ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2022
The Efficacy of Acupuncture on Patients with Erectile Dysfunction: A Review.
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in treating erectile dysfunction: A review.Medicine · 2026Review
- A narrative review of acupuncture for sexual dysfunction: perspective of traditional Chinese medicine.Translational andrology and urology · 2024Review
- The Effect of the Combination of Ginseng, Tribulus Terrestris, and L-arginine on the Sexual Performance of Men with Erectile Dysfunction: a randomized, double-blind, parallel, and placebo-controlled clinical trial.Journal of pharmacopuncture · 2024Article
- An Acupuncture Protocol for the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction: A Delphi Process.Complementary medicine research · 2024Article
- Efficacy of acupuncture for psychogenic erectile dysfunction: a randomized, sham-controlled trial.Basic and clinical andrology · 2023Article
- The role of red ginseng in men's reproductive health: a literature review.Basic and clinical andrology · 2023Review
- Electroacupuncture for psychogenic erectile dysfunction: A resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study exploring the alteration of fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Acupuncture for Women with Overactive Bladder: Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Related Mechanism.International journal of general medicine · 2023Review
- Advances in physical diagnosis and treatment of male erectile dysfunction.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Review
- The efficacy and mechanism of acupuncture in the treatment of male infertility: A literature review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of the most common sexual dysfunctions in men. The prevalence of ED has been increasing in recent years, which has critically affected male reproductive health and quality of life. According to various guidelines, phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors are the most commonly recommended drugs for treating ED. However, many patients turn to alternative therapies because of adverse reactions, such as headache, and the poor efficacy of these drugs. Acupuncture is a long-established treatment in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and has been approved by the World Health Organization for improving penile erection as well as other discomforts in patients. However, previous systematic reviews have not discussed the characteristics and the related mechanisms of acupuncture treatment. Therefore, this study focuses on summarizing the characteristics and advantages of TCM in acupuncture treatment for ED based on relevant literature and on predicting and analyzing the related mechanisms.
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