Infertility refers to a situation in which a woman has not conceived after three or more years of marriage, provided her spouse has normal reproductive function and the couple has not used contraception. The diet should be nutritious and include fresh vegetables, fruits, fish, meat, eggs, dairy products, and soy products on a regular basis. For those with kidney deficiency, foods and medicinal ingredients that tonify the kidneys and nourish essence—such as venison, pigeon meat, quail meat, black sesame seeds, walnut kernels, black soybeans, Cordyceps sinensis, deer antler gelatin, mistletoe, and dodder seeds—may be selected; For those with liver qi stagnation, choose medicinal and dietary items that soothe the liver and regulate qi, such as kumquat cakes, green tangerine peel, aged tangerine peel, radish, radish seeds, mint, and tangerine leaves; for those with phlegm-dampness, select high-quality medicinal and dietary items that resolve phlegm and eliminate dampness, such as coix seed, aged tangerine peel, pinellia, poria, tangerines, and water chestnuts; For those with blood stasis, one may choose raw hawthorn, rice wine, lotus root nodes, rose flowers, garden roses, trumpet vine flowers, motherwort, peach kernels, and safflower, among other foods and food-medicine combinations. Spicy, raw, cold, smoked, and alcoholic foods and beverages should be avoided.
The following are clinically used, affordable, effective, and delicious tea, drink, and decoction formulas:
Cistanche and Lamb Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Warms and tonifies kidney yang. Suitable for premature ejaculation caused by kidney yang deficiency. the whole decoction leans warm; use with caution in those with yin deficiency and internal heat or lingering excess heat; warming tonics readily stir heat and burden the spleen; … Read more
Dodder Seed and Quail Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the kidneys and promotes conception. Suitable for infertility due to kidney deficiency. the warming-tonic nature is inadvisable during damp-heat, yin deficiency with fire, or episodes of exterior-heat
Deer Meat Soup with Two Herbs，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the kidneys and promotes conception. Suitable for infertility due to kidney deficiency. given the warm nature, caution is advised if the tongue is red with scant coating or there is tidal fever and night sweats; those who are robust with … Read more
Deer Antler Gelatin Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the kidneys and promotes conception. Suitable for infertility due to kidney deficiency.
Green Peel and Curcuma Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Relieves liver stagnation and regulates qi. Suitable for infertility caused by liver stagnation, characterized by infertility accompanied by depression, frequent sighing, or breast distension, with a white tongue coating and a taut pulse.
Apple and Buddha’s Hand Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Relieves liver stagnation and regulates qi. Suitable for infertility caused by liver stagnation.
Rose and Kumquat Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Relieves liver stagnation and regulates qi. Suitable for infertility caused by liver stagnation.
Citrus Peel and Poria Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Resolves phlegm and promotes conception. Suitable for infertility of the phlegm-turbidity pattern, characterized by infertility accompanied by obesity, chest tightness, epigastric fullness, abdominal distension, nausea, excessive phlegm, a bland taste in the mouth, a white and greasy tongue coating, and a thin, … Read more
Coix Seed and White Bean Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Resolves phlegm and promotes conception. Suitable for infertility caused by phlegm-dampness.
Peach Kernel and Two-Flower Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Promotes blood circulation and supports conception. Suitable for infertility due to blood stasis, characterized by infertility accompanied by depression or irritability, chest tightness and pain in the flanks, lower abdominal distension and pain, a purple tongue with purple spots on the edges, … Read more
