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I am working on a new book on Chinese herbal remedies based on those reported in my Newsletter (now republished together with my memoir in a single volume titled My Life & Rollercoaster Career<\/strong>), as described in another post on this blog. Most of the remedies\/recipes are translated from published Chinese journals or magazines. Only a handful are from my grandma. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is one among these, previously published in the journal, Xinzhongyi, <\/em>meaning \u2018New Chinese Medicine.\u2019 But I doubt it has been translated, abstracted, or entered into any databases, even those in Chinese. The reason is Chinese scientists have been so indoctrinated by Big Pharma over the past decades that this kind of reports might be viewed as \u2018non-scientific\u2019 and ignored. If any discerning Chinese colleagues with access to this journal in print and see it entered into any database, please correct me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This report is so amazingly simple and effective that I couldn\u2019t help reporting it back in April\/May, 1988, in its Issue #7 (see p. 246 of my above dual book). It certainly won\u2019t hurt for childless couples to give it a try, especially now goji is available in many American chain groceries, such as Whole Foods and Sprouts. And there is no toxic drug either!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lycium fruit in the treatment of male sterility [<\/em><\/strong>Xinzhongyi, <\/em>20<\/strong>(2<\/strong>): 20 (1988)].<\/em> This is such a simple and safe\ntreatment that it is rather unbelievable! \nOne simply chew and swallow 15 g of lycium fruit every night for 1 to 3\nmonths and abstain from sex during this time (This may be the clincher!). The authors report treating 42 patients with\nthis condition. Forty patients ranged in\nage from 20 to 30 years and 2 were over 30. \nNine patients had been married for 2-3 years, 24 married for 3-5 years\nand 9 married for 5-10 years without offspring. \nEvaluation of sperm count and motility revealed abnormally low count in\nall patients, with 6 having zero count; and sperm motility was generally\nweak. After 1 mo of treatment, sperm\ncount returned to normal in 23 patients. \nAfter 2 mo of treatment, the sperm count of 10 patients also\nnormalized. Among the remaining 9\npatients who didn\u2019t respond to treatment, 6 had zero sperm count at the onset\nof treatment. A 2-year follow-up on the\n33 patients with normalized sperm count revealed that they all produced\noffspring.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lycium fruit has been used as a food\nand medicine in China for many centuries. \nIt has a pleasant and sweetish taste, slightly resembling that of\nraisins, and is readily available in Chinese food stores and herb shops. It is one of my favorite food herbs. A great yin tonic, good for people with\nexcessive yang who tend to be on overdrive and constipated. Its various good properties have been\ndescribed in previous issues of this newsletter. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared\nto some of the remedies for impotence and sterility that I have seen (which\noften are so complicated and tortuous that it boggles the mind to think that\nsome men actually go through with them), the above treatments are certainly\nmuch simpler and less dangerous! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 20190120<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am working on a new book on Chinese herbal remedies based on those reported in my Newsletter (now republished together with my memoir in a single volume titled My Life & Rollercoaster Career), as described in another post on this blog. Most of the remedies\/recipes are translated from published Chinese journals or magazines. Only … <\/p>\n