With more and more people taking up acupuncture, especially when they are using it to treat infertility. The fact that this is a commonly traditional chinese practice in the East.
To such popular belief, there is a reason to see more and more infertility acupuncture specialists coming out all over the United States, even though its roots are from the East.
How does it works?
These traditional chinese practitioners use this ancient healing to insert fine needles into specific acupressure points that stimulate blood flow. In order to stimulate the body to achieve mental and physical balance, the needle used are controlled and regulated by FDA. This is why many people in the west are beginning to like this ancient art of healing. This art is more than 2000 years old.
Did you know?
Do you know that infertility acupuncture does not hurt at all? Patients felt a little twinge during the treatment. The benefits reported have been tremendous – some of which are helping to regulate ovulation or menstrual cycles and improve sperm mobility and motility.
The people using this?
This type of treatment is mainly for couples undergoing IVF (in vitro fertilization), it is proven to get good quality eggs to enhance fertility chances.
In order to result in higher pregnancy rate, the patient has to undergo the acupuncture treatment immediately before and after egg transfer, this generally causes the uterus to relax. By undergoing this treatment, the uterus could expel the egg.
Western researchers used to be wary of this traditional practice but now even the National Institutes of Health have found some evidence of the benefits of infertility acupuncture.
What are the four things you need to know before engaging this type of ancient treatment?
First, infertility acupuncture is for functional problems such as irregular ovulation as compared to tube blockage that is more of a body structural problem.
Second, this type of treatment is not a one time procedure with a practitioners - it usually require several weeks with a specialist before results are visible. There are tons of chinese infertility acupuncture experts recommending chinese herbs as an added supplements when treatment infertility.
Third, there are cases whereby infertility acupuncture and western medicine are a perfect combination. It need not be a stand-alone treatment. However, patients need to facilitate good communication between both doctors to see if there could be a possible reaction between medications. You just have to make sure that the acupuncturist is licensed to give treatment within your state.
Although the exact reasons why fine needles poked in your body can help you conceive is not known, infertility acupuncture has gained popularity because it has shown results. One of the main reasons is that it regulates blood flow in the body and relaxes a person, both ideal conditions for conception.