Fertility

Acupuncture Can Help You Conceive By:

  • Improving the function of the ovaries to produce higher quality eggs
  • Increasing blood flow to the uterus and increasing the thickness of the uterine lining
  • Treating uterine fibroids, cysts, or polyps that may prevent or impede conception
  • Strengthening the immune system and increasing energy
  • Relaxation and stress management
  • Miscarriage prevention

In Men:

  • Improving sperm count
  • Improving sperm motility and morphology
  • Reducing sperm DNA fragmentation

A Comprehensive Treatment Plan for Fertility

Acupuncture

Acupuncture has been used in China for centuries to treat fertility issues. Whether you are just beginning to think about having a family, or have been struggling with infertility, acupuncture greatly increase your chances of conceiving and maintaining a healthy, full-term pregnancy. Your body’s systems are based on millions of years of evolutionary wisdom. Acupuncture and herbs work with this innate wisdom to help your body regulate itself.

The first step of acupuncture treatment for fertility is to create a healthy, regular, and pain-free menstrual cycle. Through regulating the cycle, acupuncture:

  • Improves ovarian function and egg quality
  • Corrects hormonal imbalances
  • Creates optimal conditions for the fertilized egg to attach to the walls of the uterus
  • Instates smooth blood flow to the uterus

Whether your goal is to conceive naturally or with the help of assisted reproductive therapies (ART), such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF) or intra-uterine insemination (IUI), acupuncture helps you establish a healthy base from which a fetus can thrive. Studies have shown that acupuncture works in tandem with fertility technology to increase success rates from between 42 and 60%. Acupuncture alone also can greatly improve fertility at low cost with almost no side effects.

Acupuncture also works holistically, improving digestion and nutrient absorption, enhancing immunity, and helping manage stress.

The side effects of your fertility treatment will be a healthy body, a quiet mind, and a better quality of life.

Herbal Medicine

Herbal medicine can treat some of the most common causes of infertility: uterine fibroids, polyps, PCOS, and the like. Chinese herbs are able to profoundly regulate hormone levels, often lowering FSH levels and increasing progesterone levels naturally. Unlike Western treatments that treat these imbalances with false suppression and supplementation, Chinese herbs help your body regulate itself. The result is a healthier pregnancy and better postpartum health.

In the process of promoting fertility, Chinese herbs also improve your overall health.

Infertility Issue We Treat

  • irregular periods
  • amenorrhea (lack of menstruation)
  • anovulation (lack of ovulation or irregular ovulation)
  • thin endometrial lining
  • poor egg quality
  • tube defects
  • PCOS (Polycyctic ovarian syndrome)
  • fibroids
  • endometriosis
  • cysts
  • polyps
  • fibrocystic breasts
  • early menopause
  • frequent miscarriage
  • hyperprolactinemia
  • stress
  • luteal phase defects
  • low sperm count
  • poor morphology
  • poor motility
  • vericocele

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Support: Why Acupuncture Works

According to several recent studies, acupuncture treatments can increase the success of IVF by anywhere from 42% to 115% over IVF alone. Acupuncture is so helpful during IVF because it treats the underlying causes of fertility problems and actually increases your body’s ability to conceive and maintain a pregnancy naturally.

For best results, we recommend that a woman seek acupuncture and Chinese herbal treatment three months prior to beginning IVF. While three months may seem like a long time, especially after a lengthy battle with infertility, preparing for IVF in this way actually saves time and money by providing a stronger foundation for success. Because acupuncture improves your overall gynecological heath: regulates hormones, helps you produce more and higher quality eggs, and thickens the uterine lining, acupuncture and herbs greatly increase the chances that your first IVF cycle will be a success.

If you do not wish to or cannot wait three months to begin IVF, don’t worry. Many studies show that as few as two treatments (immediately before and after implantation) can dramatically improve your chances of success.

Once you have become pregnant, acupuncture can help maintain a healthy pregnancy by preventing miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy. Acupuncture is a natural and safe way of ensuring a healthy and gentle pregnancy.