Increasing Fertility With Herbs

You can't help it. At the mall you find yourself gravitating towards the baby clothing, fingering the tiny blue and pink outfits. Every diaper commercial on TV has you leaning forward with anticipation. You are ready to have a baby of your own, and all you can think about is preparing your body for conception and making yourself as fertile as possible.

Today, we understand the importance of knowing exactly what we are putting into our bodies, and you are probably looking for ways to increase your fertility without altering your body's natural rhythms. Good for you. Arming yourself with the knowledge that  medical or chemical solutions can be avoided by using the wholesome goodness of teas, herbs, and tinctures that mother nature provides is a noble adventure. There are even ways for your husband to join in on the fun and increase his fertility as well. Use the information below to get started!

Increasing fertility with tea

We have outlined some of the benefits you may experience from using speciality teas, along with tips on how to use them correctly. While we cannot fully guarantee increased fertility from using these teas, it cannot hurt to try these methods to raise your chances of getting pregnant. 

Please note that women who want to have a baby should avoid the following herbs: burdock, catnip, celery seeds, camomile, blue cohosh (caulophyllum), fennel, juniper, sage, cinnamon, and senna leaves.
Men are advised to avoid St John’s Wort, helleborus, ginkgo, too much liquorice, and echinacea.

How to prepare tea

To allow tea to develop its full effectiveness, you should always prepare it fresh. Unless specified otherwise, put one to two teaspoons of herb (from a pharmacy) in a cup and add simmering (not boiling!) water. Then cover and leave to draw for roughly 10 minutes.
Drink a maximum of 2 - 3 cups a day in small sips (don’t eat the leaves!). If after 4 - 6 weeks the desired effect has not been achieved, don't be discouraged. You can always try a different herbal tea that offers similar effects. 

Child-planning herbs for fertility

Area of application	Medicinal herb
Stimulates ovulation, strengthens the uterus, improves production of progesterone/gestagen & has an antispasmodic effect	Alchemilla
Cycle disorders	Mugwort
Ovulation, gonads	Rosemary
Hormone balance	Red clover
Promotes circulation of blood in the uterus	Black haw
Follicle maturation, sexual hormones	False unicorn
Vaginal environment, mucus membrane	Marjoram
Oestrogen formation	Siberian ginseng
Progesterone/gestagen, prolactin excess	Monk’s Pepper
Sperm quality, potency, libido	Tribulus terrestris

Monk's Pepper for female fertility

Monk's Peper (vitex agnus) is a tried-and-tested herb that can be used to balance of your female hormones. This plant is also known as chaste tree. Monk’s Pepper seeds regulate the hormonal balance by normalizing the release of prolactin and stabilizing the yellow body phase. Monk’s Pepper thus encourages ovulation and can increase fertility. Drink a cup of Monk’s Pepper berry tea every morning or take pharmacy-bought Monk’s Pepper tablets as directed.

A tea for each half of the cycle - The time between the end of menstruation and ovulation is known as the first half of the cycle. During this time you can strengthen your blood by preparing a tea made from the following ingredients: 25 g each of sage leaves, mugwort and Chinese angelica root.


The time between ovulation and menstruation is known as the second half of the cycle. For this period of time we recommend a tea blend which helps you relax and regulates your blood flow.
You will need 25 g each of alchemilla, yarrow, lemon balm and Monk’s Pepper seeds. 

Drinking three cups daily is recommended

Tea and herbs for male fertility

 Chinese medicine also offers herbs for men which can alleviate certain disorders and stimulate fertility. 

Taiga root (eleutherococcus) helps with male impotence. Add a teaspoon of Taiga root to approx. 150 ml of boiling water, boil for 5 minutes, cover and leave to draw for 5-10 minutes. Pass through a tea sock and sweeten to taste. Warning: Not suitable for those with restlessness or high blood pressure.

Pumpkin seeds can help remedy a zinc deficiency. Zinc is central to encouraging testosterone production — and thus increase libido and potency!

Basil for blockages - promotes fertility.

Stinging nettle fruits improve sperm quality. Take one to two teaspoons daily or  as a salad accompaniment.


A tea for virilityOriginating from Chinese medicine, this tea is intended to strengthen virility. Have the herbs mixed by your pharmacist:
3 g each of cnidium monnieri and cinnamon bark
4 g each of ginseng root and buckthorn
6 g each of barrenwort, eucommia bark, golden-eyed grass root, dogwood berries and morinda root,
9 g each of Goji berries and Chinese angelica root
12 g each of scrophularia root and atractylodis lanceae rhizoma root
Prepare the tea as described and drink 2-3 cups daily. 

In addition, a teaspoon of pollen every day can increases vitality.

How can I further help my chances at conception?

Preparing you body through diet and herbs can make you more fertile, but for your love making to result in a pregnancy, it is vital that your timing is correct. Tracking your cycle and ovulation through Natural Family Planing will give you the powerful knowledge of precisely when to have sex. When you have both prepared you body to be the perfect environment for conception and you know you personal fertility window, you can sit back (or lay back) and relax, and let nature take over.

Getting started with NFP is a chinch when using Cyclotest. Check out this handy tool that will give you simple, easy to understand information about your body's cycle –   and when intercourse will most likely lead to conception. 

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