Scant ejaculate, sometimes of only two or three drops, affecting the ability to produce children. Scant semen is attributable to congenital insufficiency, sexual intemperance, or excessive mental taxation wearing essential qì.
Medicinal therapy: Supplement essence and replenish the marrow with Marrow-Engendering Unicorn-Fostering Elixir (生髓育麟丹shēng suǐ yù lín dān). Compare seminal cold.
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on CV, back transport points, KI, and SP. Select CV-4 (Pass Head, 关元 guān yuán), BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù), BL-52 (Will Chamber, 志室 zhì shì), KI-3 (Great Ravine, 太溪 tài xī), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), and BL-52 (Palace of Essence, 精宫 jīng gōng); needle with supplementation. If there is a tendency to yáng vacuity, add GV-4 (Life Gate, 命门 mìng mén) and KI-7 (Recover Flow, 复溜 fù liū), and add moxa. For excessive mental taxation, add BL-15 (Heart Transport, 心俞 xīn shù) and HT-7 (Spirit Gate, 神门 shén mén).