Structural defects can be ascertained by thorough physical examination and radiology and can be set right by surgery. Physical debility and the functional faults of organic nature can be cured by simple and effective methods of natural treatment. These methods include hygienic living, optimum nutrition and following all the laws of nature.
Fasting is the best remedy for the treatment of disorders resulting from the toxins in the system. A short fast or two or three days may be undertaken at regular intervals by the women who are unable to bear children. The bowels should be cleansed by a warm water enema during the period of fasting and afterwards when necessary. They will have beneficial effect not only on the digestive system but also on the surrounding organs of urinary and genital system.
Diet is the most important factor in the treatment of sterility. It should consist of the three basic health – building food groups namely, seeds, nuts and grains, vegetables and fruits. These foods should be supplemented with milk, vegetable oils and honey. The best way to take milk is in its soured form, that is ,curd and cottage cheese.
Each food group should roughly form the bulk of one of the three meals. About 70 to 80 per cent of the diet should consist of foods in their natural uncooked state, because cooking destroys much of the nutritional value of most foods. Sprouting is an excellent way of consuming seeds, beans and grains in their raw form as in the process of sprouting the nutritional value is multiplied, new vitamins are created and the quality of protein is improved.
The daily menu of a health-building and revitalising diet may be on the lines prescribed in Chapter 1 on Diet in Health and Disease. Excessive fat, spicy foods, strong tea, coffee, white sugar, white flour, refined cereals, flesh foods, greasy or fried foods should all be avoided. Smoking and drinking,where habitual, must be completely given up.
Other helpful measures in overcoming female sterility are mud packs and cold water treatments like hip bath and wet girdle pack. These treatments will greatly improve internal circulation in the genital organs and will relieve them of all kinds of inflammation and other abnormalities. Mud packs may be applied to the abdomen and the sexual organs.
For hip baths, a common tub may be used. The tub may be filled with sufficient water to cover the hips, when a person sits inside it. The cold hip bath should be taken for 10 minutes at a water temperature of 50 to 65 F. For the wet girdle pack, a thin underwear wrung in cold water should be worn. Above this wet underwear, a thick dry cotton or woolen underwear should be worn. All cold treatments should be suspended during menstruation.
Certain yogasanas which help tone up the gonads should also be practised regularly for overcoming female sterility. These asanas are sarvangasana, matsyasana, ardha- matsyendrasana,paschimottanasana and shallabhasana.
All these measures along with clean habits, proper rest and relaxation will go a long way in overcoming female sterility.