On the Mark Health

Acupuncture for Impotence?
By Jill Stewart 

For thousands of years, traditional Chinese doctors have used acupuncture to
treat various diseases. Now researchers believe it may be useful for men suffering
from impotence.

This “new” treatment is being studied by Austrian scientists who said that
it can help treat impotence caused by mental or psychological problems. Dr.
Paul F. Engelhardt of the Hospital Leinz in Vienna,
Austria, shared his findings
with a group of urologists in Atlanta,
Georgia. So
far, it looks promising.

In acupuncture, fine needles are placed in different parts of the body to
relieve pain or stress. Practitioners maintain that the body is filled with a
life force called qi or chi that flows smoothly if the person is healthy. If
chi is blocked, sickness sets in. Acupuncture supposedly corrects this
imbalance by releasing blocked chi.

“During an acupuncture session, the patient lies flat on a table adjusted to
the height of the practitioner. Depending on where needles are inserted, the
patient may be fully clothed or asked to undress and draped with cloths for
modesty. Acupuncture needles are inserted into various points of the body at
angles ranging from 15 degrees relative to the skin to 90 degrees, depending on
the judgment of the practitioner. Once inserted, the needles may be manipulated
by hand in twisting motions, gently vibrated, heated, cooled, or electrified
with a gentle current to stimulate the meridian,” according to WiseGeek.Com.

Studies show that acupuncture may help relieve pain, headaches, cramps,
nausea, vomiting, and other conditions. Hopefully, it may be useful in curing
impotence – an embarrassing condition marked by the inability to have or
sustain an erection.

In Engelhardt’s study, 13 men with an average age of 42 were divided into
two groups. One group that consisted of seven men received acupuncture for
impotence but the other group of six men was needled in areas that weren’t
related to impotence. Researchers did this to find out whether the effects of
acupuncture were merely psychological. All of the men had impotence that had no
physical cause but was due mainly to psychological or emotional problems.

At the end of the study, two-thirds of the patients reported being cured of
impotence while the rest needed additional treatments.

"About one-third of the patients told us that they had some
improvements of their quality of life, that their erections were a little bit
better than at the start of the treatment. But it was not sufficient enough, so
they wanted some additional therapy, and we treated them with Viagra,"
Engelhardt said.

"We do know that acupuncture can affect mood, we know that acupuncture
can affect a person's sense of well being, so that's not surprising in a way.
[But] I'd want to see a bigger study," added Dr. James Dillard of the Columbia Presbyterian
Medical Center
in New York
who is also an acupuncturist.

As scientists continue studying acupuncture, those who are crippled by
impotence can turn to other accessible options. One of them is Erectasil, a
lotion that works at the source of impotence and acts as fast as 60 seconds.
Erectasil is safe and can help men reach new heights of pleasure. For more
information, go to http://erectasil.com.