Surveys both Chinese textbook literature on female infertility as well as the modern Chinese journal literature on this condition * Compiles the largest selection of herbal formulas for the treatment of infertility of any book on this subject in English * Discusses the TCM treatment of the various Western diseases associated with infertility, such as: female immunologic infertility, fallopian tube blockage, endocrine imbalances, polycystic ovarian syndrome, anovulation, uterine myoma, luteal phase defect, and endometriosis * Presents modern Chinese protocols based on kidney supplementation, the multiphasic approach to formula writing, the use of basal body temperature in TCM diagnosis and treatment planning, and the use of external and adjunctive therapies, such as plasters and enemas * Introduces role of candidiasis in the treatment of the above Western diseases and female infertility and concludes by discussing some of the special difficulties of treating this condition with TCM in the West