How to Treat Infertility in Women & Men        with Acupuncture

Etiology & Pathology:

• Etiology:
  • Excessive phycal work– weakness of spleen and kidney yang, At the time of attaining puberty uterus  is at vulnerable state 
  • Excessive Sexual Activity – particularly around puberty, but women chronic deficiencies of Jing and Blood – can lead to malnourishment of the Uterus.
  • Constitutional Deficiency – women with congenital KD deficiencies which may have arisen from being born prematurely or having had an unhealthy mother.
  • Invasion of the Cold – may arise from KD Yang Deficiency or chronic exposures to cold during menstruation -disrupt the Uterus.
  • Irregular diet– Excessive intake of greasy food and dairy products lead to the formation of dampness in the lower burner,easily turns into damp & phlegm which may obstruct the uterus preventing implantation of the ovum and blockage of the fallopian tube.
  • Over work–
  • Stagnations of Qi a/or Blood, possibly with Phlegm/damp – can block the Uterus.
• Differentiation:
  • Excess Pathologies
  • Cold in the Uterus
  • Blood Stagnation w/Phlegm (blocked fallopian tubes fall under this differentiation)
  • Deficient Pathologies
  • KD Yang Deficiency
  • KD Yin Deficiency
  • Blood Deficiency
• Cold in the Uterus – Excess Condition
  • Signs & Symptoms:
    • Patient will likely appear pale, delayed menstruation w/dark dilute flow, pain a/or coldness of the lower abdomen which improves with the application of heat, aversion to cold, cold limbs, may also have weak back/knees a/or profuse clear urination
    • Tongue: Pale
    • Pulse: Deep, slow
• Blood Stagnation w/Phlegm – Excess Condition
  • Signs & Symptoms:
    • Patient is likely to be overweight, irregular menstruation w/clotting, delayed most likely, chest a/or hypochondriac distention, irritability, palpitation, dizziness, profuse sticky leukorrhea.
    • Tongue: White greasy coat w/purple spots
    • Pulse: Deep, wiry
• KD Yang Deficiency
  • Signs & Symptoms:
    • Irregular menstruation w/scanty pinkish Blood, weak back a/or knees, fatigue, dizziness.
    • Tongue: Thin white coat
    • Pulse: Deep, thin, particularly weak in the KD position
• KD Yin Deficiency
  • Signs & Symptoms:
    • Irregular menstruation, sore back, constipation, mallor flush, night sweats, heat in the 5 palms, insomnia, dry throat, dizziness, vertigo
    • Tongue: Red w/no coat
    • Pulse: Floating, empty, rapid
• Blood Deficiency
  • Signs & Symptoms:
    • Delayed menstruation w/scanty, pinkish flow, emaciation, sallow complexion, fatigue, dizziness, may also have palpitations a/or insomnia if HT Blood is deficient
    • Tongue: Pale, possibly swollen

Pulse: Deep, thin,

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