Overcome Infertility - What is "Heat" in Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treating Infertility

As mentioned in previous articles, infertility is defined as inability of a couple to conceive after 12 months of unprotected intercourse or can not carry the pregnancy to term. Has over 5 million couples in the United States and many times more in the world. Because of unawareness of treatments, only 10% seeks help from professional specialist. In this article, we will discuss what is "hot" in traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of infertility   I. DefinitionAccording to traditional Chinese medicine prevalent pathogenic heat in summer and certainly refers to Yang. It tends to move upward and outward, altering the qi and body fluid and often is accompanied by wet-pathogen  II. How pathogenic effects of heat FertilityExposure to heat can increase the risk of overflowing energy and accelerate your body function leading to infection, inflammation and abnormal bleeding. Patient is considered the heat are diagnosed most energy flow, skin diseases, qi interruption or failure of the body's organs to download enough toxins.   1. renal functionBecause the kidney is a second line of defense of the body, accumulation of heat in the body, not only lost fluid causes, but also increase the risk of kidney stones and abnormal renal function, if it is not treated. According to traditional Chinese medicine, the kidney plays an important role in men and women of reproductive function, kidney yin deficiency, increasing the risk of production and quality of sperm in the semen men and distort normal menstrual cycle in women.   2. LiverThe liver plays a critical role in regulating the production of certain hormones in the family of prostaglandins, liver abundant qi yang fire causes abnormal liver function and wake liver disease leading to pain and menstrual cramps for women, distort menstrual hormone production and reduce the possibility of infertility. In men, it can cause abnormal ejaculation and sperm count.Abnormal liver function also causes abnormal function of the spleen, the vital organ for the reproductive system plays an important role in the design.   3. bloodstreamheat pathogen interferes with the flow of blood in the body, most people with pathogenic heat have symptoms of hypertension. Because it increases the blood flow out of control, which not only makes the stress that may hinder women menstrual cycle, but also increases the risk of abdominal swelling and rupture of the vein that leads to abnormal bleeding from the vagina women. In men, it causes low sperm count.   4. Immune SystemSince pathogenic heat increases the heat in the body that causes a lack of yin and energy flow, leading to a weakened immune system, increasing the risk of infection and inflammation that causes the accumulation of free radicals and growth of irregular cells, increasing the risk of infertility.