Chakras and Energy Imbalances in Patients with Urinary Incontinence and Sexual Dysfunction after Prostate Cancer Surgery

Statement of the Problem: Urinary incontinence, or the loss of the ability to control urination, is common in men who have had surgery or radiation for prostate cancer. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), urinary incontinence and sexual dysfunction are caused by Kidney energy deficiency. Purpose: To demonstrate which are the energy imbalances linked to urinary incontinence and sexual dysfunction after prostate cancer surgery and how can we treat it clinically. Methods: One case report. 68-year-old male patient. Started treatment for urinary incontinence and sexual dysfunction, after being submitted to a prostatectomy due to prostate cancer. He was also using medications for control the prostate cancer (anti masculine hormones). The patient had to use special diapers on the penis to contain urine. As the patient was not satisfied with the standard treatment he was receiving in Western Medicine, he searched for a TCM based treatment. He was diagnosed with Kidney-Yang deficiency. Treatment was started with Chinese dietary counselling, auricular acupuncture associated with apex ear bloodletting and moxibustion. It was performed measurement of the chakras, which resulted in no energy in any of the patients chakras (considering a scale of 1 to 8 in energy, all chakras were measured in 1). To replenish the energy of the chakras, it was started the use of crystalbased medications and homeopathy according to the Constitutional Homeopathy of the Five Elements based on TCM theory, developed by the author. Results: With the instituted treatment, the patient recovered the ability to control urine and sexual function.