During the recent decades, western medicine researches have used sham distant points to compare the effectiveness of acupuncture. The theory behinds this is if the sham needles acupuncture has achieved the similar effect as the ‘real’ acupuncture, then acupuncture does not work or acupuncture is just for psychological effect. We are against this unscientific way […]
Read MoreSome people may choose nature fertility approach instead of IUI/IVF because of its high cost and heavy medication. That is fine as long as both husband and wife have fair reproductive function. With help of acupuncture and Chinese herbs, it is possible to increase their chance of pregnancy within a reasonable time. For these kind […]
Read MoreGetting pain medicine is very convenient now a day by going to grocery store and making choice in OTC stands. However, not many people realize that taking pain medicine can affect men’s fertility functions. A small study, which was published Jan. 8 2018 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, discovered that […]
Read MoreIt has been more than 15 years since the first research paper of acupuncture in fertility by Dr. Paulus. In her paper, it was discovered that acupuncture can help IVF success rate by more than 20 percent. Since then there are more positive papers published after that. However, till now, acupuncture is accepted by most […]
Read MoreIs diminished ovarian reserve, as measured by low antimüllerian hormone (AMH), associated with infertility among women of late reproductive age? Many people working in OBGyn or the fertility IVF fields would say ‘yes’ but until the recent study finds that Ovarian reserve tests aren’t a good predictor of fertility. the new research, published in the […]
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In Chinese Medicine, we use herbs polarity characters to address unbalance of body. Most of herbs are kind of dietary supplement which means consumption of herbs or combined formula is quite safe within a reasonable time. Some of herbs are not as safe and must be taken under doctor consideration. One of the reasons on […]
Read MorePlatelet disorder can be alleviated sometimes with acupuncture and Chinese herbs. As acupuncture tunes up body to function more efficiently and herbs to supplement body for better nutrition for Blood. Low platelet count from Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP): the body produces antibodies against platelets. The platelet count then falls making bleeding more likely. ITP itself causes […]
Read MoreI have patients who were scared of their high FSH or low AMH level. I always ask them, “did you just have IUI/IVF?” Some even has menopause sign – hot flashes. If they just had IUI/IVF medication, then it is not likely their nature ovarian reserve degraded. I feel the following statement from Shady Grove […]
Read MoreThere are patients coming from fertility clinics with either lupron and birth control pills for pre-ivf treatment. While Lupron and birth control pill (BCP) help recruit multiple follicles by preventing natural selection of a single dominant follicle, each can suppress ovarian response, especially when used together during the pre-stimulation phase. Patients with low ovarian reserve […]
Read MoreUsing birth control pill or lupron in the IVF world seems quite popular for advanced age patients, low ovary reserve or POI. 1) endometriosis “Based on our research on Endometrisos and speaking with other endometriosis patients it seems that ovarian suppression with GnRH agonists like LUPRON (3-months) or birth control pills (BCP) with Letrozole for […]
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