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Kidney vacuity infertility
肾虚不孕 〔腎虛不孕〕 shèn xū bù yùn 🔗
Female infertility arising when insufficiency of kidney qì or damage to kidney qì by enduring sickness or sexual taxation causes depletion of essence-blood that deprives the thoroughfare (chōng) and controlling (rèn) vessels of nourishment and reduces receptivity to male essence (sperm). Kidney vacuity infertility is associated with lassitude of essence-spirit, dizzy head and tinnitus, aching lumbus and limp legs, and menstrual irregularities.
Medicinal therapy: Warm the kidney and regulate menstruation; regulate the thoroughfare (chōng) and controlling (rèn) vessels. Use
Acumoxatherapy: For kidney yáng vacuity, base treatment on back transport points, GV, CV, KI, and ST. Select BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), GV-4 (Life Gate, 命门 mìng mén), CV-4 (Pass Head, 关元 guān yuán), KI-3 (Great Ravine, 太溪 tài xī), CV-3 (Central Pole, 中极 zhōng jí), CV-7 (Yīn Intersection, 阴交 yīn jiāo), CV-2 (Curved Bone, 曲骨 qū gǔ), ST-29 (Return, 归来 guī lái), and KI-6 (Shining Sea, 照海 zhào hǎi); needle with supplementation and large amounts of moxa. For kidney yīn vacuity, base treatment on back transport point, CV, and KI. Select BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), CV-4 (Pass Head, 关元 guān yuán), KI-3 (Great Ravine, 太溪 tài xī), KI-6 (Shining Sea, 照海 zhào hǎi), KI-2 (Blazing Valley, 然谷 rán gǔ) KI-5 (Water Spring, 水泉 shuǐ quán), ST-13 (Qì Door, 气户 qì hù), and