| According to Ayurveda, conception takes place | | | | libido. In some cases impotency is acquired by |
| due to healthy sperm, healthy ovum and a | | | | birth also. |
| healthy uterus. For both men and women, | | | | Ayurvedic treatment for infertility : |
| reproductive health depends on the health of the | | | | ** Body Constitution of both the partners are to |
| shukra dhatu, or reproductive tissue. In women | | | | be evaluated and any blockages are to be cleared |
| the shukra tissue creates the ovum as part of | | | | and weakness to be tonified. |
| the monthly cycle, and in men the semen is | | | | ** Women to stay relaxed as when tensed the |
| formed due to sexual stimulation. The shukra | | | | fallopian tubes, the blood vessels nourishing the |
| tissue itself is created as part of a long chain of | | | | uterus can be constricted, which is not conducive |
| metabolic transformations, starting with the | | | | for conceiving. |
| digestion of food and including the transformation | | | | ** Men to avoid alcohol and smoking, reduce poor |
| of food to nutrient fluid, blood, muscle, fat, bone, | | | | quality fats in the diet, and increase exercise. |
| bone marrow and finally, to shukra tissue. Healthy | | | | ** Yogasanas like Padmasana increases blood |
| shukra tissue, then, according to ayurveda, | | | | flow to the perineum and directs prana (life force) |
| depends on the health of all the other tissues in | | | | to the lower two chakras that govern sexual |
| the body. | | | | functions. |
| The main causes for infertility according to | | | | ** Ayurvedic herbs such as Gokshura (Tribulis |
| Ayurveda are eating spicy, salty and hot food | | | | terrestris), Guduchi (Tinosporia cordifolia) and |
| that increase pitta and destroys shukra (semen), | | | | Triphala are very much to clear the blockage. |
| overindulgence in sexual activities that leads to | | | | Shatavari (Asparagus racemosa) is a rejuvenative |
| shukra kshaya (loss of semen) it may also cause | | | | tonic for women. Kapikacchu (Mucuna pruriens) is |
| clibya (impotency), controlling sexual urges for | | | | a proven medicine for increasing the sperm and |
| longer duration that results in veeryaavarodha | | | | defective sperm formation. |
| (Obstruction of semen) and leads to decreased | | | | |