Female & Male Infertility
It's been one of the biggest condition Oriental medicine has dealt with. It's not an irony that infertility condition actually woke up the modern western medical academy about its power. It's same interest to grow family no matter where and when we live - East ancient era, or West modern one.
During a clinical research for using acupuncture to reduce cramping pain from invasive procedure harvesting eggs, researchers found significantly higher success rate in conception among acupuncture group than the other. This research provided initiatives for oriental medicine to get quite serious attention and cooperative thoughts from western side.
Depending on the researchers' approach and the quality of protocol, the outcomes of trials varies. Oriental medicine is truely individual medicine, and there is no "standardized" solution for every couple. The lists of abstracts with positive influence of acupuncture for infertility below still may not be considered as the maximum probability of success of your own!
In Neoharmony Oriental medicine, you can prepare yourself for being a healthier parents enough to have a healthier kid. You'll feel yourself getting healthier every visit through your exciting journey to be a mom and a dad.
During a clinical research for using acupuncture to reduce cramping pain from invasive procedure harvesting eggs, researchers found significantly higher success rate in conception among acupuncture group than the other. This research provided initiatives for oriental medicine to get quite serious attention and cooperative thoughts from western side.
Depending on the researchers' approach and the quality of protocol, the outcomes of trials varies. Oriental medicine is truely individual medicine, and there is no "standardized" solution for every couple. The lists of abstracts with positive influence of acupuncture for infertility below still may not be considered as the maximum probability of success of your own!
In Neoharmony Oriental medicine, you can prepare yourself for being a healthier parents enough to have a healthier kid. You'll feel yourself getting healthier every visit through your exciting journey to be a mom and a dad.
BMJ. 2008 Mar 8;336(7643):545-9. Epub 2008 Feb 7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18258932
Effects of acupuncture on rates of pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitro fertilisation: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Effects of acupuncture on rates of pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitro fertilisation: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Fertil Steril. 2006 May;85(5):1347-51. Epub 2006 Apr 17. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16616748
Effect of acupuncture on the outcome of in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a randomized, prospective, controlled clinical study.
Fertil Steril. 2002 Apr;77(4):721-4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11937123
Influence of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in patients who undergo assisted reproduction therapy.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2008 Nov;28(11):805-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19055284
Clinical observation on electroacupuncture and Chinese drug for treatment of oligospermia and asthenospermia of the male infertility patient.
Fertil Steril. 2009 Dec;92(6):1870-9. Epub 2008 Dec 31. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19118825
Changes in serum cortisol and prolactin associated with acupuncture during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in women undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer treatment.
Acupunct Med. 2006 Dec;24(4):157-63. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17264833
Use of acupuncture in female infertility and a summary of recent acupuncture studies related to embryo transfer.
Fertil Steril. 2009 Oct;92(4):1340-3. Epub 2009 Apr 25. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19394002
A prospective randomized placebo-controlled study of the effect of acupuncture in infertile patients with severe oligoasthenozoospermia.
J Altern Complement Med. 2010 Feb;16(2):193-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20180693
Unexplained infertility treated with acupuncture and herbal medicine in Korea.
Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2010 Aug;16(3):154-7. Epub 2009 Dec 24. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20621276
The relationship between perceived stress, acupuncture, and pregnancy rates among IVF patients: a pilot study.
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