Overcome Female Infertility -- Menstrual Disorders In TCM Perspective

All women experience irregular period sometimes during their child bearing years, before menopause. While Western medication has never viewed that irregular menstruation is a problem of women reproductive system, traditional Chinese medicine looks at this problem seriously, if untreated, it will disharmonize the women ecosystem, leading to nervous tension and other health problems, including infertility. Girls in South East Asia have learnt in their early women life from grand mother wisdom, that they do not engage in any activity, distorting their menstrual cycle. Menstruation disorder should be treated immediately, otherwise, it may cause wide range of women diseases, such as infertility, according to Traditional Chinese medicine.
The series of Overcome Infertility - Dysmenorrhea IN TCM PERSPECTIVE now contains only 34 (from # 1- 34) articles, we hope that we can cover all aspects and with an aim to help all women understanding more about some unexplained causes of infertility in EASTERN POINT OF VIEW that are not cover in WESTERN MEDICINE. Best luck to your journey to become a healthy baby mother and father. Kyle J. Norton

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01. Overcome Female Infertility - Causes of Irregular Menstruation In TCM Perspective
Hot and spicy foods may be needed to improve the immune system, increase blood flow to the reproductive organs and warm the uterus for natural conception, but over intake of them may distort the kidney function in nourishing and moistening the body tissue and increase the blood flow, causing over reproduction progesterone and testosterone, resulting in heat accumulated in the body and irregular blood flow.

02. Overcome Female Infertility - Types of Irregular Menstruation In TCM Perspective
Women with prolong period of irregular menstrual month after month, such as delay of menstruation, prolong period bleeding, very painful period, etc. should consider to see their doctor immediately.
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A. Overcome Infertility -Menstrual Disorders - Dysmenorrhea

03. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Definition And Types in TCM perspective
Dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation) is defined as a condition of severe uterine pain during menstruation. Some women may experience periodic pains during or prior to, or after menstrual periods in the lower abdomen as resulting of over production of certain hormones in the prostaglandins family. In traditional Chinese medicine, dysmenorrhea is defined as a pain in the lower abdomen, appearing with menstrual cycle that can spread over to the whole abdomen and lumbosacral region, depending to diagnosis.

04. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Symptoms of Blood and Qi Stagnation In TCM Perspective
In TCM point of view, pain and tenderness are caused by abnormal function of spleen in regulating the transportation of blood to the abnormal region as resulting of blood and qi stagnation. In Western point of view, they are caused by the inability of liver in essential fatty acid metabolism, leading to over production of certain hormones in the prostaglandins of family in controlling the movement of the uterus, causing pain and tenderness.

05. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Symptoms of Blood Deficiency In TCM Perspective
Weakness or lack of strength, during menstrual cycle may be due kidney yang deficiency or spleen inability to transport oxygen and nutrients to the body cells as resulting of blockage of qi in some meridians.

06. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Symptoms of Damp In TCM Perspective
High humidity may be caused kidney yin deficiency as resulting of kidney no longer function in regulating the fluid and distribute the fluids according to the needs of each organs, caused by stagnation of qi, leading to water retention and swelling in some parts of the body.

07. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Symptoms of Damp Heat In TCM Perspective
Lower abdominal pain may be caused by liver function in blood formation and spleen in transporting the blood to the abnormal region, since damp heat accumulated in the lower abdominal region, it causes abnormal function of spleen, leading to blood stagnation, leading to lower menstrual pain.

08. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea Deficiency of Qi and Blood in TCM perspective
As the yang starts to drop, it allows the spleen to push the blood stagnation in the uterus out through the vagina. Since there is not enough qi for the spleen to perform its function or abnormal function of spleen in blood transportation, leading over production of prostaglandins hormones, causing menstrual cramps and pain.

09. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Symptoms Of Dampness Wind Pattern In TCM perspective
Pale tongue is normally view as yang deficiency, in this case as the level of yang is dropped and high humility persisted caused by dampness, it interferes with the blood circulation in the body, leading to symptoms of pale tongue with white and greasy fur.

10. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Symptoms Of Dampness Heat Pattern In TCM perspective
As the uterus is cooler than normal as resulting of the plummet of yang qi to prepare for the shedding of uterus lining, dampness accumulated in the reproductive organs generate damp heat, leading to period with dark color and clots.

11. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Symptoms of Kidney Yang Deficiency In TCM Perspective
Cold and Pain of the lower abdomen during or after menstruation
Since kidney yang is important to warm the uterus and support a healthy conception, deficiency of kidney yang causes cold accumulated in the womb and interferes the normal function of kidney in regulating the function of uterus, leading to muscles contraction, causing lower abdomen cramps and pain.

12. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Symptoms Of Imbalance Of Liver In TCM Perspective
Liver is important in blood formation and regulating the spleen in food absorption and transform them to energy to support our body daily activity. Imbalance of liver can be caused by stress, anger, resentment and repressed frustrations and may cause the following symptoms in dysmenorrhrea.

13. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Symptoms of Kidney and Liver Deficiency In TCM Perspective
Lower abdominal pain either proceeding or following menstruation
As the qi flow is stagnated caused by liver deficiency, it causes violent contraction of the abdomen muscles to contract, leading to menstrual pain preceding period. Since the kidney is no longer function to regulate the uterus following menstruation, because of lack of fluid caused by liver heat, it creates abnormal pains in the abdominal cramps and pain. It is said that applying external pressure will ease the pain.

14.Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Causes of Blood and Qi Stagnation In TCM Perspective
The prolong period of inflammation causes blood static as resulting of increasing blood flow to inflammation regions and distorts the immune system in fighting against foreign bacteria and virus function leading to blood stagnation resulting in affecting the blood circulation in the reproductive organs, leading to dysmenorrhrea.

15. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Causes of Blood Deficiency in TCM Perspective
According to TCM, poor diet may affect the function of liver function in blood formation, if it fails to be properly nourished by the qi from the energy source of spleen. diet with little or no iron also contributes to the blood deficiency.

16. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Causes of Heat Pattern in TCM Perspective
Intake of spicy and hot foods may increase the body temperature that depletes the internal yin and causes liver's heat to rise and affects the normal function of nervous system in information transmitting between themselves and gland, leading stress, anxiety and emotional and physical stress.

17. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Causes of Damp in TCM Perspective
Dampness is defined as a condition of high humidity inside the body. It is easily combine with heat or cold to cause damp-heat or damp-cold according traditional Chinese medicine.
C.D.1. Weather
Expose yourself in wet environment for the prolong period of time, may cause dampness to accumulated in the body, as a result of depletion of yang in controlling the dryness in the body.

18. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Lung Qi Defiency in TCM Perspective
a) Kidney yang deficiency
Under extreme condition causes yang vacuity, as a result of the inability of kidney in fluid regulation that causes excess fluids accumulation in the abdomen, leading to infection or inflammation, resulting in damp heat.
b) Kidney yin deficiency
If there is a condition of kidney yin deficiency, it causes dryness and heat that in the lung and stomach, leading to fire effulgence, resulting in yin vacuity or extreme heat that distort the kidney function in movement of fluids and give rise to damp heat.

19. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Causes of Deficiency of Qi and Blood In TCM Perspective
As the foods entering our stomach, they are divided to 2 components, qi and materials. prolong intake of hot food causes dryness in the stomach and deplete the fluid of the spleen, leading to abnormal function of the circulatory system to move qi and liver function in blood formation, leading to deficiency of qi and blood that causes menstrual cramp and pain as the period becomes scanty.

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20. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Causes Of Damp Wind Pattern in TCM Perspective
Yang is important to balance the level of yin in the body, deficiency of yang causes the yin out of control, leading to excessive fuild accumulated in the body and it has the tendency to move down to the abdominal region, creating dampness. If the lung is no longer function in moving straight in the channels, it causes rebellion qi. Together, they attack the lower body including the abdomen and joint tissues.

21. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Causes of Kidney Yang Deficiency in TCM Perspective
Eating cold foods for a prolong period of time will cause kidney yang deficiency. Cold foods are yin in nature, after entering the stomach, our body needs to provide more yang to digest it that depletes the yang qi, leading to kidney yang deficiency.

22. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Causes of Liver and Kidney Deficiency in TCM Perspective
a) Kidney yang deficiency
Kidney yang deficiency is normally caused by prolong period of eating cold foods, engaging in rigid exercise, working in the cold evironment, etc.. it may cause fluid and water retention, leading to breast tenderness and menstrual cramps and pain.
b) Kidney yin deficiency
Kidney yin deficiency is normally caused by eating of spicy and hot foods, working in hot environment, out go in the extreme hot weather without proper clothing, etc.. It distorts the menstrual cycle and afflicts fertility.

23. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Causes of Imbalance of Liver in TCM Perspective
While liver in charge of blood formation and storing, the heart organ is vital to circulate the blood through thousand of channels for our body tissues. When we move, the heart takes control, but when we are at rest the blood return to the liver, any problem of the heart's function will interferes with the liver function, leading imbalance liver that distort the women menstrual cycle.

24. Overcome Female Infertility - Dysmenorrhea - Blood and Qi Stagnation's Tonic Herbs In TCM Perspective
Mu Gua (quince fruit) besides helping to increase spleen function in food digestion, it increases the kidney function in qi and fluids regulation, thereby, reducing the dampness accumulated caused by kidney qi stagnation and preventing its the moving downward tendency, causing abdominal pain and spasms during menstrual cycle.

25. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Blood Deficiency's Tonic Herbs In TCM Perspective
Blood deficiency of dysmenorrhrea can be defined as a vague pain in the lower abdomen during or 1-2 days after menstruation, it may be caused by liver's inability in blood formation, kidney lung qi's inability to transport blood for the heart in blood circulation.

26. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Damp's Tonic Herbs In TCM Perspective
Fu ling is one of most frequent used herb in promoting the kidney in urinary secretion and improve the Spleen in food absorption, thereby releasing the water retention in the body and promoting strong kidney and spleen qi in assisting liver function in blood formation and transport blood to circulation system, resulting in lessening the risk of abnormal function of heart.

27. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Damp Heat's Tonic Herbs In TCM Perspective
huang qin is important to enhance the lung function by moistening the qi thus reducing the risk of fever, irritability, thirst, cough. It also improve the stomach function in absorbing vital vitamins and minerals by clearing the heat caused extreme dampness, leading to diarrhea and thirst with no desire no drink.

28. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea -Deficiency of Qi and Blood' Tonic Herbs in TCM perspective
While deficiency of blood and qi are defined as a condition of liver abnormal function in blood formation and blood transportation due to qi deficiency or the inability of qi in moving blood caused by spleen qi and lung deficiency. Therefore, by treating the stagnation of spleen and lung qi, it will improve the blood deficiency.

29. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Dampness Wind 's Tonic Herbs In TCM perspective
Wei long xian is also known as clematis recta, it is one of the herb used to strengthen the clematis meridian by expelling the wind-damp due to blockage of the channel caused by prolong period of fluid accumulated in women lower part of the body, thus relieving menstrual cramps and pain.

30. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Kidney Yang Deficiency's Tonic Herbs In TCM Perspective In TCM perspective
Lu rong is also known as deer antler, deer antler velvet. Besides tt is best known in enhancing the sexual activity in men, it also is a great herb that reduces the blockage of the meridian liver and kidney. Since yang qi deficiency is also caused blood deficiency, improving the body yang by strengthening the liver's function in blood formation and kidney's function in fluid distribution, it reduces the yang deficiency in the body.

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31. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Imbalance Of Liver's Tonic Herbs In TCM Perspective
Angelica is a queen herb for women reproductive tonic, it has been used in traditional Chinese medicine in treating all women productive disorder, including
a) Increasing the liver in blood formation
b) Reducing liver blood stagnation caused over production of certain hormones
c) Releasing the qi stagnation including pre menstrual syndrome.
d) Phytoestrogen
The plant types weak estrogen helps to occupy the estrogen receptor sites, thus improving the liver function in regulating the prostaglandins hormones resulting in lessening the menstrual cramps and pain.

32. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Kidney and Liver Deficiency's Tonic Herbs In TCM Perspective
Rehmannia glutinose besides has been used in traditional Chinese medicine in treating kidney disorder, it also helps to restore the balance of yin and yang qi of the kidney resulting in increasing the kidney function in fluid distribution and promoting healthy reproductive organs.

33. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Ocupunture In TCM Perspective
All women experience menstrual disorder sometimes during their child bearing years, before menopause. While Western medication has never viewed that irregular menstruation is a problem of women reproductive system, traditional Chinese medicine looks at this problem seriously, if untreated, it will disharmonize the women ecosystem, leading to nervous tension and other health problems, including infertility. In this article, we will discuss sugegested acupuncture points help to treat dysmenorrhea.

34. Overcome Female Infertility -- Dysmenorrhea - Acupressure in TCM perspective
Blood stagnation is defined as a condition of blood has become obstructed and does not flows freely to the entire body. Suggested points of acupressure for blood stagnation of channels Spleen and stomach
Sp10 (Xuehai), SP6 (Sanyinjiao), SP4 (Gongsun), ST21 (Liangmen) and ST34 (Liangqiu).


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