Fertility Concepts
A poetic fertility meditation
A mother is a garden. When we garden with flowers, plants and
vegetables, the richness and Ph of the soil, the right climate for the
specific species, the wind and bees transporting the pollen, the
plants and the water they need to grow, the enrichment by
fertilization, and the removal of weeds that can steal nourishment
— all these processes have their correspondences in the
processes of human reproduction (the gardening of mothers) —
correspondences, namely, in the mothers’ abundance of qi, blood and
other body fluids, balanced hormones, functioning nervous systems,
optimal ranges of Ph and temperature, and finally, pure, clean,
detoxified bodies. This is the goal toward which we work, both you as
patients and we as practitioners. Let us indeed work together so as
thus to allow nature to manifest its glory!
In the United States, even with modern medical techniques involving ingested hormones, IUIs, IVFs, and sperm and egg donations, the treatment of infertility has a success rate of below 50 percent. Many women who undergo one or more of the several types of interventions end up suffering from emotional and physical trauma and discomfort caused by manipulation of the hormones and creation of artificial menstrual cycles.
Our view of infertility, as TCM physicians, encompasses both
physiological obstacles and mental blockages. Inasmuch as body and
mind form a unified entity, physical issues may not stem solely from
environmental or genetic factors. Internal emotions as well as
external stress, nutrition, diet and lifestyle may contribute equally
to infertility.
A successful fertility journey requires four key conditions:
- Production of a healthy egg
- Smooth and healthy fallopian tubes to deliver the eggs
- Quality and quantity of sperm to be able to meet with the eggs
- Safe embedding of a fertilized egg into a well nourished uterine lining
We help patients to improve their fertility by eliminating anything that may prevent or obstruct the four key requirements for a successful fertility cycle. Thus we have treated patients for:
- Unhealthy ovaries, i.e. fibroids, cysts, endometriosis
- Immunological issues such as hypothyroid malfunctioning
- Irregular, painful, unhealthy and abnormal menstruations
- Flat levels of basal body temperature
- Hormonal imbalances, high FSH, luteal phase defects
- Tubal blockages
- Poor ovarian responses
- Recurrent miscarriages
- Defective functioning of the male reproductive system
