Acupuncture helps men suffering from premature ejaculation last longer in bed

A LITTLE prick helps men to past longer successful bed, probe reveals.

Acupuncture jabs are effectual successful treating persistent premature ejaculation, the reappraisal of 8 erstwhile studies shows.

The treatment — fashionable successful the Far East but little truthful successful the UK — is thought to modulate hormone levels and dampen excitability of the nerves.

Researcher Dr Fu Wang concluded: “A sustained regimen of acupuncture sessions tin importantly prolong clip to ejaculation and amended the intersexual restitution of couples.”

About a 3rd of men are estimated to suffer with the condition, which is usually linked to unwellness oregon stress.

In their review, the China-based researchers compared acupuncture to the accepted attraction — anti-depressants known arsenic SSRIs.

They recovered the saccharine spot for acupuncture was 20 to 30-minute sessions, with ­needles inserted conscionable beneath the waistband and successful the feet.

Men were treated regularly for betwixt 4 and 8 weeks.

The probe showed needle therapy did not enactment arsenic good arsenic the drugs but had less unwanted effects.

Dr Wang added: “Acupuncture is mostly associated with minimal adverse effects and is good tolerated by patients.

“This provides a safer alternate for patients reluctant to effort different therapies owed to concerns astir broadside effects.”