Latest: Mouse testicles for infertility cure

Mouse testicles have become a hot seller in Taiwan after five infertile couples conceived successfully by eating dishes containing the sperm-producing organs, the United Daily News said. The craze took hold after Hsueh Ting-Fu, a bulldozer driver in Pingtung, and his wife conceived their long-awaited baby about a month ago.

The couple had previously consulted Western doctors but were not given cause of their infertility, the paper said. They first learned that the mouse testicles were helpful to fertility two months ago when they were taken by a friend to a local restaurant to taste a dish made from the organs.

They then bought some 6 kgs of raw mouse testicles, which had become part of their daily meals for more than a month until the wife was diagnosed as pregnant.

Restaurant owner Lin Chia-Ho told the paper that four other women had conceived so far. Lin said mouse testicles were now in short supply, with some orders placed from the Tainan county. Gynaecologists, however, advised infertile couples to seek medical help before trying folk methods.