Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine help fertility by regulating hormones, reducing stress, and impacting the neuro-endocrine and immune systems.

It has been clinically demonstrated to:

• Regulate and stabilise hormone levels: FSH, LH, oestrogen, and progesterone
• Regulate menstrual cycle
• Regulate ovulation
• Help increase the follicles
• Improve egg quality
• Increase blood flow to uterus and ovaries
• Improve the quality of the uterine lining
• Moderate the immune system
• Reduce the chance of miscarriage

The following conditions may be helped to improve the chance of conception:

• Amenorrhea ( no menses )
• Irregular period
• Endometriosis
• Luteal phase defect
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Premature ovarian failure
• Polycystic ovary syndrome
• Poor egg quality
• Thin ovarian lining
• Unexplained causes
• Stress

Male infertility

According to the National Institutes of Health, (NIH, gov) approximately half of all infertility cases are attributed to male factors. While male factors are solely responsible for about 20 to 30% of cases they play a role in approximately 50% of all infertility cases.. Traditional Chinese medicine has been shown to improve male fertility in many success stories. It has been demonstrated that Chinese medicine can:

• Regulate reproductive endocrine system, regulate FSH hormone and LH hormone levels,
• Help to raise testosterone levels,
• Boost the function of Sertoli cells and Leydig cells,
• Prevent oxidative stress,
• Supplement trace element.
• Improve the micro circulation of the testis
• Improve semen quality and sperm quality
• Alleviate inflammation
• Decrease the level of anti-sperm antibody
• Modify epigenetic genetic markers