Using acupuncture to treat premenstrual syndrome. Habek D, Habek JC, Barbir A. More than 60% of the women in both groups suffered from premenstrual syndrome (PMS or PMT) symptoms, such as anxiety, mastalgia (breast pain), insomnia, nausea and gastrointestinal disorders whereas a smaller number of women suffered from phobic disorders, premenstrual headaches migraines. There were […]
Electroacupuncture: mechanisms and clinical application. Ulett GA, Han S, Han JS. University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine, St. Louis 63139, USA. Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese method to treat diseases and relieve pain. We have conducted a series of studies to examine the mechanisms of this ancient method for pain relief. This article reviews some […]
Should you ask for acupuncture for pain relief during your next egg collection? Can acupuncture replace powerful drugs like alfentanil? This study authors think that electro-acupuncture stands a good chance to relieve pain during egg collection. It proved to be as good as alfentanil. Furthermore, compared with the alfentanil group, women in the electro-acupuncture group […]
Acupuncture increases nocturnal melatonin secretion and reduces insomnia and anxiety: a preliminary report. Spence DW, Kayumov L, Chen A, Lowe A, Jain U, Katzman MA, Shen J, Perelman B, Shapiro CM. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The response to acupuncture of 18 anxious adult subjects who complained of insomnia was assessed […]
Effects of acupressure at the Sanyinjiao point on primary dysmenorrhoea. Chen HM, Chen CH. Assistant Professor, Chung Hwa College of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan. AIM: This paper presents the findings of a study that assessed the effects of acupressure at the Sanyinjiao point on symptoms of primary dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls. BACKGROUND: Dysmenorrhoea is the […]
Pain relief during oocyte retrieval with a new short duration electro-acupuncture technique–an alternative to conventional analgesic methods. Humaidan P, Stener-Victorin E. The Fertility Clinic, Skive Sygehus, DK 7800 Skive, Denmark. BACKGROUND: Acupuncture previously has proved its pain-relieving effect for ovum pick-up (OPU). The analgesic effect of electro-acupuncture (EA) was evaluated when EA was applied for […]
Effect of Chinese medicinal herbs on sperm membrane of infertile male [Article in Chinese] Liu XD. Shandong Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Materia Medica, Jinan. The authors carried on the quantitative analysis of fluorescence polarization degree and fluorescent intensity on wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) receptor in sperm membrane surface and protein macromolecule 1-Anilinonaph thalene-8-suphonic […]
Effect of acupuncture treatment on the immune function impairment found in anxious women. Arranz L, Guayerbas N, Siboni L, De la Fuente M. Department of Physiology (Animal Physiology II), Faculty of Biological Science, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. It is presently accepted that emotional disturbances lead to immune system impairment, and that therefore their treatment […]
Conclusions: IVF programs can significantly improve their IVF outcomes ( PR, THB, SAB and Ectopic) by adding acupuncture protocols, specifically Steiner Victorin and Paulus.
Clinical study on “jin’s three-needling” in treatment of generalized anxiety disorder [Article in Chinese] Luo WZ, Liu HJ, Mei SY. College of Acupuncture and Massage, Guangzhou University of TCM, Guangzhou. OBJECTIVE: To study the clinical effect of “Jin’s three-needling” in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder. METHODS: Fifty-eight patients with generalized anxiety were randomly assigned […]
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 no acupuncture group.
CONCLUSION(S): Acupuncture seems to be a useful tool for improving pregnancy rate after ART (ivf and icsi).
CONCLUSION: The treatment of idiopathic male infertility benefit from employing acupuncture. A general improvement of sperm quality, specifically in the ultrastructural integrity of spermatozoa, was seen after acupuncture, although we did not identify specific sperm pathologies that could be particularly sensitive to this therapy.
Acupuncture improves sperm quality (motility, normal sperm ratio) and ICSI outcomes: The sperm concentration, motility, morphology, fertilization rates and embryo quality were observed. Quick sperm motility after acupuncture was significantly improved as compared with that before treatment. The normal sperm ratio was increased after acupuncture. The fertilization rates after acupuncture (66.2%) were obviously higher than that before treatment (40.2%, P < 0.01).
Effect of electro-acupuncture on ovarian expression of alpha (1)- and beta (2)-adrenoceptors, and p75 neurotrophin receptors in rats with steroid-induced polycystic ovaries. Manni L, Lundeberg T, Holmang A, Aloe L, Stener-Victorin E. Cardiovascular Institute and Wallenberg Laboratory, Sahlgrenska Academy, Goteborg University, SE-413 45 Goteborg, Sweden. l.manni@in.rm.cnr.it BACKGROUND: Estradiol valerate (EV)-induced polycystic ovaries (PCO) in rats […]
Electro-acupuncture reverses nerve growth factor abundance in experimental polycystic ovaries in the rat. Bai YH, Lim SC, Song CH, Bae CS, Jin CS, Choi BC, Jang CH, Lee SH, Pak SC. Research Division of Biological Science, Chosun University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) remains one of the most common causes of anovulation […]
Effects of electro-acupuncture on anovulation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Stener-Victorin E, Waldenstrom U, Tagnfors U, Lundeberg T, Lindstedt G, Janson PO. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Goteborg University, Sweden. BACKGROUND: The present study was designed to evaluate if electro-acupuncture (EA) could affect oligo-/anovulation and related endocrine and neuroendocrine parameters in women with polycystic […]
Acupuncture normalizes dysfunction of hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. Chen BY. Institute of Acupuncture, Shanghai Medical University, P.R. China. This article summarizes the studies of the mechanism of electroacupuncture (EA) in the regulation of the abnormal function of hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis (HPOA) in our laboratory. Clinical observation showed that EA with the effective acupoints could cure some anovulatory patients […]
Measuring the Effectiveness of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Improving Female Fertility By: Trevor A. Wing & Elke S. Sedlmeier Aim: To determine the relationship between female fertility indicators and the administration of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM). Design: A prospective cohort clinical study to measure accepted bio-medical factors that affect female fertility and to determine if […]
FALLOPIAN TUBE DYSFUNCTION AND CHINESE HERBAL MEIDCINE A study was carried out in Guangzhou, China, to find an effective treatment for tubal obstruction. The results of 120 women divided into three treatment groups were compared. One group received a combination of Western medical treatment and Chinese herbal medicine, one group received Chinese herbal medicine only […]
Dieterle S, Ying G, Hatzmann W, Neuer A. Fertil Steril. 2006 May;85(5):1347-51. Epub 2006 Apr 17. Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Dortmund, Germany. Dieterle@IVF-Dortmund.de OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of luteal-phase acupuncture on the outcome of IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). DESIGN: Randomized, prospective, controlled clinical study. […]