by Heaton Acupuncture | Jan 26, 2017 | Acupuncture, Fertility, Infertility
A pilot pragmatic trial carried out in Australia suggests that acupuncture can halve the time taken for sub-fertile women to conceive. Fifty-six sub/infertile women were offered either acupuncture plus lifestyle modification, or lifestyle modification only....
by Heaton Acupuncture | Jan 26, 2017 | Electro-Acupuncture, Infertility, Pregnancy
Electro-acupuncture (EA) may improve reproductive hormone levels in patients with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR), according to preliminary research from China. Twenty-one patients with DOR received EA over 12 weeks (five times a week for four weeks, followed by...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Nov 12, 2015 | Chinese Herbal Medicine, Infertility
A systematic review by Australian authors suggests that management of female infertility with Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) can improve pregnancy rates two-fold within a three to six month period, compared with Western medical fertility drug therapy (WM). Forty RCTs...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Mar 2, 2012 | Acupressure, Infertility
Acupuncture can help reduce stress for women experiencing infertility, according to Australian researchers. In a pilot study, 32 women with a history of infertility received six sessions of acupuncture over eight weeks. At the end of the intervention, women in the...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Nov 8, 2011 | Chinese Herbal Medicine, Infertility
A systematic review by US authors has concluded that Chinese herbal medicine may increase the effectiveness of infertility treatment with the drug clomiphene citrate (CC). Fourteen randomised studies representing 1316 patients met their inclusion criteria. Four...
