Article 66: Dietary Therapy, Massage, and Daily Care for Semen Liquefaction Problems, and an Overview of Male Infertility
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Treatment and recuperation of common diseases
Medicinal diet for treating semen non-liquefaction
1. Ingredients: 50g mung beans, 30g white rice, 20g kelp, and sugar to taste. Preparation: First, cook the mung beans and kelp together until tender. Then add the rice and cook into a porridge. Add sugar to taste and consume once daily.
2. Take 12 grams of Cornus officinalis, 12 grams of Cuscuta chinensis, 12 grams of Cistanche deserticola, 15 grams of Morinda officinalis, 15 grams of Epimedium brevicornu, and 2 seal kidneys. Seal and soak in 800 ml of white wine for 10 days to make medicinal wine. Take 15 ml each time, twice a day. One course of treatment is completed after one dose (about 25 days). You can take 5 doses of the medicine continuously.
3. 120g of Epimedium, 50g of Curculigo orchioides, and 50g of Acanthopanax senticosus. Wash and chop the herbs, then soak them together with 1000ml of glutinous rice wine or low-alcohol white wine in a sealed container for one week. Shake several times daily. Maintain the bottle temperature above 50℃ for the first two days, then store at room temperature. It can be consumed after two weeks. Take 20-50ml twice daily for 20 days as one course of treatment.
4. 200 ml of raw Rehmannia glutinosa juice, 250 g of cooked mutton fat, 250 g of cooked mutton marrow, 250 ml of white honey, and 25 ml of fresh ginger juice. Bring the mutton fat to a boil over high heat, then add the mutton marrow, honey, Rehmannia glutinosa juice, and fresh ginger juice. Stir constantly, then simmer over low heat until it becomes a paste. Take one spoonful daily, dissolved in hot water.
5. 500 grams of dog meat and 1000 ml of goat milk. Simmer the dog meat and goat milk together over low heat until cooked. Eat the meat and drink the soup.
6. Boil 30 grams of daylily and 50 grams of purslane in water and drink as tea.
7. Soak one pair of seahorses in 500 ml of white wine for two weeks. Drink a small cup before bedtime every day.
8. Take 10 grams of peach kernels (skin and tips removed) and 50 grams of japonica rice. Grind the peach kernels into powder and cook them with the japonica rice into porridge.
9. Wash 30 grams of wood ear fungus, 20 grams of seaweed, 1 egg, and a pinch of salt as usual and make into a soup. Consume daily.
How to perform massage therapy
1. Place both palms below the xiphoid process and push outwards to the sides towards the ribs 50-100 times. Use even and coordinated force with both hands until you feel warmth in your upper abdomen.
2. Bring your index and middle fingers together and use your fingertips to massage the Jianli acupoint for 5-8 minutes.
3. Use your thumb and index and middle fingers to pinch and shake the skin around the Shenque (navel) for 3-5 minutes. Then, heat salt in a pan, put it in a small cloth bag, and apply it to the Shenque while it is still hot. This can be repeated several times.
4. Rub your hands together to warm them, then overlap your palms and massage your abdomen in clockwise and counterclockwise directions for 8-10 minutes to allow the heat to penetrate deep into the body. Then, hold the moxa stick and apply moxibustion to the Guanyuan acupoint for 5-8 minutes.
5. Rub the thenar eminence or the base of the palm along the upper edge of the pubic symphysis and the pubic hair for 5-8 minutes until a noticeable warming sensation is produced.
6. Place your thumbs on both sides of the spine and press the following acupoints in sequence: Diaphragm Shu, Spleen Shu, Stomach Shu, and Kidney Shu. Press each acupoint for 1 to 3 minutes, gradually increasing the pressure from light to heavy, until the soreness and distension are felt in the rib area.
7. Place your thumbs on the outer edge of the tibia on both lower legs and push and press along the outer side of the tibia from top to bottom 5 to 8 times. Use moderate force, and it is best to feel soreness and distension on the back of the foot or toes.
What should we pay attention to in daily life?
1. Eat less fatty, sweet, and rich foods, avoid excessive alcohol consumption, and eat more acidic foods.
2. Limit the frequency of sexual activity and quit bad habits such as masturbation and not ejaculating during intercourse.
3. Strengthen physical exercise to enhance the body's immune function.
4. Semen non-liquefaction mainly causes infertility. To help the woman get pregnant, she should lie on her back for more than 1 hour after intercourse with her hips elevated and her legs bent to facilitate the entry of semen into the cervix after liquefaction.
5. Actively treat various urogenital system diseases.
Male infertility
Male infertility refers to the infertility of a woman who has been living together for more than two years without using contraception, and whose infertility is caused by male factors. The American Fertility Association considers infertility to be the result of not conceiving within one year of marriage. Approximately 15% of couples are unable to conceive. 20% of infertility factors are entirely attributable to the man, and 30% are related to both partners; therefore, about 50% of infertility factors are related to the man.
What are the different types of male infertility?
The World Health Organization has proposed a classification method based on etiological diagnosis. This method is currently the most authoritative diagnostic classification of male infertility in the world, dividing male infertility into 16 categories:
1. Sexual intercourse and/or ejaculatory dysfunction.
2. Immunological etiology.
3. The cause is unknown.
4. Simple seminal plasma abnormalities.
5. Iatrogenic causes.
6. Systemic causes.
7. Congenital abnormalities.
8. Acquired testicular injury.
9. Varicocele.
10. Male accessory gland infection.
11. Endocrine causes.
12. Idiopathic oligospermia.
13. Idiopathic asthenospermia.
14. Idiopathic teratospermia.
15. Obstructive azoospermia.
16. Idiopathic azoospermia.