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Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine Treating Women’s Infertility

 

Infertility can be treated by Traditional Chinese Medicine (acupuncture, herbs and more) if patient has no serious physical defects and keep persistency with the treatment plan, usually, 3+ months. Form TCM prospective, there are five different types of infertilities and the TCM practitioners treat each type with a particular method and personalized herb formula.

 

Common acupuncture points used for different types of infertilities:

 

Infertility is diagnosed into two syndromes such as deficiency and excess:

Those with kidney deficiency are treated by CV(Ren Mai) and GB(Zu Shao Yin) Meridian points to increase energy.

Those with nourishing blood deficiency are treated by Back(Back Shu) and SP(Zu Tai Yin) Meridian points to increase energy.

Those with liver vessel blockage are treated by LR(Zu Jue Yin) Meridian as main acupuncture point to adjust the period.

Those with phlegm dampness are treated by SP(Zu Tai Yin), ST(Yang Ming) and CV(Ren  Mai) Meridian points to smooth qi and adjust the period.

Those with blood stasis and stagnation are treated by GB(Zu Shao Yin) and BL(Tai Yang) Meridian points to clean the stagnation.

 

Main Acupuncture points:  CV3(Zhong Ji), SP6(San Yin Jiao), KJ(Da Chi) and SP(Di Ji)

Sub-acupuncture points: BL53(Shen Shu), KI13(Qi Xue) and  KI16(Zhao Hai) are For kidney deficiency

BL17(Ge Shu), SP10(Xue Hai) and ST36(Zu San Li) are for blood deficiency

LR3(Tai Chong), LR11(Yin Lian) and SP12(Qi Men) are for   liver vessel blockage

KI(Si Man), ST40(Feng Long) and SP9(Yin Ling Quan) are for phlegm dampness

KI11(Qi Chong), BL53(Pao Men) and BL32(Ci Liao) are for blood stasis and stagnation

Electro-acupuncture method:

1.  Common acupuncture points:  SP6(SaYin Jiao)RN3(, Zheng Ji), TF5(Zi Gong) and RN4(Guan Yuan)

Sub-acupuncture points:   SP10(Xue Hai), SP(Di Ji),   ST36(Zusanli) and KI13(Sui    Dao)

                  Ear acupuncture points:  CO18(Neifenmi), CA1(Luanchao), T3,2,4(YuanCao), and CO17(Sanjiao).

2. Method: Every time take 2 to 3 common acupuncture points and 1 to 2 sub-acupuncture points. After put the needles into twist the needle for half minute then connect electro-acupuncture device for 5 to 20 minutes. 2 to 3 times/week for five weeks and then 1 time/week for 7 weeks. Generally three month is a treatment circle, depending on each patient’s health condition. 

 

Chinese Herbs for different types of infertilities

 

Kidney-Yang deficiency: No pregnancy for more than two years, blood color is light at the end of period or do not have period every month, no period, looking gloomy, backache and weak leg, sexual apathy, urine clear and long, stool is not solid, pale tongue with white fur, pulse deep and fine or deep and delay. 

Treatment Strategy: Warm Kidney, nourish qi, regulate and fortify Chongren meridian points.

Chinese Herbs: Ginseng, Atractylodes, Peony root, Cnidium, Sunbum licorice, Angelica, Rehmannia,   Eucommia, Antler Powder, Placenta, Red sage root and Cyperus.

 

Kidney-Ying deficiency: No pregnancy for more than two years, period is earlier and less, blood color is red but no blood clots, or period is still normal but weight loss, back pain and legs weak, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, dry mouth, upset and hot, afternoon low heat, reddish tongue, less moss and pulse breakdown.

Treatment Strategy: Nourish yin, regulate blood and circulate Chongmai meridian. Chinese Herbs: Angelicae Radix, Peony root, Shude, Mountain pods meet, Ligustrum lucidum and Eclipta prostrata.

 

Liver Stagnation: No pregnancy for more than two years, period is uncertain and abdominal pain, period is bound and poor, period is less and color dark, small blood clots, premenstrual breast tenderness, depression, irritability, tongue is normal, or dark red and pulse week.

Treatment Strategy: Smooth and expel the blockage in liver, regulate blood, balance the Shugan Jieyu, and nourishing spleen.

Chinese Herbs: Angelicae Radix, Atractylodes, Peony Root, Hoelen, Moutan Radicis Cortex, Cyperus and pollen.

 

Phlegm: No pregnancy for more than two years, body fat builds-up, delayed period, or even amenorrhea, vaginal discharge and quality thick, face looking pale, dizziness, heart palpitation, chest tightness and pulse slippery.

Treatment Strategy: Expelling phlegm dampness, smoothing qi and regulating menstruation.

Chinese Herbs: Pinellia, Hoelen, Atractylodes, Cyperus, Leaven, Dried Tangerine Peel, Cnidium, and Grasleaved Sweetflag Rhizome.

 

Blood Stasis: No pregnancy for more than two years, menstruation post-less, period color purple dark, blood clots, or dysmenorrheal, usually lumbar pain, do not like to press when in pain, dark purple tongue with purple spots on the side of tongue, pulse fine and floating.

Treatment Strategy: Circulate blood, clean blockages and adjust period.

Chinese Herbs: Fennel Seed and Corydalis Combination.

 Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine can adjust the conditions of internal organs, improve ovarian function, promote blood circulation, adjust mood and enhance immunity, thereby the pregnancy rate can be increased. Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine in the treatment of women’s infertility has significant advantages to be vigorously promoted and widely adopted.