The Experience of Treating Infertility from Tan Yunxian in the Ming Dynasty
Tan Yunxian was a famous female doctor in the Ming Dynasty,good at moxibustion,highly praised Zhu Danxi,influenced by many of his ideas,for example,"Yang is usually redundant while yin is ever deficient""minister fire theory""six-depression theo-ry","protecting the spleen and stomach".She paid attention to regulating qi and blood,moving qi and relieving depression,nourishing yin and reducing fire,invigorating the spleen and tonifying the kidney,as well as the role of emotions in the incidence of female disea-ses.For infertility caused by spleen-kidney deficiency,qi-blood insufficiency,excessive dampness and deficient fire,she used external moxibustion,oral Radix Polygoni Multiflori Pill(Zhu Danxi's formula)to nourish the liver and kidney,fill the essence and generate blood.For infertility combined with recurrent abortion caused by exhaustion,anger,extreme emotions,injury,blood consumption,lack of essence,difficult to solidify the fetal element,she adopted staged treatment to regulate qi and blood.First,four-system Rhizoma Cyperi Pill was used to remove depression,clear heat.Second,Supplemented Menstruation-Regulating and Qi-Tonifying Decoction was used to promote embryo element.After successfully bearing the fetus,in order to prevent fetal heat and fetal miscarriage,the powder for clearing heat and invigorating the spleen powder and preventing miscarriage was adopted,which not only treated infertility,but also made the pa-tient successfully give birth.
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