03 Aug

Fertility treatment statistics

Fertility treatment is by no means a one-size-fits-all field of medicine. The types of treatment that can help you or your partner grow your family depends upon your diagnosis and your unique physical and emotional needs. IVF, or in vitro fertilization Success Rates: The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology has calculated the average IVF success […]

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03 Aug

Test results preferred prior to acupuncture session

If patient has already gone through the following tests, please bring copy to acupuncture consultation/treatment session. If there is no test done yet, we would prefer to have some of them done later with your fertility or OB/GYN doctor and update to us. Tests and Diagnosis Some patients have already had some diagnostic testing for infertility […]

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12 Jul

Acupuncture doubles the chances of getting pregnant through IVF

Acupuncture ‘doubles the chances of getting pregnant through IVF’ Over 46 per cent of women undergoing acupuncture treatment conceived While only 21.7 per cent of the women became pregnant in the other group. Treatment may be offered as a possible method of improving IVF outcome. Expert says it may only work due to patient spending […]

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06 Jul

Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs can help hypothyroidism infertility to pregnancy BBT

Patient previous menses is normal with 28 days. After she was infected with virus and became hyperthyroidism and then changed into hypothyroidism. Her cycle changed to 40 days. She always feels cold.  Her face has acne and weight gains. She has been tried for pregnancy but failed. She stopped TTC under advice of her Endocrinologist. After […]

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04 May

Some thought about Factor V Leiden or blood clotting

Factor V Leiden is a mutation of one of the clotting factors in the blood called factor V. This mutation can increase the chance of developing abnormal blood clots (thrombophilia). Both men and women can have factor V Leiden. Women may have an increased tendency to develop blood clots during pregnancy or when taking the […]

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03 Apr

Unexplained Infertility Treated with Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine in Korea

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918430/ Women receiving Chinese herbal medicine treatments were more likely to get pregnant within a four-month period than those receiving conventional Western medical fertility drug treatment or IVF. Results One hundred and four (104) women with unexplained infertility were included in this observational study. Participant mean age was 32 […]

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12 Jan

Prenatal VITAMINS Folic Acid DHA CoQ10 FOR PREGNANCY

While several recent studies focusing on vitamins are beginning to uncover positive correlations between vitamins and fertility MDs still do not definitively know the full extent each vitamin may have on improving or hindering fertility and pregnancy. While Chinese Medicine and herbs can fully address most of fertility issues, since patients are looking into this category, […]

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05 Jun

letter to one of local fertility clinic comments of Chinese herbs

Hello, I am acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist in DC helping patents overcome fertility. I disagree with your comments regarding to Chinese herbs. It seems you did not spend time studying Chinese herbs. What you listed “blue cohosh, pennyroyal, and red clover” are sold by retailer here. You are treating herbs like OTC drug or vitamins. […]

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12 May

Study: Chinese herbal medicine is twice as effective for infertility as conventional Western drug therapy

In December issue of the journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine, women receiving Chinese herbal medicine treatments were twice as likely to get pregnant within a four-month period than those receiving conventional Western medical fertility drug treatment or IVF. There are eight RCTs, 13 cohort studies, three case series and six case studies involving a total […]

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01 Apr

Food can cause infertility- Pesticides on fruits and vegetables

Pesticides on fruits and vegetables could account for 49 percent loss in sperm A major study of men’s sperm found that those who ate regular quantities of fruit and vegetables that had pesticide residue on them had half the sperm count of men who ate less, a new Harvard University study showed. While this study […]

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