Acupuncture for infertility
Infertility is an inability to get pregnant after trying for 1 year. The causes of infertility can be unknown, local diseases or disorders in male or female genital systems or sex hormones imbalance. Acupuncture can help couples that want to conceive by reducing the stress, restore that normal sex hormone balance, and improve the blood circulation to the male and female reproductive system. Studies show that acupuncture increases the chance of conceiving by 65% if it is done the day of transferring the fertilized egg. It can also help to increase the effectiveness of the medication, improves the uterine lining to accept the egg, reduces the contraction of the uterus, which reduces the incidence of miscarriage. Acupuncture reduces the inflammation and improves the function of the immune system that can help in treating infectious causes of infertility. The acupuncture points that help in treating infertility are governing vessels DU20 at the top of the head, conception vessels Ren14 in the middle the breasts and Ren4 in the middle line below the navel, stomach channel ST29 in the middle of the connection between the trunk and the thigh, spleen channel SP4 in the inner side of the foot below the ankle, kidney channel KD3 in the inner side of the foot above the ankle, heart channel HT in the back of the hand and lung channel LU7 at the inner side of the wrist.