In traditional Chinese medicine, qi is defined as a substance contains properties of motion and invisibility. It comes from 3 sources
1. Primordial qi ( Heredity)
2. Inhaled qi ( Air inhaled by lung)
3. Qi essence (Absorbed from food by spleen)

I. Symptoms of qi deficiency
1. Shortness of breath
2. Fatigue, loose stools
3. Dizziness,
4. Pale face,
5. Weakened voice/reluctance to speak,
6. Sweating with little exertion
7. Loose stool
8. Etc.

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Painful ovulation is defined as a condition of blood and qi can not move freely due to liver qi and blood deficiency, as liver is the primary organ in preparing to transfer the yin to yang for the start of the yang phrase of menstrual cycle. Women feel cramps and pain in the ovulation phrase in the left or right side of the abdomen can be caused by either qi or blood stagnation or both.

I. Causes
A) In conventional medicine, painful ovulation is defined as a condition caused by a small leakage of blood from the ovary occurring at the time of ovulation, leading to irritation of the abdominal wall resulting in cramps and pain in either left or right side of the abdomen depending to which side of ovaries is responsible for the development of follicles.

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In traditional Chinese medicine, high FSH is defined as the process of the continuous surging of yin which cannot stimulate the ovarian to produce the follicle because of yin deficiency. This leads to the pituitary gland producing even more FSH hormone. Herbs, acupuncture and foods that are used to treat high levels of FSH caused by liver qi stagnation are:

A. Herbs
a) Bai shao (White peony)
This cool herb has been used in TCM in calming liver yang, preserving liver yin and nourishing blood.

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Kidney yin is also known primordial yin or true yin and defined as the foundation of the yin fluid of the body, therefore it helps to moisten, nourish the organs and tissues by maintaining the body fluid balance with fire of kidney yang.

I. Symptoms of kidney yin deficiency
1. Dizziness,
2. Weak pulse
3. Hearing problems,
4. Dry mouth and throat,
5. Hot sensation in the palms, soles and chest,
6. Sweating, constipation, and seminal emission.
7. The tongue is red and covered with a light coating of fur
8. Etc.

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In traditional Chinese medicine, high FSH is defined as the process of continuous surging of yin which cannot stimulate the ovarian to produce the follicle because of yin is deficiency. This leads to the pituitary gland producing more FSH hormone. Herbs, acupuncture, and foods are used to treat high levels of FSH caused by kidney yang deficiency:

A. Herbs
a) Ba ji tian – (Morinda root and vine)
This warm herb has been used to strengthen kidney and liver channels by enhancing kidney functions, strengthening yang and promoting urinary secretion.

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Kidney yang is important in assisting liver in transform yin phrase to the yang phrase. As it rises to certain degree, it stimulates the softness of the uterine lining for the potential fertilized egg implantation. If the blood is stasis, it can not warm the uterine lining in providing the suitable environment for egg implantation even with the surge of yang, causing uterine lining out of phrase.

I. Symptoms
1. Abdominal sever or stabling cramps and pain
2. Dark complexion
3. Bleeding with clot
4. Purple lips
5. Purple nails
6. petechia on skin
7. Etc.

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The normal of yang phrase of menstrual cycle accordingly to traditional Chinese medicine can not be shorter then 10 days. But for what ever reason, some women experience the luteal phrase defect because of excess heat leading to infertility.

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Kidney yang is important in assisting liver in transforming yin phrase to the yang phrase. As the yang rises to certain degree, it stimulates the softness of the uterine lining for the potential fertilized egg implantation. If the kidney yang is deficiency, it may not rise enough to support the luteal phrase in providing the suitable environment for egg implantation as a result of uterine lining out of phrase and yang phrase defect.

I. Causes
1. Colding effect
Eating cold foods for a prolonged period of time will cause kidney yang deficiency. Cold foods are yin in nature, after entering the stomach, our body needs to provide more yang to digest it that depletes the yang qi.

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I. Definition
Shortened luteal phrase is defined as a luteal phrase or yang phrase lasts less than 10 days
The Liver qi stagnation is defined as a condition of liver is no longer function normally in distributing of the flow of qi smoothly in the liver channels, leading to its inability to filter all the toxins out of the blood and handling mental and emotional stress, resulting in increasing the risk of blood stagnation and shorten yang phrase, distorting the function of uterus lining in providing the suitable environment for fertilization.

II. Symptoms of shortened luteal phrase caused by liver qi stagantion
1. Pain or discomfort anywhere along the sides of the body
2. Depression
3. Emotional swings
4. Anxiety
5. Easy being frustrate
6. Anger
7. Tiredness
8. Constipation
Etc.

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Kidney yin also known primordial yin or true yin , is defined as the foundation of the yin fluid of the body, therefore it helps to moisten, nourish the organs and tissues by maintainomh the body fluid balance with fire of kidney yang.

I. Symptoms of kidney yin deficiency
1. Dizziness,
2. Weak pulse
3. Hearing problems,
4. Dry mouth and throat,
5. Hot sensation in the palms, soles and chest,
6. Sweating, constipation, and seminal emission.
7. The tongue is red and covered with a light coating of fur
8. Etc.

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