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  • Causes and natural treatment of male and female infertility (2)

    Being second installment of the paper presented by Femi Kusa at the training seminar of the National Integrative Medicine Practitioners Association held at the Water Parks Hotel, Toyin Street, Ikeja, Toyin Street, Ikeja, Lagos, on October 8, 2014.

    Parasite Clearance

    There are too many herbs which do this job that we cannot mention them all here. So are proprietary such as NGE parasite formula (milk thistle and Jerusalem artichoke), Parasite cleanse, Olive Leaf Complex, the Amazon stablemates, Amazon AF (for Candida), Amazon AV (viruses) Amazon AP (Skin parasites and Flat worms) Oregano oil pan d’arco and colloidal silver. Faciolopsis, a flat worm often picked up from the egg of the adult worm in the intestine of infected animals not thoroughly cooked before it is consumed, may trail wood alcohol or nickel to the prostate gland. An infected prostate gland may be unable to contribute enough quality secretions to the semen, and this may affect sperm quality and fertility. “In Nigeria, the intestine of animals is a popular culinary delicacy called Round-about” because of its structural features. I stopped eating it, long before I read of its havocs from Dr. Holda’s book on electronic or frequency destruction of germs, when I realized many cooks do not rid it completely of its fecal contents.

    Sperm Quality

    I always like to engage this question from the angle of thyroid gland health. The thyroid surrounds the neck and is responsible for the body’s metabolic rate. This is the rate at which the body functions. This rate can be low, normal or high. When low, a person afflicted by it is said to suffer from hypothyroidism. When it is high, the condition is called hyperthyroidism. Hyperthyroidism makes the body over combust. Nutrients are over consumed, the patient may become thin, the heart may overwork, beat too fast and exhibit symptoms of palpitations. Many doctors mistreat the hypertension induced by hyperthyroidism as plain hypertension, without realising that one log of wood has fallen on another, and that removing the upper one alone will not necessarily remove the log below. hypothyroidism, on the other hand, makes the sufferer not only physically sluggish and lethargic, but also similarly downgrades all bodily processes and functions, including fertility. So many factors may cause hyperthyroidism or hyperthyroidism.  One of these may be insufficient Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) from the pituitary gland in the brain, or simply from the havocs of the halogens. The halogens are a group of gases (chlorine, fluorine, bromine etc) which have the same chemical structure as iodine, one of the nutrients the thyroid gland requires to function normally. When the halogens attach themselves to the receptors of the thyroid gland, they block iodine absorption and this creates iodine deficiency in this gland. Goitres may result or may not. Overtime, the body goes downhill. Sea kelp and other iodine-containing sea plants do help. The patient is to avoid cabbage and other gastrogen – containing plants, such as cauliflower, Brocoli spouts, Breoli, because gaststrogens, like Buggleweed used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism, slows down the thyroid gland. These gastrogen containing plants are also known as the cruciferous vegetables. There are many proprietary medicines which can help. Among these are Tyroset, Laminaria, Magnesium, Triple iodine Complex and SDGs.

    Tyroset is a combination of kelp, L-Tyrosine (an amino acid) and spices which support thyroid health. Laminaria is an extract of brown sea weeds rich in minerals and iodine. Triple iodine complex is similar to iodoral, which appears to be scarce world-wide. Iodoral was wonderful for many low-thyroid cases and auto-immune diseases. It came in tablets which contained 50mg of iodine or 12.5mg of it in addition to potassium iodide. Many people were scared of iodine at 50mg per dose. But a doctor who educated me about it said he took it for two years running when he was developing goitre. Members of his family took it for about one year. He believes all serious diseases in which the immune system has been depleted require iodine at about 50mg dosage. In Triple Iodine Complex, the iodine dosage is 12.5mg. Then, there are the SDGs. Composed largely of Lignans which have been found to build immunity, they offer good help in hypothyroidism.

    Thyroid test

    When many people are down in the thyroids, they are sent by their doctors to laboratories which are to determine the levels of certain thyroid supportive substances in their blood. But often times, these tests do not capture the entire picture of what is going on in this organ. Worried about this unreliable check, a doctor named Broda Barnes decided to develop a reliable self, home test now named after him. Reporting the Broda Barnes Basal Body Temperature Test (BBT), James F. Balch, M.D., Co-author of PRESCRIPTIONS FOR NUTRITIONAL HEALING, and Mark Stengler, M.D., say in their PRESCRIPTIONS FOR NATURAL CURES:

    “Basal Body temperature is one of the most effective tools for diagnosing hypothyroidism, and it is easy to take and record your temperature at home. The night before you begin the recording, assemble the following: A thermometre, if not digital, shake it down to 96 degrees Fahrenheit or lower; Pen or pencil; Paper; Clock, watch or stop watch.

    “Place these items on your bedside table within easy reach of your usual sleeping position. When you wake up in the morning, place the thermometre under your ampit and lower your arm over it. Hold the thermometre tightly in place for 10 minutes. You need to be still for the entire seven to 10 minutes, as even a small movement can disturb the reading. When the 10 minutes are over, note your temperature and record it, with the date on the paper. Repeat this procedure for three days. If you are a menstruating woman, you should begin taking your temperature on the second day of your period.

    “After three days, take the average of the readings. If it is below 97.7 to 98.2 degrees Fahrenheit (the normal range for a basal temperature), you probably have an underactive thyroid”.

    Dr. Balch and Dr. Stengler say this test captures mild to moderate cases of hypothyroidism which are not sighted by blood tests. That is why, according to them, some people are told by their doctors that nothing is wrong with them, although they continue to experience some of the following symptoms.

    “Fatigue, aparthy, depression and irritability, weight gain, ache and pains, sensitivity to cold and heat, constipation, menstrual problems (irregular periods), recurring infections, high cholesterol, hair loss, dry skin and hair, brittle, peeling nails, infertility, insomnia anxiety and panic attacks, poor memory and concentration, low libido, headaches, premenstrual syndrome, lowered immunity, carpal tunnel syndrome, Reynaud’s phenomenon, water retention, dry eyes or blurred vision, eye brow loss (outer one-third), anaemia and easy bruising, slow healing, coarse voice, tingling hands and feet”.

    The long list isn’t surprising. For more than 200 diseases have been linked to hypothyroidism. In fact, about 26 prominent doctors in the United States discuss in a book on the thyroid gland that they routinely treat the gland as foundational treatment of any disease they have to cure.

    efore I address some proprietary medicines which may help to boost sperm count, normalise morphology (shape) and motility (swimming capacity), I would like to mention some university research studies on common nuts and pepper which are said to do the job as well. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers studied walnut. They divided 117 men with count, morphology and motility problems into two groups. One group was given handfuls of walnut two times a day for six weeks. The other was given none. After six weeks, the problems had cleared in the group which ate walnuts but persisted in the group that did not eat it. This suggested that essential fatty acids in walnut did the trick. This is interesting because essential fatty acids have been found to also correct hypothyroidism. This is one reason it is advisable to eat oily fish, such as Titus or Sardine, or take Omega-3 fish or flat seed oil supplements.

    In a study carried out on Grains of paradise, which the Yoruba of South-Western Nigeria call Atare, and known also as Alligator pepper, researchers at the University of Lagos report it to be a sperm booster. Also, the Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) says that chewing alligator pepper improves sperm count while the leaf juice improves female fertility and regulates menstrual flow. The NNMDA reports, also, on walnut tree and cissus polnea, a parasitic root the Yoruba call Ogbolo (d.m.m). They are said to correct male infertility factors in south-west Nigeria. They not only possess anti-microbial activities which may cure some STDs, they also correct male and female infertility. When I was Editor of the Guardian newspaper in the 1980s, I sought on the Natural Health pages to pass on information that, before the debut of Viagra on the world market our forefathers in South-Western Nigeria had used the Ogbolo root for male sexual vitality. e.g dried the pulp to powder and added it to water or food and consumed. I got one of our reporters, DECLAN OKPALAEKE, a microbiology graduate from the Lagos State University (LASU) to run a kitchen experiment which I designed. Water extract of this root was given to about 24 men who were encouraged to check their sperm profile every month at two laboratories. Almost all of them recorded phenomenal sperm count increases each time they went for a check. About four had a check. About four had static or near static results. It turned out that they suffered from one infection or the other. When the laboratories saw what was happening, they referred some of their sperm-problem clients to us. When they took this extract, their conditions improved or normalised. Some of them became fathers before we could call Jack Robinson. I took the results to the 70th yearly conference of the pharmaceutical society of Nigeria (PSN) held at the Lagos Airport Hotel. But the PSN showed no interest. Next, I took it to HEALTHCRAFTS, a natural medicine company in the United Kingdom which employed an orthodox doctor as a marketing officer. This doctor, a woman, had been married for years without a child. Neither she nor her company showed interest. I got Mr. Okpalaeke to present the report to the African Journalist of The Year Award, and it won First Prize placement with a purse of N1.5 million, a lot of money in the 1980s. With the help of Mr. Adeleke of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Phamacognosy department, I tried to stabilise the pulp as powder or preserve in alcohol. The processes were cumbersome and expensive, and I gave up the venture. Today, I am happy when I see itinerant agbo (herb potion) hawkers sell it as Afato (sperm generator). A seed long sown has sprouted. One day, Nigeria’s teeming money bags may invest in pharmaceutical factories  to produce it.

    Some people find use of such stuff inconvenient, and would rather have proprietary supplements. These abound in the market. I never fail to suggest Zinc to men and women. It is a fertility mineral and antioxidant. About 80 percent of the Zinc in a man’s body is found in the prostate gland, underscoring its importance not only for this gland but for fertility and virility as wells.

    Hormonal imbalance may cause testosterone deficiency, which may affect Leydig cells of the testes which produce sperm. Also, the patient may be Vitamin E deficient. Vitamin E is not only an antioxidant and oxygen conserver, its deficiency has been found to cause shrinkage or atrophy of the testes, and , in extreme cases, its death. Often, I find that zinc, Vitamin C (10,00mg three times a day), Vitamin E and L-Arginine, an amino acid, L-carnitine and Co-Enzyme Q10 do the trick. The better should be the job where the patient consumes Walnut, if it is in season and alligator pepper, which is always in season.

    L-Arginine is needed for the production of protein and helps rid the body of ammonia, a poison. We should remember that the sperm essentially has protein, in fact one of the finest grades of protein in the body. Besides, it stimulates the release of insulin, which helps sugar conversion to energy, a lot of which the sperm require of serious importance is the value of L-Arginine in the production of Nitric Oxide, which relaxes and dilates blood vessel. This enhances blood circulation. Blood is required to flow unhindered from the heart to the penis, for turgidity to occur without which the sperm cannot be well delivered into the portals of the vagina.

    Thus, it helps to correct erectile dysfunction. A 1999 study published in the journal BJU International, showed that 50 men were given either five grammes of L-Arginine daily or a placebo. Six weeks after, the L-Argunine group showed improvement but the placebo group did not. Like Viagra Silderiaful Citrate), L-Argininue is believed to boost Nitric Oxide action and , thereby, relax blood vessels which supply blood to the penis. This helps these vessels to dialate, stock more blood and produce an erection. Viagra blocks an enzyme (PDE5) which destroys Nitric Oxide, wheras L-Argine makes Nitric Oxide. L-Arginime, for this reason, has reportedly helped cases of angina pectoris, congestive heart failure, intermittent claudication (pain in the ankles), dementia, cold, male infertility, migraines, sexual dysfunction in women, pre-enclamsia, interstitial cystitis. Since alligator pepper also works for fertility, I wonder what taking it with L-Arginunime will produce. Camerounian researchers have reported that Alligator pepper stimulate testosterone production. They suspect flavones present in alligator pepper may be responsible. They found, also, that extracts of alligator pepper caused an increase in testicular cholesterol after eight and 15 days of therapy. They are pleased with this effect, as they say, because cholesterol is the primary factor for androgen and testosterone production. Of interest to the researchers, also, was the fact that, after eight days of therapy alligator pepper stimulated secretions of the testes, epididymis and seminal vesicles and maintained it for 15 days afterwards. Their conclusion was to be expected: the findings confirm the use of Alligator pepper in Traditional Medicine (TM) as a solution for fertility problems in men, particularly if they are caused by insufficient or poor quality secretions of the sexual glands.

    As stated earlier, one of these secretions is Fibrinogen. It combines with secretions of the prostates gland to form a coagulate substance which hold sperm and semen together. If it did not, the sperm may not travel to their target, the egg in the fallopian tube, as a fighting bunch, and could move along individually like a flock without a shepherd. This coagulate should dissolve within 15 and 20 minutes of deposition of sperm in the Vagina. If it dissolves too early, the bunch may disintegrate too early. This, I was told by one doctor, is what some women often complain about when they say their husband’s sperm is “watery”. Of course, the “watery” sperm can’t get far; they flow back. I find that L-arginine and Zinc help this condition. Dissolution of the coagulate too late may pose its own problems as well. For it may not release those factors in the semen such as prostaglandins to thin down mucus in the vagina and cervix gateway to the uterus, and this may also cause reflux.

  • Causes and natural treatment of male and female infertility (1)

    Being a paper presented at the training seminar of Natural Intergrative Medicine Practitioners Association on October 8 at the Water Parks, Toyin Street, Ikeja Lagos.

    MEN are no longer men. When men were men, it was unheard of that a man will follow his wife to a fertility clinic where a doctor will determine if he is the one making it impossible for his wife to get pregnant. In the days when men were men, no one thought of the man as a culprit in the infertility equation.  Always, everyone thought the woman was the problem. But, now, fertility clinics report that on the average, four in every 10 cases of infertility are caused by men.

    Fertility

    Doctors diagnose couples infertile if they cannot make babies within one year of unprotected sexual intercourse. Getting pregnant is one of the simplest biological processes in a woman’s body if all is well with her and her spouse. But it can also easily be one of the most nightmarish experiences for a couple if the body of either or both partners throws spanners in the works. For a woman to be able to get pregnant…

    •The sperm of the husband must be of the right count.

    •The sperm must be of the right (morphology).

    •The sperm must be able to swim vigorously without any mishap, such as the tail falling off.

    •The sperm must not agglutinate, that is gum.

    •There must be enough food in the semen for the sperm.

    •The sperm must have enough antioxidants, principally zinc, in the semen to protect them against free radicals during its journey from the testes and the sperm ducts to the penis, and, from there, through the vagina to the fallopian tube.

    •The semen must contain enough antibody to suppress antibody resistance to the sperm in the woman’s body

    •The semen must be alkaline, besides.

    •There should be no obstruction all the way from the testis, otherwise a blockage-caused hydrocele may prevent or stop sperm flow.

    •As the movement of sperm from the testis through the duct require optimal nervous action, the nervous system must be healthy.

    •The vagina must not be too acidic, otherwise excessive acidosis would create a hostile environment to the sperm, which thrive in an alkaline medium, and depopulate them.

    •The ovaries in the woman’s body must not be diseased, and should produce mature egg(s).

    •The hormones (estrogen, progesterone, follicle stimulating Hormone (FSH), Lutenising Hormone (LH) and Prolactin must be in a state of balance

    •If they are, and the ovary releases an egg from a follicle, the fallopian tube must not be blocked, otherwise sperm may not reach the egg to fertilise it or, if the egg is fertilised at all, it may be unable to make its journey to the uterus, to which it attaches itself.

    •The womb or uterus must be competent to not only receive the sperm but to also receive the fertilised egg. Incompetence may be due to uterine fibroids, endometriosis adhesions and wrong presentation of the opening of the womb to the cervic. It is impossible in works, such as this to mention all possible causes of male and female infertility. For diet, the environment, the nerves contraceptives, anxiety, stress and the emotions, among many others, play vital roles as well. When my wife was pregnant with our first child and attended her antenatal clinic, she and another woman who attended the same clinic became friends. By the ninth month, it turned out that this woman was not pregnant, although she exhibited typical signs of pregnancy. Her breasts had enlarged as was her abdomen. It turned out that she was carrying a false pregnancy.A false or pseudo pregnancy is one in which the signs of pregnancy are exhibited by the woman but there is no baby in her womb! It is often explained that because the woman so desperately longed for a child, her body responded to her desire. People who are familiar with or believe in the existence of the human spirit, and that this spirit inhabits the physical, earthly body in which we all hop up and down in the daily, hourly-burly of earth life. It is evident that the serious volution of this in-dwelling spirit overwhelmed the physical body into submission in what a parapsychologist may describe as mind-over-matter. This phenomenon has been suggested, also, as the cause of some uterine fibroids, which may obstruct or prevent pregnancy or a fulsome development of the foetus. I had difficulty believing it when Mrs. Elizabeth Kafaru first mentioned it. But, later, I became persuaded about the possibility when I read of it in some gynaecology literature, including the book, WOMAN’S BODY, WOMANS WISDOM, by an American female gynaecologist with about 35 years professional experience behind her.

    Adhesions in and around the uterus, endometriosis and a womb not well positioned to receive sperm may also inhibit pregnancy.

    In men, sperm ducts may be blocked, and sperm may be ejaculated into the man’s bladder, later to be flushed out by urine, rather than to be injected into the vagina. Some of these conditions, as can be seen, are caused by anatomical or structural problems or defects in the reproductive system. I will attempt to describe some of the possible causes of infertility in both genders and suggest Alternative Medicine recipes which folklore medicine has successfully deployed against them over millennia, and which modern scientific research or clinical practices have validated as useful on their own or as adjuncts in complementary medicine therapies. Of course, we know that complementary medicine is the working together of Alternative Medicine and or Traditional Medicine with Orthodox medicine.

    The sperm Oligospermia and azoospermia

    ABOUT 90 per cent of all male infertility cases are due to low sperm count. For some men, their problems began when they were in the womb. If their mothers’ bodies had more estrogen than normal circulating in them, this female hormone may damage certain cells in the foetal testes called Sertoli cells. These cells produce the “food” which infant sperm cells require for their growth and maturation. If these cells are few in number, it means the food stock would be small. Famine would occur, and natural selection will creep in to ensure survival of the fittest. In this scenario, sperm count would become low (oligospermia), sometimes so ridiculously low that a man beset with this condition may become infertile.

    In early childhood, and after puberty an infection, such as mumps may occur. It causes the salivary glands to enlarge. The cheeks and the lower jaw may be swollen. Usually, pain, fever and high temperature follow the swelling. The testicles and the ovaries may enlarge or shrink. If the infection persists for too long, the germs which cause it may destroy the capacity of the testes to produce enough healthy sperm, and this may result in low sperm count or even zero sperm count or azoospermia.

    In childhood, adolescence or adult life, other diseases can deal deadly blows on sperm health and count. Nigerian gynaecologists tell us that infections account for about 80 percent of female infertility cases. These infections may also account for a large chunk of low sperm count cases. Gonorrhea and syphilis are well documented Sexually Transmitted Disease (STDs) which can depopulate the sperm or cause scarring or scars in the spermic ducts, thereby reducing sperm traffic. In the last 10 or 15 or even 20 years, Staphylococcus aureus has almost loomed larger than the capacity of the immune system to contain it. Many men who have a heavy load of it have low sperm count. It is mistaken by some people to be an STD. it is not one. It is, rather, a commensal bacterium. It lives harmlessly… on the skin, in the nostrils and elsewhere. It becomes dangerous when the immune system is weak, and it takes advantage of this slackness to spread its wings. Therefore, in treating staph aureus, as it is also called, immune boosting is inevitable. Staph aureus is stubborn. It doesn’t grow lineally but in mounds. These mounds are difficult for immune cells to penetrate from this fortress. Staph aureus attacks immune cells with toxic chemicals which dissolve their cell walls, thereby killing them. It is an overload of these toxic substances in the blood which can damage bones and nerves which produce the effects of “something crawling all over the body”, as the nerves react to its poisonous and damaging impact. One of the symptoms exhibited by staph aureus infected men and women is infertility. It should be addressed in the treatment of infertility as many infertile people test positive to staph aureus.

    There are about 200 million sperm cells in an ejaculation. But it is only one of them that will fertilize the egg. Of the 200 million cells, only about 40 will reach the vicinity of an egg because of the antibody response against them in the woman’s body. Sperm count and quality have been declining worldwide in the last 50 or 80 years. Between 1940 and 1990, sperm count dropped from 113 million to 66 million cell in semen volume has been reducing as well. Researchers estimate that men lost about 40 per cent of the sperm they were capable of producing in 1940. As will soon be discussed, this decline has been attributed to environmental (causes), lifestyle and dietary changes.

    One other important factor in sperm count questions is temperature. The testes cannot be optimal inside the body, which is why it is situated outside the body. In the 1950s and 1960s in Nigeria, men wore tight briefs. This increased the heat level in the scrotal region, and would very likely obstruct sperm production. Today, worldwide, the trend is for men to wear boxer briefs. This helps to solve the temperature problem in a way.

     Varicocelle and hydrocelle

    A varicocelle is a varicose vein in the testicle which blocks blood circulation. It may cause testicles to shrink and reduce sperm count or cause infertility. Like the varicose vein in the legs, it can be treated. A hydrocelle is collection of fluid in the scrotum which may threaten testicular blood supply.

    Sperm Structure

    The spermatozoa, the sperm cell, is divided into three basic parts… the head, the neck, the middle piece and the tail. The head contains the nucleus, which houses the genetic information, and a dome-shaped acrosome present on the nucleus. The acrosome releases an enzyme, which destroys the hyaluronic acid of the ovum (egg) to pave the way for it to enter into the ovum. The middle part contains mitochondria or “energy” factories which produce energy for the cell to swim in the female reproductive tract. This is interesting, as we shall see, because mitochondria need certain nutrients to function optimally, an a deficiency of them may affect motility or the capacity to swim. These nutrients include vitamin B Complex, Co-enzyme Q10 (CoQ10) and L – Carnitine, a vitamin – like substance which helps the compustive action of the mitochondria. The more the CoQ10 in the body, the more the mitochondria in cells. So, CoQ10 is an important nutrient in male fertility.

    The tail helps the sperm cell to swim in the female genital tract. Some sperm cells are so weak that they cannot swim (motility) and their tails may detach from their heads.

    Hormones

    Hormones play significant roles in our lives. Sex hormones are no less important for our reproductive capacity. As an example, if we come under sever stress and do not have enough stress hormones to tide us over the stress, the body may convert sex hormones to stress hormones to save our lives. Our libido would crash. And our sex hormones may run out of balance with one another. All sorts of infertility problems would begin to develop.

    The story of male sex hormones begins somewhat in the hypothalamus, an endocrine gland in the brain. It produces Gonodo  thropin hormone (GnRH). GnRH stimulates the pituary gland, also in the brain, to produce the following hormones.

    •Luteinizing Hormone (LH)

    •Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and

    •Prolactin

    LH stimulates Leydig cells in the testes to produce testosterone, the main male hormone. FSH stimulates Sertoli toproduce spermbut not as much as testosterone does.

    Testosterone suppresses production of female hormones. Thus, in low testosterone status, female hormones elevate in the male body and fertility capacity is impaired. These hormones must remain in specific balance or ratios. Elevations disrupt balance and fertility. In this case, we must look for herbs which knock them into the right formations. A high prolactin level in males may obstruct sperm production. In females, it may block ovulation. In females, it supports breast milk production during pregnancy.

    Genital ducts

    If nothing goes wrong with the sertoli and leydig cells of the testes, if the hormones are in the right quantum and doing their jobs well, and enough healthy sperm are produced, we must examine their delivery through a network of ducts to the penis, and from there into the vagina. They consist of the

    •Epididymis (about 20 ft long)

    •Vas deferens

    •Seminal vesicle

    •Ejaculatory duct.

    There are many accessory sex glands on the way, each of which provides nutrients which aid sperm motility and provide more food, prostaglandins, a hormone – like substance, produced from essential fatty acids (Omega Oils), make the mucus of the vagina and cervix to make them more hospitable to sperm. Sperm may get killed if prostaglandins are absent. The mucus is to prevent foreign bodies from entering the cervix and the uterus. Absence of prostaglandins because of deficiencies of essential fatty acids in the diet may be, therefore, the cause of sperm reflux in some women. Sperm reflux is a condition in which the sperm is caught in the mucus web and thrown out of the woman’s body through the vagina.

    Prostaglandins are said to also cause contractions in the uterus and fallopian tubes which help to move the sperm forward towards the ovary and the egg. Fibrinogen, produced in the accessory glands, combines with secretions of the prostate gland to make coagulate that holds the semen together after ejaculation. The coagulate dissolves about 20 minutes after ejaculation, and the sperm become motile. If the coagulate is too strong and would not easily dissolve, and there is no Lecithin and vitamin E to help this process, this may be bad news.

    If all goes well, we can wish the sperm a safe journey to the egg.  We would now have to examine Alternative Medical or natural solutions to some male infertility Problems.

    We must begin by first applying the principle of THE NEW BIOLOGY OF HEALTH. It is an old health paradigm dusted up by physicians a little over a decade ago. Dr Robert Young, a leading light of this new frontier of medicine, says in his book, pH Miracle, that if the fish in an acquarium is sick we do not remove it from the water and take it to a veterinary doctor for a healing injection. Rather, we would change the water, to rid the habitat of wastes and poisions which deprived the fish of oxygen, poisoned and made it sick. In their states of biochemical dysfunctions, our cells and organs can be likened to this fish. Dr young and other advocates of pH medicine say that, in dysfunctional conditions, our blood and organs are acidic and toxic and should be restored to point 7.4 on the pH scale of 0 to 14 in which readings below 7 are acidic and above 7 are alkaline. The people of Okinawa, Japan, have validated this idea. Guiness Book of Records researchers have found them to be among the world’s oldest, yet healthiest, people. Their diet is not remarkably different from that of other peoples. But their water is. It is alkaline, unpoisoned with chlorine or other toxic water treatment chemicals, seeping fresh, as made by Mother Nature, with all the alkalising minerals which compose the human body and keep it in biochemical balance.

    So, I would suggest

    •Detoxification