Spermatorrhea

Spermatorrhea

Spermatorrhea is a condition of excessive, involuntary ejaculation.

It is a recognized disorder in Traditional Chinese Medicine, in which certain patterns of involuntary ejaculation reflect problems with kidney qi. [ [http://www.acuxo.com/library.asp?firstResponse=Spermatorrhea&condition=Seminal%20Emission] ] [ [http://www.findhealer.com/library/article19.php3] ]

In western medicine during the nineteenth century, spermatorrhea was regarded as a medical disorder with corrupting and devastating effects on the mind and body.cite journal |author=Darby R |title=Pathologizing male sexuality: Lallemand, spermatorrhea, and the rise of circumcision |journal=J Hist Med Allied Sci |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=283–319 |year=2005 |month=July |pmid=15917258 |doi=10.1093/jhmas/jri042 |url=http://jhmas.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15917258] The cure for spermatorrhea was regarded as enforced chastity and avoidance of masturbation, with circumcision sometimes being used as a treatment for this supposed condition.cite journal |author=Keane JR |title=The neurological complications of spermatorrhoea |journal=Arch. Neurol. |volume=51 |issue=6 |pages=600–3 |year=1994 |month=June |pmid=8198472 ] . Ejaculation is now believed in western medicine to be self-limiting, and incapable of causing ill effects, other than temporary tiredness and reduction of sexual desire in the individual concerned.Fact|date=August 2008 Spermatorrhea is often seen as a social construct with no basis in medical fact, and an example of a moral panic.Fact|date=August 2008

See also

* Hysteria

References


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