Jing 精 According to Chinese medicine an important aspect of your health is regulated and maintained by your jing 精. It must be said, at the outset, that Chinese medicine often doesn’t translate easily into English. We don’t have the concepts, so we don’t have the equivalent words. As a result, translations often use words … Read more
The Heart of ART When using acupuncture alongside Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment are always of utmost importance but, for me, the technology, and how acupuncture can help, is only one part of the story. As part of my work as an acupuncturist, I worked for 7 years in a fertility … Read more
Acupuncture for Male Fertility | Research There hasn’t been much research done for the effects of acupuncture on male fertility… but what there is, is encouraging… ‘Effect of acupuncture on sperm parameters of males suffering from subfertility related to low sperm quality.’ Siterman et.al. Arch Androl 39(2):155-61 1997 Sep-Oct. The aim of this study … Read more
A Natural Diet Can Help Increase Fertility Infertility is a condition that affects approximately one in six couples in the UK. As well as there being a variety of treatments to help increase your chances of becoming pregnant, and of giving birth to a healthy child, there are things you can do to further increase … Read more
Basal body temperature (BBT) charting Your basal body temperature (BBT) is the lowest temperature attained by your body at rest. It gives an idea of your body’s metabolism and of changes through your cycle, determined by your hormones. Generally we expect a temperature of 36.2 to 36.5 celsius during the first half of your cycle … Read more
Embryo Transfer Acupuncture The time between embryo transfer (ET) and doing a pregnancy test can feel like a long time. After all the waiting, medication and scans, you will inevitably want to make sure that you are doing everything you can to help the process and that you don’t do anything that may potentially cause … Read more
Ovulation symptoms | How do I know? A common question in my fertility acupuncture practice is whether or not there are specific ovulation symptoms and how to know when you ovulating. In other words, when is the best time to try to conceive? The answer is that everyone is subtly different. For some people recognising … Read more
Acupuncture for Male Fertility | Does it help? As much as 40% of fertility issues involve male fertility and yet male involvement in fertility treatment is often minimal. Why is this? Below is some information that answers this question and attempts to show men why it is important that they get more involved… … Read more
Embryo Transfer Acupuncture | Paulus Protocol In 2002 Wolfgang Paulus (et al) published research that looked into the effects of acupuncture when given before and after Embryo Transfer (ET). What was the research? The research involved 160 women that were assigned randomly into an acupuncture (n=80) group and a control (n=80) group. The results were … Read more
Acupuncture Fertility | Research The information has been arranged into the following simplified fertility sections: 1 – General systematic reviews of acupuncture for fertility 2 – General research for effects of acupuncture on fertility 3 – Acupuncture for ovulation induction 4 – Acupuncture for polycystic ovaries 5 – Acupuncture for female fertility 6 – Acupuncture … Read more
