Chinese medicine diet for improvement of male fertility
Male infertility comes in several forms and has several causes. Several common types of male infertility are Tetratospermia (abnormal sperm morphology), Asthenozoospermia (reduced sperm motility), Oligospermia (decreased number of sperm) and Azoospermia (absence of sperm cells). These common conditions are very treatable with Chinese Medicine. The goal of Chinese Medicine is to maintain reproductive energy while treating the symptoms related to the infertility. Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Formulations, Diet and Lifestyle all play a major role in promoting fertility and reversing infertility.
From a Chinese medicine perspective foods and herbs are prescribed based on their ability to enhance specific energy systems in the body. Making significant changes to your diet will also dramatically improve your overall health creating a natural balance in the body, it can ultimatelly increase sexual vitality, sperm production and quality.
In TCM, one of the main causes of male infertility is kidney energy deficiency. This does not refer directly to how your kidney organ is functioning but rather to your meridian or energy system. The kidney system is important because it is the foundation of yin and yang for all of your other organs. Kidney yin is the fundamental substance for birth, growth and reproduction and kidney yang is the motive force of all physiological processes.
Kidney meridian weakness can be caused by a multitude of activities including, too much sexual activity, over consumption of food and alcohol, drug abuse, overwork, unmanageable levels of stress and lack of nourishing foods. Some common signs of kidney meridian dysfunction are moodiness, rapid body temperature changes, low back and chronic knee pain, ringing in ears, fatigue, premature hair loss, low sex drive and infertility. Because the kidney system is the foundation of energy it is always beneficial to support this meridian.
Foods that improve your kidney energy, therefore enhancing male fertility, include:
Symptom 1: Oligospermia
Indications: Sparse semen, low sperm motility, viability and quantity.
Therapeutic food: wolfberry sheep kidney soup
Efficacy: The soup has the power of invigorating the kidney and nourishing essence.
Sepcial recommended: The sheep kidney can promote the production of testosterone in Leydig cells and enhance spermatogenesis. It is one of the Chinese medicine remedies that is used for testicular spermatogenesis dysfunction.
Symptom 2: Semen Liquefaction Dysplasia
Indications: Poor semen liquefaction, sparse sperm, more than 90% dead sperm.
Therapeutic food: hyssop fish ball soup
Efficacy: The soup has the functions of nourishing essence and qi. It can strengthen kidney and yang. It is quiate suitable for men with abnormal semen, still sperm, non-liquefaction of semen, sparse sperm, etc.
Symptom 3: Teratozoospermia
Indications: Poor semen quality, manifested as dead sperm, too many deformed sperm, poor semen liquefaction, and sperm motility below grade II.
Therapeutic food: Sheep Brain Soup
Efficacy: The soup has the power of invigorating Qi and replenishing essence. It can enhance sperm motility and improve semen quality.
