[Erdi Biejia decoction for erectile dysfunction with kidney-yin deficiency].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To observe the clinical efficacy of the Chinese medicine Erdi Biejia Decoction in the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) with kidney-yin deficiency, and explore its action mechanism and the nourishing yin doctrine in the treatment of ED.

METHODS:

We equally randomized 60 ED patients with kidney-yin deficiency into a treatment and a control group, the former treated with oral Erdi Biejia Decoction, and the latter given placebo, for a course of 8 weeks. We compared the IIEF scores and levels of sex hormones T, E2, LH, FSH and PRL between the two groups before and after treatment.

RESULTS:

Compared with the control group, the treatment group showed a significantly higher total effectiveness rate (36.67% vs 63.33%, P < 0.05), IIEF score (18.19 +/- 5.20 vs 23.08 +/-4.71, P < 0.05) and plasma T level (116.41 +/- 3.19 vs 20.14 +/- 2.99, P < 0.05), but remarkably lower levels of E2, LH, FSH and PRL (P < 0.05) after medication, all with statistically significant differences from pre-medication (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSION:

Erdi Biejia Decoction is efficacious in the treatment of ED with kidney-yin deficiency, with no obvious adverse effects.

• Authors: Jian Huang, Fu-Song Xu
• Journal: Zhonghua nan ke xue = National journal of andrology (Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue) Vol. 18 Issue 12 Pg. 1143-6 (Dec 2012) ISSN: 1009-3591 [Print] China
• PMID: 23405800 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)

Chemical References

• Drugs, Chinese Herbal
• erdi biejia

Topics

• Adult
• Drugs, Chinese Herbal (therapeutic use)
• Erectile Dysfunction (drug therapy)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Phytotherapy
• Treatment Outcome
• Yin Deficiency (drug therapy)
• Young Adult