A: Male Infertility

Question 0

inability to impregnate a female, premature ejaculation, low sperm count, dizziness, tinnitus, sore and weak lower back and knees, frequent urination/dribbling urine. Pale tongue with thin white coat, pulse is deep, thin, thready pulse.

Dx?

Answer 0

Kidney Qi Xu type of Male Infertility

Question 1

Etiopathology of Male Infertility

Organs involved?

Answer 1

Kidney

Spleen

Question 2

Inability to impregnate, sperm quality and quantity too low, low libido, lassitude, dizziness, tinnitus, poor memory, sore back, weak knees. Pale tongue, deep thready or thin and weak pulse.

Dx?

Answer 2

Kidney Essence Xu (Growth, Development, etc) type of Male Infertility

Question 3

Male infertility, seminal emission or wet dreams, long time erections (priapsm), no ejaculation, tinnitus, emaciated or thin, 5 palm heat, liver fire Sx, sometimes night sweats, hot flashes, dry mouth especially at night, but no desire to drink much. Thin rapid pulse with red tongue with normal coating.

Dx?

Answer 3

Male Infertility - Kidney Yin Xu / Hyperactivity of Xu Fire/ Xu fire flaring up

Question 4

impotence, low sperm count, inability to impregnate, low libido (hypo sexuality), dizziness, tinnitus, cold hands and feet, no tolerance to cold, thin/clear/profuse urination, frequent urination especially at night, feels shaky after urine because urine takes away all the heat, dribbling urine. Tongue is pale and puffy, pulse is slow, deep, weak (cold signs in the pulse).

Dx?

Answer 4

Mingmen Fire Decline (Kidney Yang Xu) type of Male infertility

Question 5

Inability to impregnate, impotence, seminal emission, premature ejaculation, low libido, depression, feeling of fullness in chest and hypochondriac region, frequent sighing, tongue has whitish coating and may have slightly purple hue. Pulse is wiry.

Dx?

Answer 5

Male Infertility - Liver Qi Xu ** can mix with other patterns**

Question 6

Inability to impregnate, swelling and pain of the testes, impotence or long lasting erection, bitter taste in the mouth, sometimes blood in the sperm, restlessness, scanty yellow urine, scrotal itching and sometimes testicular damp and itching. Red tongue with greasy yellow coating, wiry and rapid pulse.

Answer 6

Damp Heat in Liver-GB type of Male Infertility

Question 7

Infertility of male, history of injury or surgery, absence or over presence of erection. Distending pain in the lower abdomen or scrotum. Fullness of the chest and depression or restlessness. Dark purple tongue or purple spots on the tongue, thin white coating, choppy pulse.

Dx?

Answer 7

Qi and Blood Stagnation type of Male Infertility

Question 8

7 Patterns of Male Infertility?

Answer 8

Kidney Qi Xu
Kidney Yin Xu
Kidney Essence Xu
Mingmen Fire Decline (Kidney Yang Xu)
Liver Qi Xu (*mixes*)
Damp Heat in the Liver-Gallbladder
Qi and Blood Stagnation

Question 9

General Pts for Male Infertility?

Answer 9

K 3, UB 23, Du 4, Ren 4, Sp 6, UB 32

Question 10

Points for Low Sperm Count?

Answer 10

K 12, Ren 2,3 (Moxa)

Question 11

Points for Dead Sperm?

Answer 11

Moxa St 36, Ren 6, 4 (Tonify and moxa)

Question 12

Points for Lazy Sperm?

Answer 12

Ren 4, Ren 6, UB 23, Du 4