Abstract:

Objective To study the synergistic effect of acupuncture on local acupoints mainly in lum⁃ bosacral and abdominal areas combined with modified YishenTongluoFormula for erectile dysfunction （ED）. Methods A total of 64 ED patients who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into traditional Chinese medicine（TCM）group and acupuncture group，with 32 cases in each group. The TCM group was given modified YishenTongluoFormula（granules），one dose per day for 30 days. The acupuncture group was treated with acupunc⁃ ture combined with the formula. Acupoint group one（RN3，RN4，RN6，KI12，RN2）and acupoint group two （BL23，BL32，BL30，BL54，BL34）are used alternately，once every other day，30 minutes each time with 15 sessions for 30 days. The score changes of the International Erectile Function Questionnaire（IIEF），State ⁃Trait Anxiety Questionnaire（STAI）and Beck Depression Inventory（BDI）were compared between the two groups before and after treatment. Results The total effective rate of acupuncture group was 93.30%，which was better than that of the TCM group with 86.60%（P < 0.05）. There were statistically significant differences in IIEF score and BDI score before and after treatment in the acupuncture group（P < 0.05），and there were statistically signifi⁃ cant differences in IIEF score before and after treatment in the TCM group（P < 0.05）. Before treatment，there were no significant differences in IIEF score，BDI score，SAI score and TAI score between the two groups（P > 0.05）. After treatment，IIEF score of acupuncture group was higher than that of TCM group（P < 0.05）；BDI score of acu⁃ puncture group was better than that of TCM group（P < 0.05）. There were no adverse events in both acupuncture group and TCM group during treatment. Conclusion Local acupoint acupuncture combined with YishenTongluo⁃Formula and YishenTongluoFormula alonecould effectively relieve erectile dysfunction，and the addition of local acupoint acupuncture could improve the clinical efficacy and depression symptoms.

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text-indent:0pt, "> erectile dysfunction, modified YishenTongluoFormula, local acupoints, acupuncture