Acupuncture and IVF/ ICSI

 
Video:  Acupuncture, Stress and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)

A fertility specialist talks about how acupuncture can benefit women going through IVF.

Can acupuncture and IVF go hand in hand? Sandy Goodman MD of Reproductive Medicine Group, Florida and Kym Caporale, L.Ac discuss stress reduction, acupuncture and IVF in this short, interactive video.


Effects of acupuncture on pregnancy rates in women undergoing in vitro fertilization: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cui Hong Zheng, M.D.; Ph.D.a, Guang Ying Huang, M.D., Ph.D.a; Ming Min Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.b; Wei Wang, M.D., Ph.D.c.. Fertility and Sterility. 1-11-2012.

Acupuncture improves Clinical Pregnancy Rates (CPR) and Live Birth Rates (LBR) among women undergoing IVF. Appropriate acupuncture times (around the time of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH), or oocyte aspiration (OA), or through the time of COH to the time of OA), enough treatment courses (at least four sessions) and syndrome differentiation and treatment according to individual characteristics should be strongly considered in the acupuncture programs.


Effects of Acupuncture on LIF and IL-12 in Rats of Implantation Failure

Gui, Juan; Xiong, Fan; Li, Jing; Huang, Guangying.American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. Am J Reprod Immunol. 1600-0897. 2012.

According to the study, Acupuncture could improve the poor receptive state of endometrium by promoting LIF and IL-12 secretion to improve blastocyst implantation.


Increase of success rate for women undergoing embryo transfer by transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation: a prospective randomized placebo-controlled study

Conclusion(s): Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation, especially double TEAS, significantly improved the clinical outcome of embryo transfer


Effect of acupuncture on the outcome of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

Dieterle S et al, Fertil Steril 2006 Vol 85, pg 1347-1351 Fertility and Sterility

Conclusion: Luteal-phase acupuncture has a positive effect on the outcome of IVF/ICSI


Acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer significantly improves the reproductive outcome in infertile women

Westergaard L et al, Fertil Steril 2006 Vol 85, pg 1341-1346

Conclusion: Acupuncture on the day of ET significantly improves the reproductive outcome of IVF/ICSI, compared with no acupuncture. Repeating acupuncture on ET day +2 provided no additional beneficial effect.


Reduction of blood flow impedance in the uterine arteries of infertile women with electro-acupuncture

Stener-Victorin E, et al Hum Reprod 1996; 11:1314-1317. Human Reproduction

Conclusion: This study reported in Human Reproduction (the official journal of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) shows that after 8 acupuncture treatments blood flow to the uterus was markedly increased.

I have taken acupuncture and TCM treatment for about sixteen years from a number of different practitioners. Because of serious health issues in my mid 30's, that were not treatable through ordinary western medicine, TCM was the most viable (and successful alternative). For several years I studied TCM as an amateur with the hope of one day joining the profession. Additionally, my wife is a MS degree educated physical therapist with advanced training in nursing, various types of alternative health including cranial-sacral therapy and other methods. We are pretty well informed and well qualified to offer an opinion about anyone in the field, and are quite careful about whom we work with.

In short, Dr. Zheng Zeng is the finest Oriental Medical Doctor I have ever encountered, and my wife shares that opinion. She is brilliant, technically superior, a master at herbal medicine and more over a sweet, kind woman. She is the finest type of doctor that one could imagine. I have had significant improvements in my health since working with her (even better than other very good OMD's I 've worked with in the past). Dr. Zeng is in my experience superior to anyone in her field. I would recommend her without any hesitation to anyone.

Richard W

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