01/09/2026
✨ Infertility: A Whole-System Perspective ✨
Infertility affects more people than many realize. In the U.S., 13.4% of women ages 15–49 experience impaired fertility, and 12.2% seek fertility support. You are not alone.
From a Western medicine lens, infertility is categorized as primary or secondary and may involve ovulatory dysfunction (like PCOS), tubal factors, endometriosis, endometrial receptivity challenges, or unexplained causes.
🌿 Traditional Chinese Medicine sees fertility as a dynamic balance—involving the Kidneys, Liver, Spleen, Blood, and the Chong & Ren vessels. Common patterns include:
• Kidney Yin/Yang or Essence deficiency
• Liver Qi stagnation
• Blood deficiency or stasis
• Phlegm-damp accumulation
• Spleen Qi deficiency
🪡 What about acupuncture?
Research shows improved clinical pregnancy and implantation rates when acupuncture is included in fertility care.
📍 Treatment often includes points such as SP6, CV4, Zigong, LV3, ST36, and GV20—chosen to regulate cycles, nourish Blood, move stagnation, calm the Shen, and support ovulation and implantation.
🌱 Herbal formulas may be used to:
• Transform phlegm and support ovulation
• Nourish Blood and clear pelvic stasis
• Warm the uterus
• Support Kidney Yin and Yang
• Improve endometrial receptivity
💛 Fertility care is not one-size-fits-all. TCM offers an individualized, root-based approach—meeting the body where it is and supporting it toward balance.
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