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| Foreword to the 2nd edition | |
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| Foreword to the 1st edition | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Fundamentals | |
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| A Tale of Two Clinics - The Treatment of Infertility with Chinese Medicine or Western Medicine | |
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| The Menstrual Cycle | |
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| Becoming a specialist in female infertility | |
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| The Chinese and Western medicine approach | |
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| The organs | |
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| The Kidney, the Heart and the Uterus | |
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| The other organs | |
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| The substances | |
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| Jing | |
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| Yin | |
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| Yang | |
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| Blood | |
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| Shen | |
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| Qi | |
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| The channels | |
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| The Chong and the Ren vessels | |
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| The Bao vessel and the Bao channel | |
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| The Du and the Dai vessels | |
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| How it all begins | |
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| The menstrual cycle | |
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| The length of the cycle | |
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| Phases of the TCM menstrual cycle | |
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| The Yin part of the cycle | |
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| Follicular phase (proliferative or estrogenic phase) | |
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| Midcycle phase (ovulation) | |
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| The Yang part of the cycle | |
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| Luteal phase (progestogenic or secretory phase) | |
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| Back to the drawing board | |
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| Parallels between TCM and Western parameters | |
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| Charting the Menstrual Cycle | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The BBT chart | |
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| The how's and why's of BBT measurements and other observations | |
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| History of the BBT chart | |
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| Charting the cycle from day | |
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| The thermometer | |
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| The urinary ovulation predictor kit | |
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| The chart | |
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| Fertile mucus | |
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| Position of the cervix | |
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| Putting it all together | |
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| BBT charts and pattern diagnosis | |
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| Pattern variations | |
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| The follicular or low phase | |
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| Ovulation | |
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| The luteal or high phase | |
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| More on discharges | |
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| In the Clinic | |
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| Diagnosis and Treatment of Female Infertility | |
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| Making a Diagnosis | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The two key elements: ovulation and menstruation | |
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| Taking a history | |
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| The period | |
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| Midcycle | |
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| Pain in the ovary | |
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| Breast tenderness | |
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| Genital discomfort | |
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| TCM categories of female infertility | |
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| Kidney deficiency | |
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| Heart and Liver Qi stagnation | |
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| Blood stagnation | |
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| Phlegm-Damp accumulation | |
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| Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatments for Functional Infertility | |
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| Same disease, different treatments | |
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| Prescribing treatment | |
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| Timing of treatments | |
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| Prescriptions | |
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| Problems in the follicular phase or at ovulation | |
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| Menstrual phase - discharging the lining of the uterus | |
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| Post-menstrual phase - building Kidney Yin and the Blood | |
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| Preparing for ovulation | |
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| Modifications and variations | |
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| Midcycle phase - promoting movement of Qi and Blood | |
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| Modifications and variations | |
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| Midcycle bleeding | |
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| Problems in the luteal phase or at implantation | |
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| Post-ovulation phase - maintaining Kidney Yang | |
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| Methods to boost the Yang | |
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| Modifications and variations | |
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| In the clinic: putting it all together | |
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| Treatment during pregnancy | |
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| Morning sickness | |
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| Towards the end of pregnancy | |
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| Gynecologic Disorders which can cause Infertility | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Diseases and disorders which cause or contribute to infertility | |
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| Endometriosis, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Fibroids and Polyps | |
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| Endometriosis | |
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| Etiology | |
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| The clinical picture | |
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| Endometriosis and infertility | |
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| Treatment with Western medicine | |
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| TCM treatment of endometriosis | |
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| Strategies for treating Endometriosis | |
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| A simpler approach | |
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| Pelvic inflammatory disease | |
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| TCM analysis of pelvic inflammatory disease | |
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| Treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease | |
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| Fibroids and polyps | |
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| Ovulatory Disorders and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome | |
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| Amenorrhea and disorders of ovulation | |
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| Different types of ovulatory dysfunction | |
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| Drugs used to induce ovulation | |
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| TCM analysis of drugs | |
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| TCM analysis of different types of ovulation disorders and amenorrhea | |
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| Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) | |
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| PCOS and TCM | |
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| PCOS with weight gain | |
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| PCOS without weight gain | |
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| Research in PCOS and TCM | |
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| Combining TCM and western medicine | |
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| Blockage of the Fallopian Tubes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Can Chinese medicine treat fallopian tube blockage? | |
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| Diagnosis of tubal blockage | |
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| The structure of the fallopian tubes | |
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| Damage to the structure of the tube | |
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| Treatment with Chinese medicine for early-stage structural blockages | |
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| Diagnosis | |
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| Functional blockages | |
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| Treatment with Chinese medicine for functional blockages | |
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| Additional treatments for structural blockages | |
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| Flushing the tubes | |
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| Application of herbal medicines per rectum | |
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| Physiotherapy | |
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| Acupuncture | |
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| Male Infertility | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Where and how sperm are made | |
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| The sperm factory | |
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| Semen analysis | |
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| Normal parameters | |
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| Declining sperm counts | |
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| Age and sperm | |
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| Constriction and heat | |
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| Antisperm antibodies, vasectomies, varicoceles, and other blockages | |
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| Diagnosis of male infertility in TCM | |
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| Kidney Yin deficiency | |
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| Kidney Yang deficiency | |
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| Damp-Heat | |
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| Qi and Blood stagnation | |
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| TCM treatment of infertility | |
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| Kidney Yin and Yang deficiency | |
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| Damp-Heat | |
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| Qi and Blood stagnation | |
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| IVF procedures | |
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| Diet and lifestyle | |
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| Pregnancy Loss, Miscarriage, Immune Infertility, and Ectopic Pregnancy | |
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| Miscarriage | |
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| Pre- and post-implantation loss | |
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| Miscarriage and age | |
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| Threatened miscarriage | |
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| Causes of threatened miscarriage | |
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| TCM treatment of threatened miscarriage | |
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| Western medical treatment for threatened miscarriage | |
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| Inevitable miscarriage | |
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| Ensuring expulsion of all pregnancy products | |
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| Control the amount of blood lost | |
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| Recover the Qi and Blood | |
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| Late-stage miscarriage | |
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| Recurrent miscarriage | |
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| Prevention of future miscarriage | |
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| Causes of recurrent miscarriage | |
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| TCM diagnosis and treatment of recurrent miscarriage | |
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| Immune-related miscarriages | |
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| Early pregnancy | |
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| Missed abortion | |
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| Male factor treatment | |
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| Conception timing and miscarriage | |
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| Ectopic pregnancy | |
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| Preventing ectopic pregnancies | |
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| Other ectopic pregnancies | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Combining Chinese and Western Medicine | |
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| Assisted Reproduction Technology and In Vitro Fertilization | |
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| Introduction | |
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| IVF statistics | |
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| The ART clinic | |
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| Artificial insemination (Al) | |
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| In vitro fertilization (IVF) | |
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| Assisted Reproduction Technology and Traditional Chinese Medicine | |
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| Infertility patients and their treatment needs | |
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| Comparing different infertility treatments | |
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| IVF and TCM - different approach | |
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| IVF and TCM - different techniques | |
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| IVF and TCM - different emphasis | |
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| In the clinic - combining TCM and ART | |
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| TCM and IVF - points of influence | |
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| Diagnosis of the IVF patient | |
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| Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of the IVF Patient | |
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| Using TCM in preparation for an IVF cycle | |
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| Kidney deficiency (and egg quality) | |
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| Heart and Liver Qi stagnation (and sleep and stress) | |
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| Blood stagnation | |
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| Phlegm-Damp (and weight loss) | |
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| Preparation for IVF for men | |
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| Treatment during the IVF cycle | |
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| 4-PhaseTCM treatment during the IVF cycle | |
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| Ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome | |
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| The positive pregnancy test | |
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| The negative pregnancy test | |
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| Research on acupuncture and IVF | |
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| Effects on implantation and pregnancy rate | |
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| Acupuncture points used on the day of embryo transfer (ET) | |
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| Effects on endometrium | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Lifestyle and Fertility | |
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| Diet and Lifestyle | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Chinese medicine perspective | |
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| Jing | |
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| Yin | |
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| Yang | |
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| Qi and Blood | |
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| Phlegm-Damp | |
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| Fluid intake | |
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| Preconception diets | |
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| Nutritional supplements | |
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| Weight | |
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| Losing weight | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Stress | |
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| Sleep | |
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| Sleep and sex hormones | |
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| Sleep and metabolism | |
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| Sleep and stress | |
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| Sleep and the immune system | |
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| A good night's sleep | |
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| Our daily drugs | |
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| Caffeine | |
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| Alcohol | |
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| Nicotine | |
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| Marijuana | |
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| Junk food | |
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| Other drugs | |
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| Environmental pollutants | |
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| Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) | |
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| Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) | |
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| Phthalates | |
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| Bisphenol A (BPA) | |
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| Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) | |
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| 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide (VCD) | |
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| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | |
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| Alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs) | |
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| Glycol ethers | |
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| Heavy metals | |
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| Electromagnetic fields | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Herbs - Pinyin, Chinese, and Latin characters | |
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| Herbs which move the Blood | |
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| Herbs to beware of during pregnancy | |
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| Summary of herbal formulas and their uses in this book | |
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| Index | |