Symptoms

Discharge of semen before or after urination, discharge due to slight excitement or lustful thinking, decrease in memory power, headache, and weakness of the legs (particularly of the knees), are the symptoms of this disease.

Causes

Lack of proper sexual knowledge in adolescence or early youth, loss of semen through unnatural means, lack of restraint in married life, eating non-vegetarian food and using intoxicants from an early age, too little physical work and too much mental work, failing to follow the rules for fasting, bathing, taking water and sun-bathing – these are the causes of seminal weakness.

Treatment

Treatment, diet, and dos and don’ts are the same as for impotence [see “Impotency and Infertility” chapter]. Low thinking, bad company, intoxicants and non-vegetarian food should be completely given up. Seeing pornographic pictures or films, reading pornographic literature, etc. are also to be forsaken.

Some remedies

1. One inch of tulasii [basil – Ocimum sanctum Linn.] root, if eaten after chewing very well along with a betel [Piper betle Linn.] leaf daily for about two weeks, will give excellent results.

2. Well-developed roots of the shimúla tree should be dried in the shade and ground into fine powder. 1/4 tola of this powder should be taken along with milk every morning.