Sundance Acupuncture

Herb & Acupuncture Database

(This is my own personal database of teachers, teachings and notes that I use in my practice. I’ve decided to share it freely with anyone who would like to reference it.)

Infertility #4

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin Pin Yin Dosage Actions
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 3-15g Invigorates and harmonizes the Blood and disperses Cold.
Sm. Cuscutae Tu Si Zi 6-18g Strengthens Yang, nourishes Yin, astringes Jing and urine and benefits the marrow.
Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum Degelatinum Lu Jiao Shuang 3-5g Regulates the Chong and Ren channels, Stabilizes the Dai Channel, Strengthens and warms Yang, Strengthens Jing and Blood, Tonifies and nourishes Qi and Blood, Tonifies the Kidneys.
Rx. Morindae Officinalis Ba Ji Tian 6-15g Tonifies the Kidneys and strengthens Yang.
Poria Fu Ling 9-18g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and strengthens the Spleen.

Formula Actions

  • Tonifies Kidney Yang
  • Nourishes Blood
  • Tonifies Qi
  • Nourishes the Chong and Ren channels
  • Nourishes the uterus

Syndromes

  • Kidney Yang Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations

  • Long term infertility or infertility in an older woman
  • Possibly a history of late menarche
  • Delayed menstruation with decreased and pale menses or
  • Infrequent menstruation
  • Irregular periods
  • Period either scanty or heavy
  • Prolonged menstrual cycle
  • Scanty, dark discharge at the end of menstruation
  • Amenorrhea
  • Loss of libido
  • Aches and weakness in the waist and legs
  • Back pain
  • Cold limbs
  • A dusky complexion
  • Dull-pale complexion
  • Increased clear urine
  • Loose stools
  • Dizziness
  • Fatigue
  • Tinnitus
  • Feeling cold
  • Depression
  • Cold limbs
  • Frequent urination
  • Long-drawn-out urination with a thin stream or dribbling
  • Back soreness
  • Pain and coldness in loin and knees
  • Severe lumbago
  • Cold sensation in the lower abdomen
  • T: Pale, swollen and wet
  • C: White
  • P: Deep and weak or Thin and soft or Deep and thready or Deep, thready and forceless or Deep and slow

Treats

  • Infertility

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Notes

Modifications

For educational reference only; not a substitute for care from a qualified practitioner.