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How does Chinese medicine treat infertility?

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Asked on:Apr 04, 2026 05:27 PM

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  • Orestes Orestes

    Apr 04, 2026

      Many friends must be familiar with Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine has its own unique theoretical system for treating diseases, and it can have good therapeutic effects on many difficult and complicated diseases. For infertility, Chinese medicine treatment also has its own special effects. In this article, the editor will focus on introducing to you how Chinese medicine treats infertility.

      Traditional Chinese medicine treatment:

      1. 30 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 9 grams each of Cyperus rotundus, red peony root, white peony root, peach kernel, Trachelospermia vine, and safflower, 12 grams each of Angelica sinensis and Forsythia suspensa, and 6 grams each of Chuanxiong, cumin, and licorice. Decoction in water and take once a day for infertile patients, divided into 2 doses. This prescription is more suitable for female infertility patients with blocked fallopian tubes.

      2. Prepare a pound of white wine and a bowl of black beans. After cleaning the black beans, soak them for about twelve hours. When the black beans are swollen, put them into a pot, then add white wine and cook in the pot for about half an hour. By this time, the white wine has basically disappeared. Then take out the black beans and eat two spoons a day. It is very effective in treating uterine cold infertility.

      Symptomatic treatment with traditional Chinese medicine:

      1. To treat infertility caused by phlegm and blood stasis, select the acupoint Fenglong Zhongji Hegu Taichong Sanyinjiao, position Fenglong, on the anterolateral side of the calf, 8 inches upward from the tip of the lateral malleolus, and 2 inches away from the front edge of the tibia. The middle pole is on the abdomen, on the front midline, 4 inches below the navel. Hegu, commonly known as the tiger's mouth, is the bulge of the muscles when the thumbs are brought together. Taichong is on the dorsal side of the foot, in the depression behind the space between the first and second metatarsal bones. Sanyinjiao, on the inner side of the calf, 3 inches above the tip of the medial malleolus of the foot, behind the inner side of the tibia. Moxa cone scarless moxibustion, Zhongji and Taichong are the main points, each point has 5 to 7 strong points, moxibustion until local burning and flushing, infertile patients once a day, 10 times as one course of treatment, continuous moxibustion for more than 3 courses.

      2. For the treatment of infertility caused by kidney essence deficiency, it is applied on the abdomen, on the front midline, and 3 inches below the umbilicus. Mingmen is located at the waist, in the depression below the spinous process (the raised bone) of the second lumbar vertebra on the posterior midline. Shenshu is located on the back, under the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra, 1.5 inches apart on both sides. Sanyinjiao, on the inner side of the calf, 3 inches above the tip of the medial malleolus of the foot, behind the inner side of the tibia. Moxibustion with moxa sticks is a scar-free moxibustion method. Use large soybean moxa sticks, 10 strong for each point, and moxibustion until the local area is hot and flushed. Infertile patients should take it once a day, and 10 times is a course of treatment. It is best to start moxibustion after menstruation and end at the end of ovulation.

      Warm reminder: The above is the complete introduction to "How does Chinese medicine treat infertility?" At the end of this article, the editor would like to remind all readers that no matter what your condition is, you must choose a regular hospital that treats infertility. Do not be greedy for cheap or take chances and not go for treatment, so as not to delay your condition.