Fertility Acupuncture

Your first visit and consultation

Traditional Chinese consultation with our doctor is a must for your first visit and will be charged. Doctor will take your medical history, read your pulses, may examine the site of your symptoms, and look at your tongue. Your individual treatment plan will be based on your conditions, state of health and lifestyle.

Prior to your first visit, you may want to think about or write down your health history, including surgeries, injuries, allergies and medications you are on. Please also take time to think or write down how the current problem or conditions were developed and how they have been investigated and treated. Please have this information ready as this will help you to have the most effective and comprehensive consultation with our doctor.

The approach

Traditional Chinese medicine sees every patient as unique, and the treatment is made by their current condition and constitution. With such a long history for more than 5000 years,

TCM is highly effective with no side effects. Acupuncture as part of the TCM as a treatment for infertility is used for a very long time. With the insertion of tiny sterile needles into acupoints located at specific points on the body the way the body functions can be regulated and the problem that affects fertility can be addressed. Acupuncture treatment can balance the hormones, strengthen the immune system, regulate the energy and Blood flow, remove the stasis and phlegm and stimulate the nervous system. With a combination of acupuncture and Chinese herbs, it is possible to improve the ovarian and follicular function and increase the blood flow to the endometrium.

It’s about balance

For many women and men, infertility may be a result of an imbalance, whether caused by hormones or stress. Acupuncture is about restoring balance and overall health and wellbeing. It involves the insertion of very thin, sterile needles into strategic points in your body, called acupuncture points. Stimulating these points, or pathways, is believed to correct any imbalance in energy, or chi. Studies have shown that acupuncture can help:

• Regulate the menstrual cycle
• Balance hormones
• Improve blood flow to the reproductive organs
• Improve sperm count and motility
• Decrease risk of miscarriage
• Reduce stress and anxiety
• Improve the chance of pregnancy in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF)

There’s also evidence that acupuncture can help with some medical conditions that affect fertility, such as polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis and fibroids.