Taking a proprietary Chinese medicine to tonify the kidneys when you can't get "hard"? The idea is right, but many people don't take it correctly!

Today, more and more men find that taking the Western drug "Viagra" only solves an urgent problem; to truly improve impotence, premature ejaculation, and similar conditions, the formulas left by our ancestors are still reliable.

Precisely for this reason, traditional patent medicines like Danlong Bawei Yishen Wan have become many men's go-to remedies for nourishing the kidneys. However, although these patent Chinese medicines can be effective, you still need to be careful — here are four common mistakes in using Bawei Yishen Wan that many men fall into.

First, not distinguishing yin and yang and not looking at symptoms. Kidney deficiency can be divided into kidney-yin deficiency and kidney-yang deficiency, with kidney-yang deficiency being more common in men. Simply put, kidney-yin deficiency means an insufficiency of the yin fluids within the kidneys, causing a series of "heat" symptoms; kidney-yang deficiency means a depletion of the kidney's yang qi, bringing a series of "cold" symptoms. Refer to the image below for specific symptoms:

The Bawei Yishen Wan that men commonly use to tonify the kidneys is aimed at kidney-yang deficiency. In the formula, Xiongcange (male silkworm moth) can regulate sex hormone levels, improving erectile dysfunction and increasing libido; Epimedium (yin yang huo) can tonify the kidneys and strengthen yang, improving erection firmness and duration; deer horn gelatin, Cuscuta (tusizi), and Eucommia (duzhong) tonify liver and kidneys and boost physical strength; rehmannia, Chinese yam, and angelica nourish yin, replenish blood, and enrich essence and marrow. Used together, these herbs tonify both yin and yang but focus on strengthening yang, making them more suitable for long-term conditioning in people with impotence or premature ejaculation. If someone with kidney-yin deficiency takes them, it's like adding fuel to a stove that's already "overheated" — it will only make things worse.

Second, not integrating Chinese and Western medicine. Many people think that since they are taking Bawei Yishen Wan to treat themselves, they don't need to take Western drugs like Viagra; some even stop taking medications for hypertension — these behaviors are inappropriate.

For erectile dysfunction, clinical practice recommends an integrative approach combining Western and traditional Chinese medicine: Western medicine treats the symptoms, Chinese medicine treats the root. Bawei Yishen Wan gradually replenishes yang energy, Viagra provides rapid rescue, and antihypertensives stabilize the blood vessels — the three do not conflict. Clinically, this combination is recommended because it relieves the immediate emergency while addressing the long-term cause.

Third, stopping when you feel better and not completing the full course. Many people take one or two courses of Bawei Yishen Wan, find that their “little brother” can “rise” smoothly, and assume the problem is solved, so they stop the medicine on their own. But before long, not only does erection become difficult again, the previously improved lower back soreness and frequent night urination also return — this is the typical consequence of “quitting while ahead.”

Taking patent herbal medicine to regulate the body is like watering parched soil; it must seep in slowly to nourish the roots. The yang-warming herbs in Bawei Yishen Wan, such as male silkworm moth and Epimedium, need continuous action to gradually fill the kidney yang; ingredients that replenish essence like deer horn gelatin and cooked Rehmannia must work step by step to allow kidney essence to accumulate sufficient energy. If you stop as soon as you see effects, it’s like cutting off water just when crops have sprouted: yang hasn’t been stabilized and kidney essence hasn’t been stored, so the problem will naturally recur.

Persisting in taking the medicine according to the prescribed course lets the effect continue: data show that with standard use, Bawei Yishen Wan’s effective rate for treating erectile dysfunction reaches 77.1%, comparable to Viagra, but with side effects of only 1.94%, far lower than the 28.4% for Western drugs. It also contains no sugars and won’t affect blood pressure or lipids, so people with the three highs can take it with confidence. Be sure to wait until symptoms like erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation, cold hands and feet, and low back and leg soreness are completely stabilized before stopping the medicine, so you can firmly lock in the “yang energy” and avoid undoing your earlier efforts.

Fourth, only taking medicine without changing lifestyle habits. I once saw a patient who thought taking medicine to tonify the kidneys was enough, so while taking Bawei Yishen Wan he stayed up late for socializing, drank cold beer and ate grilled skewers in summer — as a result, the treatment’s effectiveness was greatly reduced.

The "Global Report on Male Sexual Dysfunction (2023)" shows that prolonged sitting, staying up late, and heavy drinking can reduce drug efficacy by 60%. Therefore, if you want to "recharge" your body, you must change unhealthy lifestyle habits. Otherwise it's like pouring water into a leaking bucket — you keep filling while it leaks and it will never be full.

As you can see, if you want to say goodbye to being limp as soon as possible, we not only need to take the right medicine, but also take it properly and give up those unhealthy habits. Have you learned this?