acupuncture and fertility research
Research in reproductive health has shown dramatic clinical effects from the use of Chinese medicine and acupuncture. In the April 2002 issue of Fertility and Sterility, it was reported that a study of the effects of acupuncture with IVF to show IVF success was increased from 26.3% in the control group to 42.5% in the acupuncture group.
Acupuncture has been shown to improve the quantity and quality of sperm. A 2000 Israeli study at the Bar-Ilan University involved 20 males with fertility problems. It is concluded that acupuncture may be a useful, non-traumatic treatment for males with very poor sperm density.
Also, research has shown that acupuncture increases blood flow to the uterine arteries, regulates the menstrual cycle, improves egg quality and ovulation, improves luteal phase defects, reduces adhesions and scar tissue, decreases pain, lowers elevated FSH levels, increases male reproductive health, rebalances hormones and the HPO axis and helps prevent miscarriage and shortens labour time.
More information of fertility research
Acupuncture in the treatment of semen abnormalities
acupuncture versus alfentanil as anaesthesia during oocyte aspiration in IVF
Acupunctures Impact on Pregnancy Outcomes in IVF Patients
Auricular acupuncture in the treatment of female infertility
Clinical studies on the mechanism for acupuncture stimulation of ovulation
Effect of acupuncture treatment on the immune function impairment found in anxious women
Evaluating Acupuncture as an adjunct to IVF
Influence of acupuncture on idiopathic male infertility in assisted reproductive technology
Influence of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in patients who undergo assisted reproduction therapy
Male infertility treated with acupuncture
Promoting Ovulation with Acupuncture
Quantitative evaluation of spermatozoa ultrastructure after acupuncture treatment for idiopathic male infertility
The role of acupuncture in the treatment of female infertility
Using acupuncture to treat premenstrual syndrome
Acupuncture and anovulatory Infertility
