Chinese medicine practitioners cannot treat infertility with Si-Yi Tang, which is used in the treatment of Yang deficiency and desire for extirpation, weak pulse and desire for extirpation, etc. It has the efficacy of restoring Yang to save the body (saving fainting, unconsciousness, etc., by warming Yang) and warming the middle and dispelling the cold.
Si-Yi Tang is a proprietary Chinese medicine composed of dry ginger, roasted licorice, and epiphyllum (prepared). This product cannot be used to treat infertility. Its clinical indications are Yang deficiency, syncope of the limbs (unconsciousness, accompanied by coldness of the limbs, even up to the elbows and above the knees), diarrhea and clearing of grains (loose stools with undigested food), cold sweating, and a weak and desperate pulse.
The adverse effects and contraindications and precautions of Si Yi Tang are not clear.
A woman who is not using contraception, has a normal sex life, and has been cohabiting with her spouse for 1 year without conceiving is called infertile. The main pathogenesis of infertility is deficiency of kidney qi and imbalance of Chong Ren qi and blood. It is mostly caused by kidney deficiency, blood stasis, blood deficiency, liver stasis and phlegm-dampness. Treatment is based on regulating qi and blood, warming and nourishing kidney qi, and medication is used according to clinical diagnosis.
Infertility should be consulted in time and treated with medication under the guidance of TCM physicians, and should not be self-medicated in order to avoid causing adverse consequences.