Infertility is defined as inability of a couple to conceive after 12 months of unprotected sexual intercourse. It affects more than 5 million couples and more on earth. Because of unawareness of remedies, just 10% seek help from specialist specialists. I believe it’s the ideal time to talk about how to deal with infertility using a Chinese herb – rehmannia glutinosa.
Definition
Rehmannia glutinosa is also called di huang in conventional Chinese medication, belongings into the family Phrymaceae and indigenous to China. It is among 50 most common used herbs in strengthening the kidney organ.
How rehmannia impacts fertility
Spleen
Rehmannia glutinosa also contains certain chemicals which help to boost spleen role in regulating the production of insulin due to type 2 diabetes with hyperlipidemia, leading to lessening the dangers of sugar fluctuation from the blood flow of which causing irregular menstruation in women and reduced sperm count in men.
Anemia
It is stated rehmannia glutinosa also increases the production of blood and stimulates the production of iron, thus increasing the blood flow oxygen and nutrients into the body cell requirements, leading to increasing the blood circulation to the reproductive organs, resulting in fertility.
Kidney Jing
Traditional Chinese medicine considers that rehmannia glutinosa is a kidney tonic medication when it’s used combination with other yang tonic herbs. It helps revitalize the steroid growth hormone in the body by strengthening the kidney jing, leading to harmonizing the amount of hormones secretion in the glands, resulting in increasing the production of quality sperm and sperm count.
Yin Deficiency
Beside stimulating the kidney jing, in addition, it helps to balance the sexual appetite in addition to erectile dysfunction brought on by kidney yin deficiency as leading to over stimulating kidney yang of different herbs such as deer antler, thereby increasing the possibility of fertility.
Irregular cell development
It also contains high quantity of vitamin C and A, that help to enhance immune function in fighting against disease and inflammation brought on by foreign virus and bacteria, thus reducing the chance for irregular cell development other than where they presume to be development such as endometrial adhesion and implants.
Side effects
- It is toxic if over dose.
- It can cause nausea and bloating.
- It isn’t acceptable for pregnant women.
