"Ayurvedic medicine is time tested and is beneficial in many diseases, infertility being one of them. The article deals with ayurvedic approach towards male infertility."
Low sperm motility is the main cause of infertility in male and male factor is responsible for 40% of infertility cases. Healthy sperm should be able to travel through the female reproductive tract to reach the egg. Sperm motility is an important factor for successful conception and low sperm motility or 100% immotile sperms (necrospermia) leads to infertility.
Lets take a tour of male reproductive system through the eyes of Ayurveda. There are eight types of sperm disorder or shukra dosha namely – vataja, pittaja, kaphaja, kunapa, granthi, puti, puya and ksheena. The feature of vataja shukra dosha is similar to that of low sperm motility.
Male infertility treatment in Ayurveda is done through therapies such as snehana, vamana, virechan, niruha basti, anuvasana basti and shamana aushadi (oral medicines) depending upon the condition of the patient.
There was a patient who got treated for low sperm motility by Dr Chanchal Sharma at Aasha Ayurveda. The man underwent treatment for low sperm motility for a period of 3 months. Treatment plan given by the best male infertility specialist in Delhi, Dr Chanchal Sharma is based purely on ayurvedic principles.
Panchakarma treatment is suggested for not only fertility enhancement but also treatment of sperm disorder causing infertility. Panchakarma detoxifies and cleans the body. Therapies such as abhyanga, shirodhara, marma therapy, nasya, basti, pinda swedana are beneficial in increasing sperm count and motility.
Uttara Basti treatment for male infertility is quiet effective for improving sperm count, sperm motility and overall fertility in men. The medicine in the form of oil/ghee/kashaya etc is administered through urethra into the seminal vesicles and bladder. Medicines used for utara basti in males are narayana taila, vidyardi ghrita etc.
The ayurvedic herbs and therapies such as rasayana, vajikaran and panchakarma improve fertility and overall health of a man. Vajikarana therapy is recommended for men between 20 – 70 years of age. The therapy maintains the fertility and also increases the number of healthy sperms. The therapy increases semen quantity, sperm count and sperm motility. The rasayana therapy nourishes the rasa dhatu (tissues) i.e semen.
Ayurvedic medicine for male infertility has been used traditionally in the vajikarana branch or aphrodisiac medicine. Safed musli, ashwagandha, kaunch beej, phala ghrita, chandraprabha vati, arogyawardhani vati etc are some of the best herbal medicines for sperm motility.
We all know how important is the role of diet and lifestyle in keeping the diseases away and also in enhancing the effect of medicines. In male the diet and lifestyle has a significant role in improving fertility.
Some of the tips to improve fertility are –
- Quit smoking and alcohol
- Eat a balanced diet
- Get enough rest and sleep
- Avoid drugs that affects your reproductive health
- Maintain an ideal body weight
- Go for relaxing therapies such as shirodhara to reduce stress
- Wear loose clothes as tight underwear is linked with male infertility
- Avoid sexual lubricants as it may affect the sperm motility
It is very much evident that ayurvedic treatment gives marvelous result in management of shukra dosha. The encouraging results of the ayurvedic approach offers hope to many men in managing infertility naturally without any surgical intervention.