TCM Psychotherapy Of Infertility Based On Dissipation Structure Theory

Objective In this paper, the imbalance of psychology and pathology of Liver Qi depression in female infertility was studied through the dissipative structure theory which is helpful to perfect the TCM theory of reproductive physiology and pathology, and also provide a basic research and a new idea for the syndrome differentiation and treatment of female infertility through psychotherapy.Methods By taking the patient of sterility as a possible dissipative structure, in terms of the impact of entropy law on the patient and entropy flow, the paper discusses how positive or negative entropy is created in the patient. It raises the effective TCM psychotherapy, which let the patient recuperate as soon as possible.Results It was considered that though the female reproduction was conducted mostly by Kidney, it was also closely related to Liver. Connected with the Chong Meridian, the Ren Meridian, the Du Meridian, the Dai Meridian and uterus, Liver is the pivot of the regulation of menstrual cycle and ovulation by its function of regulation the flow of Qi. Liver coorperated with Kidney to regulate the production and the cycle of menstruation and ovulation. Liver Qi depression is prominent in pathological changes of women of childbearing age. It is the basic pathological link in obstruction of ovulation and is one of the pathological bases of female infertility. It was also discussed through the dissipative structure theory that the imbalance of psychology was the pathological mechanism of Liver Qi depression in female infertility.