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Treating with Acupuncture

GYNECOLOGICAL - 
INFERTILITY -
MALE REPRODUCTIVE

INFERTILITY

Blog Post: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ACUPUNCTURE & ORIENTAL MEDICINE: For couples navigating the possibility of assisted reproduction, many will find themselves considering an IVF or an IUI cycle to become pregnant. IUI entails a combination of hormones to stimulate a woman’s ovaries and the insertion of sperm directly into the uterus during ovulation to boost the probability of conception. On the other hand, IVF uses various surgical procedures and medicines to facilitate the sperm in fertilizing an egg and assisting the fertilized egg implant in the uterus. If you’re like most undergoing IVF or an IUI cycle, you will want to know what you can do to increase the chances of success. Acupuncture treatment during IVF or an IUI cycle can optimize your body for conception and boost the probability of pregnancy. Acupuncture works by improving blood flow to the ovaries and uterus, reducing stress, and regulating hormones. All these things combined grow your chances of taking a baby home with you. In this article, we will discuss everything you need to know about acupuncture for fertility, including how fertility acupuncture works, where to find an acupuncturist with the relevant training, and much more.

Acupuncture Benefits For Fertility, IUI, And IVF

​CONDITIONS TREATED

  • Dysmenorrhea, Primary

  • Female Infertility

  • Female Urethral Syndrome

  • Hypo-Ovarianism

  • Induction of labor

  • Labor Pain

  • Lactation, Deficiency

  • Male Fertility, Sperm Deficiency

  • Male Sexual Dysfunction, non-organic

  • Malposition of Fetus

  • Menopause 

  • Menstrual Cramps

  • Morning Sickness

  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (Stein–Leventhal syndrome)

  • Premenstrual Syndrome

  • Prostatitis, Chronic

PAIN IN PELVIC INFLAMATORY DISEASE

Acupuncture Therapies for Relieving Pain in Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. ​           Yi L, Huang B, Liu Y, Zhou L, Wu Y, Yu C, Long W, Li Y

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38295033/

CASE STUDY: This systematic review included twelve trials comprising a total of 1,165 patients. Among these, nine trials examined acupuncture therapies as adjunctive therapy, while the remaining three did not. Meta-analyses demonstrated that acupuncture therapies, whether used alone or in combination with routine treatment, exhibited greater efficacy in relieving abdominal pain compared to routine treatment alone immediately after the intervention (MD: -1.32; 95% CI: -1.60 to -1.05; P < 0.00001). The advantage of acupuncture therapies alone persisted for up to one month after the treatment (MD: -1.44; 95% CI: -2.15 to -0.72; P < 0.0001). Additionally, acupuncture therapies combined with routine treatment had a more pronounced effect in relieving lumbosacral pain after the intervention (MD: -1.14; 95% CI: -2.12 to -0.17; P

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