Infertility At present, 15 out of 100 couples are found to have infertility problem. The indicator pointing out that the persons have this symptom is when they getting married for 1-2 years and do not take birth control but have no child/children, or the persons who have child/children but no longer pregnant after the first child for 1-2 years. Why number of infertility increase? This is because people get married late, be more socialize with friends, have health problem, and are getting old. 6 major causes of infertility according to Traditional Chinese Medicine Kidney failure, small uterus, have less menstruation Liver failure, abnormal menstruation, unhealthy Progesterone Circulatory Failure, have colic pain Phlegm on ovarian cyst, Amenorrhea, fascia Have heat element, pelvic inflammatory disease Blood Congestion, obstructed fallopian tubes, Turmor, facia in uterus or vulva Only one chance in one month Fertile day is the day during the first day of menstruation of the past month and the first day of menstruation of the following month. This will work for the person who have normal and constant menstruation. There is only one fertile day each month in which the egg will only live for 24 hours. The couples who have sexual intercourse 2-3 days per week (without birth control) have a chance at 50% for pregnant within 5 months, and will increase to 80-90% within one year. However, it is not easy if everything does not perfectly complete in the right and appropriate time. Some have been trying several methods, counting fertile day, applying new technology e.g. Artificial Insemination, GIFT, or In-vitro Fertilization but do not succeed. Chinese medicine is another alternative that is in interest of people. It mainly emphasizes on adjusting body balance because all organs in the body are related. It is not only solve infertility problem but also promote health and keep the body away from disease. Female and Male need Per vaginal examination before treatment Female needs three examination types: abdomen, uterus, and ovary ultrasound within one week after menstruation finishes, six hormones examination i.e. TSH, FSH, LH, Estradiol, Prolactin, and Progesterone (the best time is when having menstruation 2-4 days), and fallopian tubes examination whether it is obstrcted or not (which should be tested after the menstruation finishes for 9-10 days). Male needs to check the quanity and healthiness of sperm (no sexual intercourse one week before testing) “Mae” – “Tongue Check” Cure from the root After receiving the test result, have “Mae” test according to Chinese medicine which will consider the result of modern medicine test, the patient’s symptoms, as well as Mae, tongue check to find the most suitable treatment and cure from the root cause. It will focus on using Chinese herb and acupuncture for treatment.

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