Acupuncture for Infertility Treatment

WebMD introduced acupuncture for infertility treatment....”When it comes to getting pregnant, old world techniques may be just what today's high-tech doctors will order. ..... But as good as modern science is, many couples trying to get pregnant find themselves turning to an age-old treatment for help -- one so steeped in tradition it's about as far from life in the 21st century as one can get.

That treatment is acupuncture, and today, even high-tech reproductive specialists are looking to the somewhat mysterious world of Chinese medicine to help those fertility patients for whom western science alone is not quite enough."

https://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction

The Role of an Acupuncture Protocol in Improving Women's Reproductive Functioning Assessed by a Pilot Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial

Suzanne Cochrane, 1 , * Caroline A. Smith, 2 Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, 3 and Alan Bensoussan 2

Results: Over 12 months 160 inquiries were received with 56 women randomised to the study. Of those who met the inclusion criteria and refused to join the study a significant proportion were not willing to undergo randomisation and risk delaying the receipt of an acupuncture intervention for 3 months. As represented in Table 1 the retention rate of participants over the full 3 months in each intervention group was 82% in the acupuncture + lifestyle intervention and 71% in the lifestyle only group. Several potential or actual participants reported moving house or city and it is assumed that at least some of the 21 (37.5% of the total) women lost to follow-up may also have undergone changes, as they were no longer accessible via their work and home contact details. All data collected to the point of exit from the study was analysed.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4868913/

"Acupuncture, frequently combined with herbal medicine, has been used for centuries to treat some but not all causes of infertility" http://americanpregnancy.org/infertility/acupuncture/

published by The American Pregnancy Association is a national health organization committed to promoting reproductive and pregnancy wellness through education, support, advocacy, and community awareness.