Chinese herbs and acupuncture have been used to promote and boost optimal sexual health for thousands of years. The sexual health of the Chinese Emperors was of the greatest importance. This is evidenced by texts revealing the emperors constantly consulting with a team of Chinese medicine doctors if they encountered a “problem” in the bedroom. There have been medical textbooks devoted to Chinese medicine on how to improve the sexual performance of men; the fact is,acupuncture can quickly boost female and male libido and bring back sexual desire.
1. How does acupuncture perk up a lagging libido?
One has to know the underlying factor that is causing low libido in order To understand how acupuncture can improve this problem. Sexual interest can drop due to the following causes: difficulty in attaining orgasm, pain, physical responses, hormonal imbalances, relationship problems, weight gain, stress, drug reactions, onset of menopause, breastfeeding, post-childbirth, and emotional stress.
A weak libido in Chinese medicine is believed to be caused by an imbalance of vital energy (Qi) within the organ systems, particularly the Heart and the Kidney system. Certain points are stimulated once the cause of the problem is identified. Acupoint stimulation is designed to change various physiological and biochemical conditions in order to beef up both the body and mind in order to restore optimal sexual health. Selected Chinese herbs are used to augment the treatment by regulating hormonal imbalances, calming the mind, and increasing vaginal lubrication. One herb, Ginseng, has the ability balance the glandular system, a system that affects sexual desire and mood. Horny goat weed and other hormonal precursors raise the natural levels of testosterone to boost libido and arouse sexual drive. Orgasmic strength and female sexual pleasure can be awakened and enhanced when herbal extracts combined synergistically are used.
2. Does acupuncture offer other benefits for sexual health?
Acupuncture does not only cure a lagging libido, it also can address various sexual health conditions for both women and men. Listed below is a short list of sexual Health problems that acupuncture in Cleveland and Chinese Medicine can treat:
– Vaginal dryness
– Low libido
– Men-opause(Male Climacteric)
– Impotence
– Low sperm motility
– Low sperm count
– Premature ejaculation
– Menopause
– Infertility
3. How does acupuncture rate against Western medicine in the improvement of sexual health?
The low risk of side effects or adverse reaction is one of the most attractive qualities of Chinese Herbal Medicine and acupuncture. While Western medicine can address some of the weak libido symptoms, it can also have a number of serious side-effects and raise the likelihood of certain forms of cancer.
One other advantage of acupuncture has over Western medicine is that it works synergistically to treat the whole individual. Dueto the Chinese medicinediagnostic system, practitioners are able to evaluate a person’s entire body constitution (the whole body’s health) and address the underlying causeof a health condition as well as its symptoms. As a result, they are able to treat a person’s whole mind and body instead of just the symptoms, this way.