Female Infertility

Female Infertility

When the woman has been trying to conceive for more than 1 year without success.

Points to stimulate conception

CV-4, BL-23, SP-6, KI-3

By stagnation of Liver-Qi

See: Stagnation of Liver-Qi

Cause

Emotional, or Liver-Blood deficiency. The same worry about not being able to conceive can worsen the situation.

Symptoms

  • Nervousness, anxiety, obsession.
  • Delayed cycle, small quantity.
  • Normal or pale tongue, thin coating.
  • Wiry pulse.

Treatment

Add points to drain liver-qi: LR-3, LR-14. Treat other cause if present.

By Blood stasis

  • Dysmenorrhea, delayed cycle.
  • Dark menstrual blood, small quantity and with clots.
  • Purplish tongue, normal coating.
  • Choppy pulse.

Treatment

CV-3, SP-12, ST-29, SP-8, Zi Gong

By accumulation of Phlegm and Dampness

Related to Spleen-Qi deficiency. Weak Earth.

  • Delayed menstrual cycle, pale blood, thick, normal quantity.
  • Difficult digestion, tendency to obesity, leukorrhea, pasty stools.
  • Swollen tongue with thick coating.
  • Slippery pulse.
  • There may be weak Dai Mai Channel, does not hold the fetus.

Treatment

Eliminate Phlegm and dampness:CV-12, ST-40, GB-26, GB-27, GB-28, ST-36

By Kidney-Yin deficiency

Lacking nutrition. Empty-Heat.

  • Mucosal dryness, hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia...

Treatment

Nourish Kidney-Yin: KI-10, KI-6

By Kidney-Yang deficiency

Empty-Cold. The most common cause of female infertility.

  • Paleness, generalized cold, tiredness, tinnitus, edema.
  • Delayed menstrual cycle, pale blood, thin, normal quantity.
  • Pale tongue, thin coating. Pulse weak, thin and slow.

Treatment

Warm with moxibustion GV-4, CV-6, BL-32, ST-29

By Kidney-Jing deficiency

Poor quality egg.

  • Soreness in the lower back, weak legs, tinnitus, dizziness, low or absent libido
  • more symptoms.
  • Delayed menstrual cycle with pale, thin blood, small quantity.
  • Pale tongue, thin coating, weak pulse.

Treatment

Tonify Kidney-Jing: BL-43, GB-39

By Kidney-Yin and Kidney-Yang deficiency

Combined symptoms of cold and heat, for example: hot head and cold feet, alternation, menstrual irregularity...

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Page updated on October 14, 2021

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