Best Chinese Herbs to Treat Infertility and Other Reproductive Problems

There is no need to suffer through the menstrual cycle

Women have been using herbs to treat infertility for centuries.  The Chinese are often credited with pioneering the use of herbs for medicinal purposes, but they by no means have a corner on the herbal market.  Perhaps, they are the most well known, and rightly so, the use of herbs in China dates back to 3000 BC.  Other cultures, while less well known and documented, likewise used herbs to treat infertility for many years before Western Medicine was even practiced.

Use the ancient knowledge of herbs to treat and cure your infertility.

Wild Yams: One of the best known herbs to treat female ovulation cycle ailments is wild yams.  Wild yams have a long history of medicinal use in China, Africa and by indigenous people on the American Continent.

Contrary to the use of yams, these herbs are not related the yellow-orange vegetable so often paired with marshmallows and served alongside the Thanksgiving turkey.  Wild yams are smaller and not eaten as vegetables. Instead the roots and rhizomes are dried and used to treat a wide variety of fertility issues.

Wild yams contain high amounts of natural hormones which closely mimic estrogen and progesterone.  These chemical compounds–when taken regularly–can serve to support and balance female hormonal imbalances, which can account for infertility, amenorrhea, usually painful menstruation, irregular ovulation. Wild yams can even improve sperm motility.

Wild yams are most often used in cream form applied directly to the skin.

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Blessed thistle:  This plant is also has a long history of use as an herbal treatment for infertility.  Blessed Thistle belongs to the Aster flower family and has been used for a variety of reproductive issues for centuries.  Perhaps the best known use of Blessed Thistle is that of sustaining a healthy supply of breast milk for nursing mothers.

Blessed thistle can also be used to boost fertility before a breast milk supply is ever needed. Like wild yams, Blessed Thistle can bring hormones back into proper balance increasing healthy ovulation cycles.  A common use is to stimulate a lapsed period back into healthy cyclic function.  It is also an anti-inflammatory, which serves to calm swelling within the body that can cause blockages.

These are only two of the many herbs used to treat infertility.  To learn about specific dosages as well as other herbs commonly used to treat infertility, click here.