Acupuncture boosts fertility by regulating reproductive hormones. Acupuncture also reduces stress and anxiety while enhancing the uterine environment and the production of healthy eggs. Acupuncture boosts sperm count and quality in men, increasing their acupuncture infertility in Houston.
Did you know that fertility acupuncture in Houston is used by at least 25% of couples trying to conceive spontaneously or with medical help?
Then, how exactly does acupuncture work to boost fertility? The benefits of acupuncture from ACU4U for increasing fertility and improving IVF success rates are discussed in this blog.
What is acupuncture?
Acupuncture therapy involves inserting thin, sterile acupuncture needles into specific acupuncture points to cure or alleviate the symptoms of a wide variety of medical conditions or to improve general health.
How does acupuncture work?
By about 4000 B.C., acupuncturists in China were practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine. They believed that the treatment worked by regulating the body’s flow of “Qi,” which is sometimes translated as “life force” or “energy.”
New insights into this time-honored therapeutic method’s scientific underpinnings have recently become available.
Stimulating specific acupuncture points results in the release of specific neurotransmitters. Next, these neurotransmitters go to the brain via the central nervous system, modulating other nerve impulses’ activity. These neurotransmitters control hormone production and have far-reaching effects on health.
Acupuncture for hormone regulation in women
Female reproductive hormones should be tightly regulated for optimal fertility. One such hormone is follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) plays a crucial role in the growth and development of ovarian follicles.
When FSH levels are elevated, the brain makes more effort to stimulate the development of ovarian follicles and eggs. If a woman’s FSH levels are consistently high during her menstrual cycles, she may be approaching menopause. An abnormally high FSH level may suggest that egg production has ceased in the ovaries. Women with high FSH levels respond poorly to ovarian stimulation medications and produce fewer eggs during IVF. Extreme conditions may prevent them from laying eggs.
A recent meta-analysis concluded that acupuncture stimulates the release of reproductive hormones in a positive way. This might boost the efficacy of ovarian stimulation medicines or even natural brain stimulation in women
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Acupuncture for improving circulation and the quality of eggs
Follicles in the ovaries produce eggs when hormones and nutrients are supplied via the bloodstream. Stronger blood flow is associated with better egg quality. If blood supply is reduced to the ovaries, the follicles, and the eggs they contain, the success rate of assisted reproductive technologies may decrease.
Several studies have shown that acupuncture causes infertility in Houston by relaxing the blood vessel walls and increasing blood flow to the uterus and ovaries.
Acupuncture for improving sperm quality and production.
Up to 40% of infertility cases can be attributed to subpar fertility in the male partner. As long as men have any sperm, especially if the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) technique is used, reproductive medicine experts believe that in vitro fertilization (IVF) can treat male factor infertility. During ICSI, a single sperm is used to fertilize an egg. However, ICSI had an almost comparable pregnancy rate to conventional IVF (33.4% vs. 32.4%).
As a result of this limitation, IVF/ICSI cannot address all male reproductive issues since it can only aim to choose the sperm that is the “best looking” and then inject it into the egg.
Because of the 50/50 split of maternal and paternal DNA in an embryo, low-quality sperm raises the risk that the embryo may not develop properly or implant.
Preliminary research on the benefits of fertility acupuncture in Houston on male fertility suggests that the practice can improve sperm concentration, motility, vitality, and count. More embryos may be available to couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) if acupuncture treats male partners.
Some research suggests that acupuncture can regulate testosterone levels as well. A healthy testosterone level in the male partner’s body is necessary for healthy sperm production.
