Description

Composition: Cordyceps Chinensis (Dong Chong Xia Cao). This is a ready-made medicine manufactured by the East West National Medicinal Factory.
Functions: Protects the lungs and boosts the kidneys, supplements the essence and marrow, promotes yang prosperity
Indications: Impotence due to heroin addiction in turn due to lung-kidney dual vacuity with essence qi debility and detriment
Representative case history: The patient was a 28 year old male. Five years previously, the patient had become addicted to smoking and eating opium. Over time, this had resulted in his becoming impotent. The man eventually was treated for his addiction and the symptoms of addiction disappeared. However, the symptoms of his impotence did not improve. This was accompanied by lassitude of the spirit, shortness of breath, dizziness, lack of strength, dampness and a chilly feeling of the scrotum, a pale tongue with white fur, and a deep, fine pulse.
Based on these signs and symptoms, the man’s pattern was categorized as lung-kidney dual vacuity with essence qi debility and detriment. Therefore, the treatment principles were to supplement the kidneys and protect the lungs, secrete the essence and boost the qi. The formula chosen was Jin Shui Bao gelatin capsules. Three capsules were administered each time, three times per day. After seven days, the man’s essence spirit gradually improved. His sleep and eating were both good. He sometimes had an erection, but his penis did not get stiff and hard. In addition, he could only maintain an erection for a short period of time. Therefore he continued taking this medicine for 30 days, after which his penis was able to maintain a sufficiently stiff and hard erection for 10 minutes. He stopped taking this medicine and his sex life returned to complete normalcy. On follow-up after a half year, there had been no recurrence.