Peyronie's Disease

Naturopathic Treatment

Peyronie's disease is a condition in which the fibrous connective tissue in the penis thickens. The disease is not fully understood and many cases spontaneously resolve within a year or two. For those cases requiring medical or surgical intervention, treatment may be frustrating and ineffective. Naturopathic treatment may be used in conjunction with conventional treatments.

Nutrition

Proper nutrition and supplements may be helpful. The appropriate diet can improve overall health, boost the immune system, and help the body heal.

• Eat, fresh, unrefined, and unprocessed foods. Include fruits, vegetables, whole grains, soy, beans, seeds, nuts, olive oil, and cold-water fish (salmon, tuna, sardines, halibut, and mackerel). Eating organic food helps reduce exposure to pesticides, herbicides, and hormones.
  
• Avoid sugar, dairy products, refined carbohydrates, fried foods, junk foods, and caffeine.
  
• Eliminate food sensitivities. Use an elimination and challenge diet to to determine food sensitivities.
  
• Drink 50% of your body weight in ounces of water daily (e.g., if you weigh 150 lbs, drink 75 oz of water daily).
  

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Supplements

• Bromelain (proteolytic enzymes)- Take 750 mg, 3 times daily, on a empty stomach. Bromelain is a pineapple enzyme that can digest proteins (as can all proteolytic enzymes). It helps prevent the deposition of fibrin, which is believed to cause the connective tissue to thicken.

Herbal Medicine

• Gotu kola (Centella asiatica)-Supports healing and normal development of connective tissue.

Note: It may be up to 6 weeks of using bromelain and gotu kola before results are noticed.

Peyronie's Disease, Naturopathic Treatment reprinted with permission from urologychannel.com
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