title: [Yangjing capsule plus low-dose tadalafil for functional anejaculation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To search for an effective therapy for functional anejaculation (AE).
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-five AE patients were randomized into a treatment group (n = 30) and a control group (n = 25), the former treated with Yangjing Capsule (once 5 pills, tid) and low-dose tadalafil (5 mg, qd alt, 1 h before bedtime), while the latter with oral ephedrine (25 mg before bedtime). Meanwhile, the patients were advised to expose themselves to sexual stimulation, reduce the frequency of sexual intercourses and quit masturbation. The medication lasted 1-3 months, followed by observation of the therapeutic effects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effectiveness rate was 83.34% in the treatment group, 11 cases cured, 8 obviously improved, 6 improved and 5 unimproved, significantly higher than 40.00% in the control group, 4 cases cured, 3 obviously improved, 3 improved and 15 unimproved (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Yangiing Capsule plus low-dose tadalafil is safe and effective for the treatment of functional anejaculation.
authors: Research Institute of Andrology, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210046, China.
authors: Bao-Fang
authors: BF
authors: Jin
authors: Hua-Jun
authors: HJ
authors: Zhang
authors: Xin-Dong
authors: XD
authors: Zhang
authors: Da-Lin
authors: DL
authors: Sun
authors: Yong-Jin
authors: YJ
authors: Gao
authors: Guo-Shou
authors: GS
authors: Xia
authors: Fu-Song
authors: FS
authors: Xu
authors: Xin-Yi
authors: XY
authors: Xia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002214:Capsules; D002243:Carbolines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008517:Phytotherapy; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000188:drug therapy; D000068581:Tadalafil; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D002214:Capsules; D002243:Carbolines; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D000068581:Tadalafil