title: [Thought of treating erectile dysfunction by integrative medicine].
abstract: Erectile dysfunction (ED) was explored to improve the clinical efficacy in terms of disease identification and syndrome typing, macroscopic and microscopic combination, complementary therapy of Chinese medicine (CM) and Western medicine (WM), and evidence-based medicine (EBM) research methods. And the advantages and disadvantages of CM and WM in treatment of ED were briefly analyzed. How to treat ED by integrative medicine was also addressed
authors.affiliation: Department of Andrology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chun-sheng
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D055048:Integrative Medicine; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal