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Infertility Flashcards

1
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Infertility is…

A

inability to produce offspring in a woman who has been trying for two years

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The term for the reproductive Essence is

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Jing

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_____, _______, and _______ are consumed during pregnancy by the rapidly forming fetus.

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  1. Jing
  2. Blood
  3. Yin
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4
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Heart- Blood/Qi go down to nourish the Uterus. This is called the…

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Bao Mai

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5
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Kindey-Essence go up to nourish the Uterus. This is call the…

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Bao Luo

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Excess pathogenic factors disrupting fertility

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Cold **
Blood-heat
Dampness
Stagnation of Qi, Blood

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7
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Kidney deficiency in a Western perspective means

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Absence or irregularity of ovulation

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Blood-heat in a Western perspective means

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Blockage of the fallopian tube

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Blood Stasis (possibly with phlegm), in a Western perspective means

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Uterine Myomas

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Damp-heat with blood stasis in a Western Perspective means

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Pelvic adhesions

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11
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the basis for follicle development, ovulation and corpus luteum development

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Du, Ren, Chong (should always be included in infertility treatments)

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12
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Yin and infertility

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Ren/Chong Mai, basis for follicles, ovum, corpus luteum

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Yang and infertility

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Du Mai, force of transformation, maturation of follicles and corpus luteum, expulsion of ovum

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Follicular development phase

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4-5 days after period begins

Tonify Kidneys, Nourish Blood

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Follicular maturity and ovulation phase

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Inter-menstrual phase, follicle matures, ovulation

Nourish and Invigorate Blood

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16
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Luteal phase

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Pre-Menstrual phase, corpus luteum develops, secretes progesterone
Tonify Kidneys, Consolidate the Ren and Chong Mai

17
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Atrophy of corpus luteum phase, time of period

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Invigorate Blood and Regulate Menstruation

18
Q

Easiest infertility pattern to treat

A

Blood deficiency

19
Q

Most difficult pattern to treat

A

Dampness that often corresponds to polycystic ovarian disease—a complex condition; irregularities of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis

E&P: Infertility (4 decks)

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