Can Acupuncture help Improve Fertility for PCOS?
Acupuncture has been gaining acceptance among therapists and gynaecologists as a treatment for fertility. It involves the insertion of fine needles into specific points on your body (acupoints) to help alleviate pain, unblock energy, and increase blood flow to the reproductive organs, thereby restoring balance to the body and boosting fertility in the process. Weekly acupuncture treatments are needed, and research shows it can help improve ovulation for women with PCOS, improve BMI, reduce LH, estradiol and testosterone levels, increase ovulation reaction and effectively shorten menstrual cycles in women with PCOS.
Weekly acupuncture treatments are needed, and research shows it can help improve ovulation for women with PCOS, improve BMI, reduce LH, estradiol and testosterone levels, increase ovulation reaction and effectively shorten menstrual cycles in women with PCOS.
References:
- Xu J, Zuo Y. [Efficacy of acupuncture as adjunctive treatment on infertility patients with polycystic ovary syndrome]. Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2018 Apr 12;38(4):358-61. Chinese. doi: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.2018.04.004. PMID: 29696918.
- Johansson J, Redman L, Veldhuis PP, Sazonova A, Labrie F, Holm G, Johannsson G, Stener-Victorin E. Acupuncture for ovulation induction in polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2013 May 1;304(9):E934-43. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00039.2013. Epub 2013 Mar 12. PMID: 23482444; PMCID: PMC4116535.