Acupuncture for impotence?

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.nnThis “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. nnIn 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.nn“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. nnStudies 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.nnIn 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.nnAt the end of the study, two-thirds of the patients reported being cured of impotence while the rest needed additional treatments. n n"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.nn"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. nnAs 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. nn