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to support your ivf/iui treatment :
Before
and During ivf/iui
So that your body is
ready for the tough challenge. Physically our treatment can make your
body more balanced and mentally acupuncture can make you feel more relaxed
After
ivf/iui
Acupuncture and/or chinese
medicine can help you to prevent miscarriage
Abstract of relevant medical journal
FERTILITY AND STERILITY® VOL. 77, NO. 4,
APRIL 2002
Copyright ©2002 American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Influence
of acupuncture on the pregnancy
rate in
patients who undergo assisted
reproduction therapy
Wolfgang E. Paulus, M.D.,a Mingmin
Zhang, M.D.,b
Erwin Strehler, M.D.,a
Imam El-Danasouri, Ph.D.,a and Karl Sterzik,
M.D.a
Christian-Lauritzen-Institut,
Objective: To evaluate the effect
of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in assisted reproduction therapy (ART) by comparing
a group of patients receiving acupuncture treatment shortly before and after
embryo transfer with a control group receiving no acupuncture.
Design: Prospective randomized
study.
Setting: Fertility center.
Patient(s): After giving informed
consent, 160 patients who were undergoing ART and who had good quality embryos
were divided into the following two groups through random selection: embryo
transfer with acupuncture (n = 80) and embryo transfer without acupuncture (n =
80).
Intervention(s): Acupuncture was
performed in 80 patients 25 minutes before and after embryo transfer. In the
control group, embryos were transferred without any supportive therapy.
Main Outcome
Measure(s): Clinical pregnancy was defined as the presence of a fetal sac during an ultrasound
examination 6 weeks after embryo transfer.
Result(s): Clinical pregnancies
were documented in 34 of 80 patients (42.5%) in the acupuncture group, whereas
pregnancy rate was only 26.3% (21 out of 80 patients) in the control group.
Conclusion(s): Acupuncture seems to
be a useful tool for improving pregnancy rate after ART. (Fertil
Steril_ 2002;77:721– 4. ©2002 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.)
Human Reproduction vol.11 no.6 pp.1314-1317, 1996
Reduction of blood flow
impedance in the uterine arteries of infertile women with electro-acupuncture
Elisabet Stener-Victorin,
Urban Waldenstrdm2, Sven A.Andersson and Matts Wikland
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Fertility Centre
Department of Physiology,
In order to
assess whether electro-acupuncture (EA) can reduce a high
uterine artery blood flow impedance, 10 infertile but otherwise healthy women with
a pulsatility index (PI) 5*3.0 in the uterine
arteries were treated with EA in a prospective, non-randomized study. Before
inclusion in the study and throughout the entire study period, the women were
down-regulated with a gonadotrophin-releasing hormone
analogue (GnRHa) in order to exclude any fluctuating
endogenous hormone effects on the PL The baseline PI was measured when the
serum oestradiol was =s0.1 nmol/1, and thereafter the
women were given EA eight times, twice a week for 4 weeks. The PI was measured
again closely after the eighth EA treatment, and once more
10-14 days
after the EA period. Skin temperature on the forehead (STFH) and in the lumbosacral area (STLS) was measured during the first,
fifth and eighth EA treatments.
Compared to the mean baseline PI, the mean PI was significantly reduced
both shortly after the eighth EA treatment (P < 0.0001) and 10-14
days after the EA period (P < 0.0001). STFH increased significantly
during the EA treatments. It is suggested that both of these effects are due to
a central inhibition of the sympathetic activity.
Clinical Study on ErzhiTiangui
Granules Combined with In Vitro Fertilization -Embryo Transplant for Treatment of 61 Cases
of Infertility
Lian Fang, Teng Yili, Zhang Jianw ei1, et al.
(1. Affiliated
Objective: To observe effects of ErzhiTiangui
Granules on the patient of infertility with both kidney Qi
and Yin deficiency,
and to evaluate its effect on quality of oocytes, the number of h igh2quality ovum, fertilized ovum
and high2quality embryo, and
the clinical pregnancy rate. Methods:
Patients of the treatment group w ere treated with promoting ovulation program
and oral
administration of ErzhiTiangui
Granules, and the control group with only the promoting ovulation program.
Changes of
symptom s of both kidney Qi
and Yin deficiency, the number of mature oocytes, the
high quality ova, fertilization rate, high
quality embryo rate, pregnancy rate and dose of gonado-tropin (Gn) before and
after treatment were observed, and the correlative analysis was conducted.
Results: The treatment group was significantly superior
to the control group in improvement of the symptom s of both kidney Qi and Yin deficiency,
high quality oocytes
rate, fertility rate, high quality embryo rate and clinical pregnancy rate, and
Gn dose in the treatment group was significantly
lower than
that in the
control group. Improvement of symptoms of both kidney Qi
and Yin deficiency was positively correlated with high quality oocytes rate.
Conclusion: ErzhiTiangui Granules
can significantly improve symptoms of both kidney Qi
and Yin deficiency, increase high quality oocytes,
high quality embryo and the clinical
pregnancy rate.
Treatment of Idiopathic
Male Infertility by Acupuncture Combined with Intracytoplasmic Injection of
Sperm
ZHANGMing min , HUANG Guang ying , TAN Li xing , W.
(
A f f iliated
Technology , Wuhan , 430030 ; 1Center of Reproductive Medicine , Ulm
, Germany)
Abstract Objective
:To investigate the
clinic effect of acupuncture on idiopathic male infertility in
accepting intracytoplasmic
sperm injection ( ICSI) . Methods :Twenty2two
cases of idiopathic male infertility patient s failed in ICSI were treated with
acupuncture twice weekly for 8 weeks , and then followed by accepting ICSI
treatment again. Within 3 months after acupuncture treatment
, the patients accepted ICSI treatment again. The sperm concentration , motility , morphology and fertility rates
were observed. Results : Sperm quick
motility after acupuncture treatment (18. 3 ±9. 6 %) was significantly improved than
that before acupuncture (11. 0 ±7. 5 % , P < 0. 05) . The normal sperm
ratio was increased after acupuncture (21. 1 ±10. 4 % vs
16. 2 ± 8.
2 % , P < 0. 05) . The fertility rates after
acupuncture (66. 2 %) were obviously higher than that before acupuncture (40. 2
% , P < 0. 01) . There was no significant
difference in sperm concentration and general sperm motility before and after
acupuncture. But among their spouses , 4 cases had
been affirmed to be gravid , with the pregnancy
rate being 18. 2 %. Conclusion
:Acupuncture can improve infertility patients’sperm quality
and raise fertility rate during accepting ICSI treatment .