Massage and diet therapy for sexual apathy, Qigong to enhance libido and overcome masturbation.
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Massage therapy for sexual apathy
The patient should stand upright with legs apart, shoulder-width apart. Using both thumbs, press firmly on both sides of the second lumbar vertebra and rotate the waist quickly and slightly to the left and right. At the same time, massage and stimulate the second to fourth lumbar vertebrae with your fingers regularly for about 5 minutes each time, 2 to 3 times a day. Satisfactory results can usually be obtained.
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Dietary therapy for frigidity
(1) Take 5 sparrows, 50 grams of japonica rice, 3 scallions, and a little white wine. Cook them into porridge and consume it daily.
(2) Stir-fry dried shrimp with chives and eat it once every other day.
(3) Add a little seasoning and salt to the loach and boil it into soup. Take it 2-3 times a week.
(4) Boil oysters in water and drink the soup.
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Qigong therapy enhances libido
(1) Supporting Heaven Method: The Chong, Ren, and Du meridians all originate at the perineum. Applying medicated plaster to the perineum can have an effect on the four meridians of Chong, Ren, Du, and Kidney, and has a more local therapeutic effect on male diseases.
(2) Covering method: Baihui acupoint is the convergence of all yang. Acupoint injection or acupoint application of medicine at this point has a good effect on many male diseases.
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Methods to overcome masturbation
(1) Teenagers should have the confidence to overcome masturbation, establish a correct outlook on life and lofty ideals, focus their attention on the all-round development of intelligence, morality and aesthetics, and not indulge in sexual issues, and try to divert their attention from sexual issues.
(2) Develop good living habits, avoid wearing tight clothes, go to bed and get up on time, do not develop the habit of lying face down, avoid spicy food, tobacco and alcohol, and do not read pornographic novels and obscene pictures.
(3) Pay attention to developing the habit of keeping the vulva clean and hygienic, wash frequently, and remove accumulated dirt and irritation.
Do not hold your urine to avoid overfilling the bladder and causing irritation. Men with phimosis should have it circumcised as soon as possible.
(4) Encourage normal social activities between men and women, reduce sensitivity to the opposite sex, and do something that is most attractive and interesting to you whenever you have the urge to masturbate.
(5) Teenagers with masturbation habits should not be severely criticized. Instead, they should be helped to recognize the harm of this habit, help them build confidence and determination to quit, and try to guide them to participate in beneficial group cultural and sports activities and outdoor physical exercise.
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Psychological factors and erectile dysfunction
In addition to requiring both partners to be physiologically healthy (blood vessels, nerves, endocrine system), normal sexual intercourse also requires that they be psychologically healthy.
If the couple lacks close cooperation, sexual stimulation is inappropriate or insufficient, there are negative past sexual experiences, or there are psychological factors that weaken or distract sexual stimulation and arousal responses, normal sexual activity responses may be disrupted, leading to sexual dysfunction.
(1) Psychological barriers during sexual activity: Anxiety and fear of failure in sexual intercourse can block the function of sexual activity by activating the sympathetic nervous system, resulting in erectile dysfunction.
It can occur in many situations, such as insufficient or inappropriate sexual stimulation, different sexual experiences or negative attention to sexual life, unpleasant memories during sexual life, etc., which will inevitably lead to abnormal sexual life.
(2) Personality factors: The emotional state during sexual activity is also closely related to an individual's personality traits. Men who lack courage, lack self-confidence, are indecisive, are too rule-abiding, or are overly competitive and pursue success are prone to panic, depression, and anxiety when their sex life is not smooth or successful, which can lead to persistent erectile dysfunction.
Furthermore, autistic and aloof personality traits make interpersonal communication difficult, making it even harder to establish intimate relationships with the opposite sex, thus making it impossible to establish an emotional foundation for sexual activity and certainly unable to perform normal sexual functions.
(3) Lack of sexual knowledge: Lack of sexual physiological knowledge, sexual psychological knowledge and contraception knowledge, such as fear of the consequences of masturbation, causing great anxiety about sexual life, which hinders normal sexual life.
In addition, strict family education or religious indoctrination may lead to views that sex is "dirty and vulgar," resulting in excessive suppression of sexual desire and affecting the normal functioning of sexual function.
(4) The impact of life events: For example, sexual trauma experienced during childhood, adolescence, or before marriage can lead to hypersensitivity to sex, making it easy to associate with painful experiences, thus causing erectile dysfunction; also, engaging in sexual activity secretly and hastily before marriage under tension, fear, and anxiety can cause obstacles in the initial sexual experience, leading to continued initial obstacles and experiences in subsequent sexual activities; failure in sexual activity during the honeymoon period can cause psychological repression and tension, which is also one of the causes of impotence; unhappy marriage, disharmony in daily relationships, lack of intimacy and harmony between spouses, or even mutual aversion; under the pressure of work, society, and family, many people experience physiological and emotional symptoms such as fatigue and changes in muscle tension and cardiovascular function, as well as anxiety factors arising from beliefs, cognition, and environment, which are all common causes of impotence.
(5) Environmental factors: Living in the same room as other family members, poor sound insulation, and fear of being disturbed during sexual activity can all affect erectile function.
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Diabetes and Erectile Dysfunction
Diabetes mellitus is a clinical syndrome characterized by hyperglycemia caused by diseases of the pancreas and other organs. Common symptoms include polydipsia, polyphagia, polyuria, weight loss, and fatigue, as well as elevated blood sugar levels.
It can be divided into two types: insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
It is one of the diseases most closely related to erectile dysfunction.
Since the first report in 1798 that diabetes could cause erectile dysfunction, the prevalence of erectile dysfunction among diabetic patients has been approximately 23% to 75%, with most cases around 50%.
Compared with non-diabetic individuals, diabetic patients have a higher incidence of erectile dysfunction and it occurs earlier. Once erectile neuropathy develops, erectile dysfunction becomes an irreversible condition.
Most patients develop sexual dysfunction 2 to 10 years after being diagnosed with diabetes, but their libido remains normal.
The incidence rate increases with age, reaching 4.6% in those aged 20-29 and 45.5% in those over 60. Erectile dysfunction is the first symptom of diabetes in about 16% of cases. Erectile dysfunction can occur at different stages of diabetes, and the prevalence of erectile dysfunction differs between the two types of diabetes. It is also related to age, disease duration, blood sugar control, comorbidities, medications, and smoking.
Erectile dysfunction caused by diabetes is mostly believed to be related to nerve, blood vessel, endocrine, and psychological disorders.
(1) Neurological factors: Diabetic neuropathy initially affects the small unmyelinated nerve fibers that innervate the corpus cavernosum. In the later stages, the large myelinated fibers are also involved, resulting in the typical “glove and stocking” neuropathy of the peripheral nerves.
At the cellular level, there is a decrease in neurotransmitter content, pudendal sensory neuropathy, and peripheral nerve damage; electron microscopy reveals demyelination of some nerves, diffuse thickening of Schwann cells and the basement membrane around the nerves; electroneurography reveals a significant decrease in the conduction velocity of the dorsal nerve of the penis.
(2) Arterial factors: Diabetes can cause atherosclerosis in large arteries and microvascular lesions in small arteries.
The latter is characterized by thickening of the vascular basement membrane, calcification of the vessel wall, and narrowing of the lumen.
Angiography of diabetic erectile dysfunction showed that the incidence of stenosis of the internal penile artery was higher than that of diabetic patients with normal erectile function. Moreover, after intracavernosal injection of vasoactive drugs, penile artery Doppler ultrasound showed that the arterial diameter and peak blood flow velocity were lower than normal.
(3) Endothelial and myogenic factors: The endothelial cells of the cavernous sinus play an important role in controlling the tension of the corpus cavernosum. Nitric oxide (NO) and endothelin are produced here and act directly on smooth muscle cells.
Clinical and animal studies have confirmed the vasodilatory response of diabetic nerves and endothelial cell-dependent smooth muscle to acetylcholine.
(4) Other: Endocrine factors may be a cause of erectile dysfunction in diabetic patients, but there is no significant difference in blood testosterone levels compared to normal individuals, so endocrine factors do not play an important role. Diabetes is a chronic disease that requires long-term dietary restriction, which leads to a decline in physical strength. The dependence on medication and the occurrence of complications can cause patients to feel uneasy, anxious, and depressed, thereby affecting sexual function and causing erectile dysfunction.