Spleen and Blood Deficiency

Jane was 36 years old and has been trying to get pregnant for 4 years. Her Western doctor could not find any problem with her and her husband. She had tremendous mental stress by living with her parents-in-law (commonly seen in Asian families) and suffered from fatigue, cold hands and feet, and irregular menstrual cycle. She looked depressed at her first visit. 

After the initial examination, she was found to have Spleen Qi deficiency with Blood deficiency, which seemed not serious that much. She had weekly acupuncture treatments to help her Liver Qi flow smoothly and relieve her mental stress. The Chinese herbal medicine was given to tonify Qi and Blood. She got pregnant naturally after two months of treatments.

Blood and Kidney Yang Deficiency

Suzy was 32 years old and has been trying to get pregnant for 2 years. Her menstrual cycle was regular. However, her period was scanty in amount and lasted only 2 days. She had dizziness,  a little low blood pressure, dull lower backache, ear ringing, feeling cold in general and cold feet.

After the initial examination, she was found to have Blood deficiency along with Kidney Yang deficiency. She had weekly acupuncture treatments and Chinese herbal medicine to build Blood and Kidney Yang. Her herbal medicine has been modified frequently according to the improvement of her condition. She did not give up the treatments for 7 months until she finally got pregnant. 

Blood Deficiency

Mary was 36 years old and had two unsuccessful IVF treatments that she had miscarriages from. After the second miscarriage her period did not come for 6 months. Her periods were regular but scanty, lasting only 2 days. She also complained of constipation, pale complexion, dizziness, fatigue, insomnia, and anemia.

She had a severe Blood deficiency after 2 miscarriages. She was treated only with Chinese herbs and nutritional supplements. It almost took a year for her to become pregnant naturally and to give birth to a healthy baby.

Blood Stasis

Sandra was 40 years old and has been trying to get pregnant for 14 years. Her menstrual cycle was regular. The periods were not painful but the blood was dark with clots, and the period lasted 3 days. She had a persistent pain in both groins on mid-cycle. The pain was sharp and stabbing in nature. Her tongue and face had a purplish color.

She seemed to have signs and symptoms of Blood Stasis. She was given weekly acupuncture treatments to remove the stasis. It took only 2 menstrual cycles to be pregnant.