The
effects of acupuncture on fertility: the evidence for effectiveness-
Clinical observations and research
results
- Increasing IVF (in-vitro
fertilization) success rates:
65% more likely to have a successful embryo
transfer for women who underwent acupuncture. Effects
of acupuncture on rates of pregnancy and live birth among
women undergoing in vitro fertilisation: systematic review
and meta-analysis. Eric Manheimer et al. BMJ, 7 Feb.
2008.
- Increased blood flow to the
uterus. Reduction of blood flow impedance
in the uterine arteries of infertile women with electro-acupuncture.
Stener-Victorin E, Waldenstrom U, Andersson SA, Wikland M.,
Hum Reprod 11(6):1314-7, 1996.
- Normalizing dysfunction of
hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. Acupuncture
normalizes dysfunction of hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis.
Chen BY., Acupunct Electrother Res 22:97–108, 1997.
- Improve ovulation. Clinical studies
on the mechanism for acupuncture stimulation of ovulation.
Mo X. et al. J Tradit Chin Med, 13(2): 115-9, 1993.
- Achieved a comparable pregnancy
rate to those of various hormonal treatments.
Auricular acupuncture in the treatment of female infertility.
Gerhard I, Postneek F., Gynecology & Endocrinology, 6
(3):171-81, Sep 1992.
- Increasing IVF
success rates. Influence
of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in patients who undergo
assisted reproduction therapy. Paulus, et al.,
Fertility and Sterility, Vol.77, No.4, April 2002.
- Improve sperm quality.
Effect of acupuncture on sperm parameters of males suffering
from subfertility related to low sperm quality. Siterman
S. et al., Arch Androl Sep-Oct;39(2):155-61, 1997.
- Inducing ovulation for women
with PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). Effects
of electro-acupuncture on anovulation in women with polycystic
ovary syndrome. Stener-Victorin E, Waldenstrom U, Tagnfors
U, Lundeberg T, Lindstedt G, Janson PO,. Acta Obstet Gynecol
Scand 79(3):180-8, 2000.
- Electroacupuncture analgesia
during oocyte aspiration showed a significantly higher implantation
rate, pregnancy rate and take-home baby rates.
A prospective randomized study of electro-acupuncture
versus alfentanil as anaesthesia during oocyte aspiration
in in-vitro fertilization. Stener-Victorin E, Waldenström
U, Nilsson L, Wikland M, Janson PO., Hum Reprod 14(10): 2480-4,
1999.
- Effective in ovulation induction
and also in the remission of OHSS
(ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome) induced by HMG
(human menopausal gonadotropin). Substitution
of Acupuncture for HCG in Ovulation Induction. Cai XF.,
Journal of Traditional Oriental Medicine 17(2):119-21, 1997.
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