Patient's question:
Male, married for two years, but has no children. Hospital check-up found it was my problem. How to treat male infertility?Doctor's answer:
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes that male infertility, characterized by a low sperm count, falls under the category of "deficiency fatigue." It is often caused by insufficient innate constitution or excessive sexual activity that damages kidney essence, or prolonged illness leading to a deficiency of both qi and blood, resulting in a lack of sources for kidney essence. Ultimately, this leads to insufficient kidney essence, making kidney deficiency the direct cause of a low sperm count. Kidney deficiency is generally related to insufficient kidney yin, so replenishing kidney yin can help improve sperm quality.Common foods and medications for boosting sperm count include: eel, black fish, shrimp, sea cucumber, tendon, soy products, field chicken, black fungus, black sesame seeds, small walnuts, sheep kidney, pig kidney, dog testicles, chicken liver, and Liuwei Dihuang Wan (water pills).