Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) s produced in the brain and FSH acts at ovaries to stimulate follicles developments to produce oestrogen and progesterone. If ovaries are not functioning well, they don’t respond to FSH stimulation. The brain will increase FSH production to push ovaries to work hard. As a result, FSH level is elevated.
If women want to have children, their ovaries need to be functioning to produce eggs. If FSH is low in the normal range, this indicates that ovaries are working well.
Acupuncture can help improve ovary function and lower FSH level. This is proved by the research paper. For example a systematic review assessed current evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of acupuncture for patients with primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) which FSH level is elevated.
They analysed eight RCTs selected. Their result has shown that acupuncture significantly lowered serum FSH levels.
References
Junyoung Jo, et al Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015; 2015: 842180.
Yang Fu et al Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2022; 2022: 9053930.
