Patient's question:
I just got divorced from my wife, and we're already planning to have a baby. My wife wants a high-quality baby and dragged me in for thorough tests. The results showed that my semen doesn't liquefy. That means I can't make my wife pregnant. Am I still a man? It's driving me crazy.Doctor's answer:
1. Qi deficiency and blood stasis constitution, or blood stasis constitution, with obstruction in the reproductive orifices, leading to semen not vaporizing.2. Regular consumption of spicy, sweet, and greasy foods, internal accumulation of damp-heat, or external exposure to damp toxins can scorch body fluids, causing unclear semen to mix with normal semen, making the semen viscous and unvaporizable.
3. Insufficient congenital kidney yang, or lack of nourishment in later life, severe illness causing physical weakness, or invasion of external cold pathogens damaging kidney yang, can all cause semen to congeal in cold, preventing it from vaporizing.
4. Excessive indulgence in alcohol, sex, and overexertion in sexual activities, or excessive mental strain, or the transformation of five emotions into fire, can deplete kidney yin, leading to yin deficiency and excess fire, scorching body fluids, and making the semen viscous and unvaporizable.