Premature Ejaculation
Premature ejaculation is generally regarded as one of the most common male sexual dysfunctions. Ejaculatory response is the efferent (motor) component of a spinal reflex that typically begins with sensory stimulation to the glans penis. However, much less is known about this disorder than erectile dysfunction and there is a lack of a commonly accepted definition for this complaint. A specific ejaculatory latency was not defined because of the absence of normative data.
Ejaculation must occur before or very soon after. Premature ejaculation is a very common male sexual disorder, affecting on an average 40% of the men worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) Second International Consultation on Sexual Health defined it as, “persistent or recurrent ejaculation with minimal stimulation before, on, or shortly after penetration and before the person wishes it, over which the sufferer has little or no voluntary control, which causes the sufferer and/or his partner bother or distress”.
An increased susceptibility to premature ejaculation in men from the Indian subcontinent has been reported. Most modern research uses the Intravaginal Ejaculatory Latency Time (IELT) as measured by a stopwatch. This technique, which was originally used by a psychoanalyst in 1973, has become the standard because of a study by the Dutch scientists.
Vajikarana (aphrodisiac therapy) is one of the eight branches of Ayurveda that deals with the preservation and amplification of the sexual potency of a healthy man and conception of healthy progeny as well as management of defective semen, disturbed sexual potency, and spermatogenesis, along with treatment of seminal-related disorders in man.
Vajikarana promotes the sexual capacity and performance as well as improves the physical, psychological, and social health of an individual. In Ayurveda there is a concept of Shukragata Vata, which can be correlated with Premature Ejaculation.