AcupunctureAcupuncture treatment of infertility
From the perspective of Chinese medicine, cold evil will block the Qi, causes Qi stagnation and blood stasis, so the blockage causes infertility. Women is yin, yin and blood are easy to be consumed. Woman compares with men, the yang is not strong enough. If they lived with unhealthy lifestyle, the yang will become weaker and weaker, and the body will get colder and colder. Then fertilized eggs cannot be implanted, embryo stop growing, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, oviduct blockage, follicular dysplasia, uterus cold infertility and other symptoms. Therefore, solving the problem of pregnancy is actually to fix the problem of women’s Qi, blood and yang.
How does acupuncture work for infertility?
Acupuncture regulates ovarian function, delays female aging, and treats premature ovarian failure.
Acupuncture can improve the local blood flow, microcirculation of the oviduct and local hemodynamics, improve capillary permeability, promote the absorption of local inflammation, dissipate the mass and blood stasis, and restore tubal patency.
Acupuncture can regulate neuroendocrine, regulate the production of follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. It can improve blood supply to uterus and ovaries, increase endometrial receptivity, and play a benign role in embryo implantation. Acupuncture can also relieve stress, tension, anxiety and depression, which helps to improve pregnancy outcomes.
What does acupuncture do for infertility?
Moxibustion is specialized to warm Yang and expel cold. The yang in the body is warmed up through the moxibustion treatment of specific acupoints. Then the blood is running normally, the organs are warm and nourished, and the cold in the body is gradually discharged, which is conducive to conception.
Acupuncture combined with moxibustion can just warm up Yang to dispel coldness. Such as using Zhongwan, Zusanli to tonify spleen and nourish blood; Guanyuan, Qihai, Shenque to warm up kidney and raise Yang; Zigong to regulate the function of the uterus; Sanyinjiao to regulates the spleen, liver and kidneys. It is easy to get pregnant if there is sufficient Qi and blood to expel the coldness.
Navel acupuncture is a newly important treatment of infertility, which stimulates the congenital Qi to helps people to heal themselves.
How does acupuncture help IVF?
The ovulation-stimulating injection of western medicine is a double-edged sword. It uses gonadotropin to promote the development of follicles. However, if it is frequently used in large doses, it may lead to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, which may lead to premature ovarian failure and early amenorrhea.
In recent years, the green treatment of gynecological diseases by acupuncture has been increasingly praised. Acupuncture treatment of ovarian premature aging has no adverse reactions. It avoids the side effects of western medicine (estrogen and progesterone) on human liver and kidneys. It also helps to avoid the low ovulation rate, high abortion rate and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
The combination of acupuncture and assisted reproductive technology is a promising research direction. At the same time, acupuncture has no exogenous drug toxicity, can reconcile blood, balance yin and yang of body. It is particularly suitable to patients who needs pre-pregnancy conditioning, has coexistence of various pathological conditions and obvious disorders and multiple failures.
Who suits this treatment?
Infertility, conditioning before assisted reproductive technology, premature ovarian failure, polycystic ovary, pre-pregnancy conditioning, and irregular menstruation.
For further more information, please read follwoing two articles:
1. Acupuncture doubles chance of having a baby with IVF, study suggests
2. Could Acupuncture Get You Pregnant?