[Progress in the clinical application of centipede in andrology]

Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue. 2023 Aug;29(8):751-754.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Centipede is an important traditional Chinese medicine with a long history of clinical application and a wide range of effects, and its use in the field of andrology is also expanding.In this study, the drug experience and clinical research progress of centipede in erectile dysfunction, chronic prostatitis, prostate cancer, varicocele, chronic epididymitis, epididymal nodules, functional non-ejaculation, scrotal eczema and other diseases were reviewed.

Keywords: centipede; andrological diseases; clinical progress.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Andrology*
  • Animals
  • Chilopoda
  • Epididymis
  • Epididymitis*
  • Erectile Dysfunction*
  • Humans
  • Male