Diseases: Infertility

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: