Acupuncture has been popular for decades to help women’s
fertility, but the effectiveness is still in debate. What is the latest
development of research on this aspect? A paper analysed data up to June 2018
to study the effectiveness of acupuncture for infertile women with natural
conception.
22 trials with a total of 2591 participants were included. The
participants included were women aged 20–40 years, a husband with semen of
normal quality and shape, women who failed to conceive with unprotected sexual
life for 1 year, women with a gynecological diagnosis of infertility, women not
receiving treatment by assisted reproductive technology. The experimental group
received acupuncture or its combined therapy, and the control group received
other standard therapies, such as injected Western drugs and oral Western
medication. They measured pregnancy rate, which was confirmed with a pregnancy
test and ultrasound, ovulation rate,
endometrial thickness, endocrine indexes, such as luteinizing hormone (LH) and
follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and adverse events.
The results show that
1, the pregnancy
rate is significantly increased with acupuncture treatment with or without
other intervention such as Chinese medicine or Western medicine; pregnancy rate
is increased with all types of infertility such as ovulation disorders or other
types of infertility.
2, ovulation rate
is increased with acupuncture treatments.
3, the level of
LH is significantly improved with acupuncture treatments.
4, the level of endometrial
thickness is significantly improved with acupuncture treatments.
5, fewer side
effects occurs with acupuncture treatments.
References
Yun L et al Medicine (Baltimore). 2019
Jul;98(29):e16463. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000016463.
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