This article is the second in a series on the fertility chapter of Fù Qīng-Zhǔ Nǚ Kē (傅青主女科 Fu Qingzhu’s Women’s Disorders). In this series, the chapter is translated into English1 for the first time and includes a small commentary based on my clinical observations. The chapter has 10 sections, each describing a distinct pattern of infertility. I have broken these into three parts, adjusting the order of the sections to facilitate comparison of the patterns.
In the first part (The Lantern, Vol 16-2) we looked at the four sections that involved abdominal distention or fullness. This article looks at three of the remaining six sections. These divide rather nicely into three pairs. Two of the pairs are opposite so it helps us to see them in contrast. Infertility due to emaciated body is opposed to infertility due to corpulence, and infertility due to ice cold is opposite to infertility due to steaming bone and night heat. The
third pair is simply the sections left over. This explains the order in which I present these sections. Sections 4-6 will appear in Part 3, in the next issue of The Lantern.
- Infertility due to Emaciated Body
- Infertility due to Corpulence
- Infertility due to Icy Cold in the Lower Body
- Infertility due to Steaming Bone and Night Heat
- Infertility due to Lower Abdominal Tightness
- Infertility due to Jealousy and Envy
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