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The Pale Type

A Chinese Medicine Perspective

From a Chinese medicine perspective, people who are the Pale type are considered to have blood deficiency, which can reflect anemia or more minor undernourishment. It is common for the Pale types to experience fatigue, hair loss, & vision problems. The blood nourishes the endometrium, making it a welcoming, healthy home for an embryo. Sometimes blood deficiency is caused by anemia, but it can also be caused by poor diet, lack of Vitamin C or heavy periods. Blood deficiency can also cause soft erections and low semen volume.

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Here is some advice on steps you can take to improve your fertility and help optimize your chances of conceiving. Click through the list below to learn more about each of these steps and how they can help.

Eat Regular Meals of Nutritional Foods
In Chinese medicine, leafy greens are a blood tonic and move qi, which means that they are great for people with minor hormone imbalances and PMS. Rich in lutein, which can prevent clogged arteries, dark green vegetables are also a great source of folic acid, which is essential for avoiding congenital disabilities and is vital for healthy sperm and eggs.
Eat a well balanced diet
People trying to conceive should eat a broad range of fruits and vegetables, healthy fats, some lean protein, and whole grains in every meal. We often suggest to patients that they increase their consumption of kale, beet greens, chard, collards, spinach, and dandelion greens.
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Take L-Carnitine
Research shows that L-Carnitine supports ovarian health at a cellular level and promotes hormone balance. The Dry Type often has a lower ovarian reserve, so we use it to help each egg live up to it’s potential.
L-Carnitine
Vegetarians are prone to becoming Dry Types and are often deficient in L-Carnitine, making this an essential supplement if you don't eat meat.
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Get Iron From Plant and Animal Sources
The Pale type is more prone to blood issues like Anemia, Fibroids, Heavy Menstrual Cycles & Endometriosis. In TCM, we categorize this as blood deficiency, leading to blood stagnation, reckless bleeding (meaning mid-cycle bleeding, endometriosis or fibroids), and or painful cycles. At Yinova, we will usually help to supplement with herbal formulas that help build, support, and sometimes move blood and make dietary recommendations that help.
How to help yourself
A good place to start is by eating warm nourishing blood-building foods like dark leafy greens, beets, and Beef or Pork Bone Broth during the Menstrual cycle then Chicken or Fish Bone Broth post Ovulation.
Add Berries like Cherries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and Goji Berries to your Oatmeal or Grains.
If you are Vegan or Vegetarian - try to add more nuts, beans, flax seeds, sprouts, and protein building grains such as quinoa.
Take time to sit and eat your meals - I know this is easier said than done sometimes, but your blood cells will appreciate the "Rest and Digest" time.
Avoid Caffeine, which will inhibit the absorption of iron and spike sugar cravings.
Avoid Dairy, which will cause inflammation.
Be careful with adding things like Clomid, which can thin the Uterine lining.
Take an Herbal Formula, Tailored to Your Needs
Clinical research supports the use of Chinese herbs showing that taking a Chinese herbal formula can improve pregnancy rates twofold. That’s why they are such an important part of our toolkit at Yinova, where we use them to create measurable physiological and hormonal changes.
Add Tailored Herbs to Your Routine
When crafting treatment plans for our patients, we always create a regimen that fits each patient’s unique internal landscape.
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Use a BBT Thermometer
A BBT thermometer records temperature in smaller increments than a conventional one that is used for fevers. Keeping track of your BBT (basal body temperature) gives you two key pieces of information for trying to conceive: if you are ovulating, and how well progesterone sustains during the luteal phase of your menstrual cycle is. By the time your temperature goes up, ovulation has already occurred. Over time, however, understanding your body’s patterns and rhythms will help you identify when you ovulate so you can take action accordingly.
Use a BBT Thermometer
Get yourself a BBT Thermometer and start keeping track of your temperatures. This information will be incredibly helpful for your practitioner to decipher
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Add an Iron Supplement to Your Routine
Chinese medicine emphasizes the quality of blood as a precursor to yin, and so we use Floradix as part of our approach to treating the Pale Type’s yin deficiency. Unlike other iron supplements, it does not cause constipation making it the right choice for dry-type patients, who tend to have dry stools.
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Floradix is a gentle iron supplement with herbs that increase its absorbability.
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Add Foods Rich in Vitamin C
Vitamin C helps to assist in efficient iron absorption in the body.
Eat more leafy greens
Vitamin C can be found in dark leafy greens like kale, chard, mustard greens, and spinach, as well as broccoli, citrus fruits, papaya, and strawberries.
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Get Plenty of Protein from Plants &/or Animals
The amino acids in protein are vital for egg and sperm production and for making LH and FSH which are important fertility hormones.
How to Help Yourself
You can get your protein from meat, fish, eggs, and dairy products, of course, but there are plenty of vegetarian and vegan sources of protein too, including beans, lentils, brown rice, quinoa and other whole grains, nuts, and seeds (especially sunflower seeds). Description of why it’s important:
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Consider Taking FertileCM
The pale type often suffers from low estrogen levels, which leads to reduced cervical mucus. Healthy fertile cervical mucus is essential for natural conception.
Incorporate FertileCM
In addition to supporting the production of cervical fluids, the ingredients in FertileCM support a healthy endometrial lining and increase female arousal, sexual sensitivity, and libido.
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The Pale Type: Yinova's Herbal Blend

This herbal blend is designed to provide nourishment for Pale Types whose cycles are irregular or absent due to nutritional deficiencies. We use it to treat hypothalamic amenorrhea, a long follicular phase, thin uterine lining, or light periods.

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Yinova: Based on formulas we've used to treat 1000's of patients with measurable results, our 20+ years of experience in fertility enhancement is reflected in this herbal blend.
Efficacy: This herbal blend has been carefully crafted using whole herbs to ensure the potency & consistency of their active ingredients.
Sourcing: We source carefully from growers & manufacturers we trust to supply us with herbs that are pure, effective & free from contamination & pollutants.
Ingredients: This formula helps your body to adapt to emotional & physical stressors & contains blood tonics to help promote circulation.
The Pale Type: If you have a pale face, scanty periods & have difficulty getting to sleep, you may be the pale type, especially if you follow a strict diet or strenuous exercise regimen.
More Support: We offer consultations, both virtually & in-clinic, where we can gather more information, provide specifically tailored herbs & a custom fertility plan.

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Together we can help you enhance your fertility, based on the Making Babies program designed by Jill Blakeway, where each week will have a specific theme geared towards troubleshooting common fertility issues. Our aim is to share information, help you understand your fertility situation & provide a community of like-minded people to lean on.

Making Babies: The Book

Jill Blakeway (& co-author Sami David, M.D., a reproductive endocrinologist) draw on the best of both Eastern & Western medicine. By identifying your “fertility type,” inspired by the classical patterns of Chinese Medicine, you can focus on helpful strategies for your particular situation & avoid the things that may be causing you problems.

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The Book: A proven 3-month program designed to help people get the best of Eastern & Western medicine to enhance fertility & increase chances of conception.
What's Inside: Information about conventional medicine & explanations of how Chinese medicine can boost fertility, based on your fertility type.
Learn More: Explore our fertility resources page & our blog archive for fertility advice from Jill & the team & join us for events where we dive deeper.
The Author: Yinova Founder Dr. Blakeway is a fertility expert. She continues to see patients at Yinova where she also trains & advises our clinical team.
Experience: Enhancing fertility is a Yinova specialty: our team are fertility experts who have been trained in delivering the Making Babies program.
Also from Jill: Jill has also written two other books, Energy Medicine & Sex Again, & was the host of the popular CBS podcast Grow, Cook, Heal.

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A Chinese Medicine Perspective

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Take Your Health In Hand.

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Fertility Coaching & Support Groups

Making Babies: The Book

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