26 Jul

Male fertility: Low Semen Volume, Low Motility and Low Morphology

Sperm Density in Relation to Infertility Normal sperm density is defined as greater than 20 million sperm/milliliter. When the density falls below 15 million the chances that a problem exists are much higher and when the density is less than 1 million it is almost certain that male infertility problems exists. Volume Normal semen volume […]

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20 May

Oligospermia: Acupuncture plus herbal treatment

The oligospermia is diagnosed based on low count in a semen analysis performed on two occasions. For many decades sperm concentrations of less than 20 million sperm/ml were considered low or oligospermic, recently, however, the WHO reassessed sperm criteria and established a lower reference point, less than 15 million sperm/ml, consistent with the 5th percentile for […]

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19 May

low flow breastfeeding lactation can be improved with acupuncture and Chinese herbal and diet treatment

Low flow lactation includes situations such as new mom has no milk or has too little milk to feed the baby. Excluding the hormone condition, generally it happens on new mom whose energy is low/tired or stressful/anxiety. Chinese medicine considers the low flow lactation is caused by weak constitution, deficiency of Qi and Blood, Qi […]

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14 Feb

Male Infertility: Conventional Treatments

Male Infertility can be treated in several ways, and you should be aware that there may be side effects to some of them. Treatments vary from ineffective Vitamin supplements to the highly successful advanced ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection) treatment Conventional treatment of male infertility in the past used a wide array of medicines to try […]

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14 Feb

Male infertility: Chinese medicine pattern differentiation

Male infertility refers to the inability of a male to achieve a pregnency in a fertile female. In humans it accounts for 40-50% of all infertility. Male infertility is commonly due to deficiencies in the semen, and semen quality is used as a surrogate measure of male fecundity. The volume of the semen sample, approximate […]

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18 Jan

Trying to Conceive (TTC): Acupuncture and herbal formula may help

  Acupuncture: Help body, mind and spirit working together towards efficient, high functional fertility like machine tuned regularly (from WebMD.com) Although acupuncture is fast becoming an accepted fertility protocol, not everyone agrees on how — or why — it works. According to the traditional Chinese medicine explanation, acupuncture stimulates and moves Qi (pronounced “Chee”) a […]

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10 Nov

Male infertility: Kidney Yang Deficiency

Kidney yang deficiency is a symptom of the kidney yang failure performance. There are multi-factors which can cause the Yang Qi or elderly kidney deficiency, kidney injury or chronic illness, and excessive sex. Clinical manifestations of Kidney Yang Deficiency: back pain, aversion to cold, pain especially in the lower extremities, dizziness, mental apathetic, pale white expression, […]

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01 Nov

Fertility and Weight Loss: Chinese medicine regulating mense cycle can help

According to Chinese Medicine, over weight can affect man and woman’s fertility. Many fertility doctors also hold this view and advice patients to lose weight if they are over weighted. There are many means of losing weight or weight control such as medicine or holistic methods like exercise, diet or herb supplement. Acupuncture is also […]

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14 Oct

Fertility and Weight control: Chinese medicine regulating mense cycle can help

The combination of traditional Chinese medicine and modern obstetrics technology can significantly improve the fertility rate. Association of Chinese Medicine TCM gynecological seventh Conference held in Nanjing received the news. Chinese medicine advantages in the menstrual regulation and improvement of the physical plus psychological adjustment can promote fertility. Girls could have amenorrhea due to excessive weight loss or weight […]

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11 Oct

Male fertility: urology doctors in this area,

Here are doctors that my patients would like to refer Dr.  Paul Shin MD  in DC

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