Vaginal Jade Eggs: Ancient Chinese Practice or Modern Marketing Myth? : Urogynecology

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Vaginal Jade Eggs: Ancient Chinese Practice or Modern Marketing Myth?

Gunter, Jennifer MD*; Parcak, Sarah PhD†

Author Information

From the *Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA;

†University of Alabama, Birmingham AL.

Correspondence: Jennifer Gunter, MD, 2238 Geary Blvd, 7SW, San Francisco, CA, 94115. E-mail: [email protected].

No sources of support or funding.

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery 25(1):p 1-2, 1/2 2019. | DOI: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000643

Abstract

Objective 

To identify evidence that vaginal jade eggs were recommended or used in sexual health practices or for pelvic muscle exercises in ancient Chinese culture.

Materials and Methods 

A search of the online databases of 4 major Chinese art and archeology collections in the United States.

Results 

More than 5000 jade objects were viewable in online databases. No vaginal jade eggs were identified.

Conclusions 

No evidence was found to support the claim that vaginal jade eggs were used for any indication in ancient Chinese culture.

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