Acupuncture and Herbs for Fertility Enhancement, Highgate, North London
Empowering You To Reclaim Your Fertility
Here at Balance, North London Acupuncture and Herbs clinic, we specialise in treatment of female and male infertility. There is a growing body of evidence which suggests that acupuncture and herbal medicine treatment can greatly enhance a woman's chance of becoming pregnant. Whether you intend to conceive naturally or through medically assisted procedures such as IVF or IUI, you can benefit from acupuncture and/or herbal medicine treatment.
How acupuncture and herbal medicine can help you to overcome infertility?
Traditional acupuncture and herbal medicine enhance fertility by regulating the body systems. They help to:
- regulate the menstrual cycle
- increase the blood flow to the reproductive organs
- improve uterine lining thickness
- promote follicle production
- harmonise the hormone levels
- increase ovarian function
- increase sperm production in men
- help women stay more relaxed through stressful period of fertility treatments
- relax the uterus around the time of the egg transfer
All these factors positively enhance the chances of a healthy pregnancy.
How you will benefit from our approach?
- We will explain you how to monitor your natural fertility signs, e.g. cervical secretions, cervical position, basal temperature
- To maximise effectiveness of the acupuncture treatments, we will identify where in your menstrual cycle you will most benefit from receiving acupuncture treatments
- We will adjust the treatment according to the phase of your cycle
- We will offer you dietary advice including explanation of the energetic effects of the foods you are eating on your body
- We will introduce you to acupressure and other simple therapy techniques which you can use at home between treatments to enhance the effect of your acupuncture treatments
- We will direct you to further relevant web sites and literature which you might find interesting
- You will have access to continuous e-mail and/or telephone support
Acupuncture in conjunction with IVF
The use of acupuncture to improve the IVF (in vitro fertilisation) and IUI (intra-uterine insemination) outcome has become widespread over the past years. The Journal of Chinese Medicine reports that three of four randomised controlled trials published since 2002 show that acupuncture significantly increases pregnancy rates. When acupuncture is used in conjunction with IVF ideally women should start seeing an acupuncturist at least two or three months before the treatment begins. However, even if treatments start later, they still increase your chances of becoming pregnant.
Research evidence
British Medical Journal published an authoritative review of effect of acupuncture on IVF treatment. The report was based on seven studies published in English since 2002 which involved women treated with real acupuncture, sham acupuncture or no acupuncture. This review found that real acupuncture could increase a woman's chance of pregnancy by 65%. Moreover, deeper analysis of the studies revealed that the rate of miscarriage was lower in the acupuncture group than in the IVF-only group.
Charting Your Fertility For Conception
Fertility charting is a very important aspect of getting to know your body and improving your fertility. When trying to get pregnant it is important to know when you are about to ovulate in order to time intercourse and treatments accordingly. Fertility charting also helps you learn your specific fertility signs. At the Balance Acupuncture Clinic we will help you to understand how to monitor and chart these signs.
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