Impotence

Impotence only happens in men. Impotence is mati pucuk, where the male cannot attain penile erection. The recent trend of rising impotence among Malay men indicates a rising trend of diabetes among Malay men. What has impotence got to do with diabetes in Malay men?

The Malays take hempedu bumi for overcoming diabetes. Hempedu bumi has been around and has been used by the Malays since time immemorial. The adverse effect of prolonged use of hempedu bumi is destruction of nerves, which also is a complication of diabetes. Of course we cannot detect the damaging effects of hempedu bumi in females but certainly we can detect the effect in males. It is not known if hempedu bumi worsens eyesight in diabetics.

So we now have a good question to ask Malay men who complain of impotence. We can ask "Have you been taking hempedu bumi?" If patients answer "Yes", then we have a right to request them to stop taking hempedu bumi and see if that will help.

There are many other causes of impotence in Malay males. Hypertension runs high among Malay males. Why?

So we can now check for 2 things in Malay males with impotence - consumption of hempedu bumi and presence of hypertension.


Reference:
Traditional Malay Medicinal Plants
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