Article 62: Simple Remedies, Dietary Therapy, and Daily Precautions for Azoospermia

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Treatment and recuperation of common diseases

Traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for treating azoospermia

1. Honeysuckle and Salvia miltiorrhiza, 30g each; dandelion, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Dipsacus asper, 15g each; Angelica sinensis, 12g; Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Phellodendron chinense, Paeonia lactiflora, Paeonia veitchii, and Glycyrrhiza uralensis, 9g each. One dose daily, decocted in water, for 3 months as one course of treatment. This formula has a good effect on azoospermia caused by prostatitis and seminal vesiculitis.

2. 15g of Epimedium, 15g of Astragalus, 12g of Cuscuta, 12g of Angelica sinensis, 30g of Rehmannia glutinosa, 6g of Carthamus tinctorius, 9g of Prunus persica, and 6g of Ligusticum chuanxiong. Decocted in water and taken once a day.

3. Take 12 grams each of Epimedium and Fenugreek, and 10 grams each of Schisandra chinensis, Cuscuta chinensis, Lycium barbarum, and Plantago asiatica (wrapped). Decocted in water and taken once a day.

4. Take one dog penis, dry it, grind it into a fine powder, and take 3 grams with white wine once a day.

5. 15g Rehmannia glutinosa, 15g Paeonia lactiflora, 15g Dioscorea hypoglauca, 15g Cuscuta chinensis, 10g Phellodendron chinense, 10g Paeonia suffruticosa, 12g Plantago asiatica (wrapped), 12g Epimedium brevicornu, 12g Lycium barbarum. Decocted in water and taken once a day.

Medicinal diet for treating azoospermia

1. Take 20 jujubes, 30 grams of raw yam, 20 grams of polygonatum, 1 pair of sheep testicles, and 1 hen (remove feathers and internal organs, and wash thoroughly). Stuff the above herbs into the hen's abdomen, place it in a pot with an appropriate amount of water, simmer until tender, remove the herbs, and eat the chicken, sheep testicles, and jujubes. Consume within 2-3 days.

2. 500g of Job's tears and 100g of japonica rice. Wash and dry the raw Job's tears, grind them into powder, and take 30-60g of the powder to cook porridge with the japonica rice.

3. Ingredients: 500g mutton, 20g astragalus, 10g each of atractylodes macrocephala, ginseng, and poria cocos, 5 jujubes, and 100g japonica rice. First, take 120g of mutton and finely chop it. Then, decoct the remaining mutton with the five herbs to obtain 300ml of the decoction. Add the washed japonica rice to the decoction and cook into porridge. When the porridge is almost cooked, add the finely chopped mutton and seasonings as needed before serving.

4. 100g of Cistanche deserticola, 200g of mutton, 150g of japonica rice, and 25g of deer antler glue. Crush the deer antler glue, stir-fry it until golden brown, and then grind it into powder. Finely chop the mutton. Cook the mutton, Cistanche deserticola, and japonica rice into porridge. Add the deer antler glue powder just before it is cooked, and season with salt, MSG, etc. before serving.

5. One pair of sheep kidneys, 50 grams of Cistanche deserticola (soaked in wine and sliced), 15 grams of wolfberries, and appropriate amounts of scallions, ginger, and salt. Remove the fascia from the sheep kidneys, add Cistanche deserticola and wolfberries, and cook together to make a soup. Add scallions, salt, ginger, etc., for seasoning. Drink daily.

What should we pay attention to in daily life?

1. Arrange sexual activity reasonably; there should be neither too much nor too little sexual activity.

2. Pay attention to a reasonable and balanced diet. The diet should be light and avoid spicy and irritating foods.

3. Avoid smoking and alcohol, do not wear tight pants for extended periods, do not take hot baths, stay away from harmful environments such as radiation, and maintain a regular daily routine.

4. Treatment of primary diseases that may cause low sperm motility, such as orchitis, epididymitis, seminal vesiculitis, and prostatitis.

5. Try to avoid taking aspirin, indomethacin, and antihypertensive drugs.

Teratospermia

Teratospermia refers to abnormal sperm morphology, such as structural defects in the head, body, or tail, resulting in a higher than normal number of abnormal sperm and thus affecting fertility. The rate of abnormal sperm in normal semen is generally below 20%; if it exceeds 30%, it can be diagnosed as teratospermia.

Causes of disease

1. Urogenital system infections: such as prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, epididymitis, orchitis, etc., inflammation can lead to abnormal sperm morphology.

2. Varicocele: Due to varicose veins, blood reflux occurs, the temperature of the scrotum rises, affecting spermatogenesis and leading to an increase in abnormal sperm.

3. Endocrine disorders: Abnormal androgen levels can affect the spermatogenesis process, leading to an increase in abnormal sperm.

4. Physical and chemical factors: such as radiation, high temperature, industrial chemicals, heavy metals, etc., can damage spermatogenic cells and lead to sperm malformation.

5. Drug effects: Certain drugs, such as anticancer drugs, hormones, and nitrofurans, can cause sperm abnormalities.

6. Genetic factors: Certain chromosomal abnormalities can lead to sperm malformation.

7. Systemic diseases, such as tuberculosis, tumors, anemia, and high fever, can also cause abnormal sperm development and result in an excessive number of abnormal sperm.

What are the symptoms?

Patients with this condition experience infertility after marriage. Semen analysis may reveal abnormal sperm such as giant sperm, microheaded sperm, ribbon-headed sperm, and double-headed sperm, with the number exceeding 30%. They may also experience pale complexion, cold limbs, decreased sexual function, lower back and knee pain, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, and forgetfulness.

What tests should be done?

1. Routine Semen Analysis: The World Health Organization considers the percentage of abnormal sperm in a normal semen sample to be ≤60%. However, domestic studies on routine semen analysis suggest that the incidence of abnormal sperm in normal semen is mostly below 20%. Therefore, some scholars believe that an abnormal sperm rate exceeding 30% can be diagnosed as teratospermia. Excessive abnormal sperm may be accompanied by other pathological changes in the semen.

2. Other examinations: Chromosomal karyotype analysis is helpful in the diagnosis of hereditary diseases; hormone level measurement can understand the functional status of the hypothalamus-pituitary-testicular axis; routine examination of prostate fluid can rule out the influence of prostate diseases.