TREATING SUB-FERTILITY IN MEN

When I was a student of traditional Chinese medicine, my favourite teacher once remarked that, in her experience of working with couples struggling to conceive, time and again she found a recurring pattern. The women tended to be energetically cold, and the men tended to be energetically hot.

Whilst there have been enormous advances in treating infertility and sub-fertility in women with both conventional and complementary medicine, working with the male partner is not always addressed, and this can often be essential.

The concept of temperature with regard to male fertility is not limited to Chinese medicine. Many self-help tips for improving sperm quality involve eliminating heat from the genital area. After all, there is a reason why the male genital organs are located where they are – away from the core heat of the body.