31 Aug

Acupuncture does improve egg quality for advanced age IVF.

Infertility patient advanced age 42 years old comes for acupuncture treatment. She tried four IVF 2010, 2011, 2015 and early of 2016. Each time about 10 eggs mature and fertilized. None of fertilized eggs passed the day 5. She had come for 2 months. Then she went to have IVF retrieval. 9 eggs matured. The […]

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20 Mar

Acupuncture and Herbs help enhancing follicle quality

When women grow older to thirties and forties, their follicle quality start to deteriorate. Therefore, getting pregnant becomes difficult than young aged women. Hormone treatment has limited effect to improve the quality of follicle. However, acupuncture and herbs do provide an unique avenue. I have a patient who is 47 years old. Her problem was […]

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01 Oct

Can Acupuncture Help Conceive

(CBS) It’s estimated that after a year of trying to conceive, 10 percent of American couples are unable to get pregnant on their own. The vast majority of them turn to traditional fertility treatments for help, but a growing number are also trying alternative therapies, including acupuncture, says Saturday Early Show’s Dr. Mallika Marshall. More […]

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