Chinese medicine is a holistic medicine that does not view reproductive health as separate from one's overall emotional and physical health. Because TCM focuses on rebalancing individuals and not just treating diseases, its' treatments are individually tailored and have low potential side effects. Thus TCM not only improves the probability of becoming pregnant, it also serves to promote the systemic health and well being of the whole person

The TCM treatment of fertility takes advantage of modern Western medical influences. The state of the art practice in fertility treatment utilizes the TCM diagnostic methodology of "pattern discrimination" to holistically treat named Western pathologies such as anovulation, luteal phase defect, midcycle bleeding, premature ovarian failure, polycystic ovarian syndrome, etc.

Treatment is usually given along with and adjusted based on the phases of the menstrual cycle. The focus of TCM treatment of fertility is to regulate the menstrual cycle. A woman will often receive different herbal formulas or acupuncture protocols at different times within her cycle.