with additional subtractions.
3. For symptoms of Failure of Fire at the Gate of Life, such as impotence, loss of libido, or failure of libido, coldness of semen, coldness of limbs (fear of cold, cold limbs), whiteness of face (white face with no luster), dizziness, tinnitus, soreness and tenderness of waist and knees (soreness and tenderness at the waist and knees), nocturnal urination, and diarrhea at night (diarrhea before dawn), the formula adopts the formula of Zanyu Dan with additions and subtractions.
4. Deficiency of heart and spleen, impotence, aggravated by labor, insomnia, fatigue (mental exhaustion, physical weakness), yellowish color (yellowish color without luster), abdominal distension and loose stools; add and subtract Gui Spleen Tang to the formula.
5. Frightening and injuring the kidneys is characterized by inactivity in the bedroom, sometimes spontaneous inactivity, timidity and suspicion, slow speech, low voice, palpitation and fearfulness, and dreams at night, and the formula is Qiyang Yu Xin Dan (启阳娱心丹) plus subtractions.
After the discomfort should be timely medical treatment, in the physician’s evidence under the guidance of the choice of drug treatment, not self-medication, so as not to delay the condition.