Acupuncture: Help body, mind and spirit working together towards efficient, high functional fertility like machine tuned regularly
(from WebMD.com)
Although acupuncture is fast becoming an accepted fertility protocol, not everyone agrees on how — or why — it works.
According to the traditional Chinese medicine explanation, acupuncture stimulates and moves Qi (pronounced “Chee”) a form of life energy that ancient wisdom says must flow through the body unhampered from head to toe, 24/7. When it doesn’t, illness or malfunctions such as infertility arise.
“Acupuncture works to restore the flow of Qi — your essence, your body energy — so with regards to infertility, treatment has a calming, restorative effect that increases a sense of well- being and ultimately helps the body to accept the creation of life,” says acupuncturist Ifeoma Okoronkwo, MD, a professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine.
By placing the needles at key energy meridians linked to the reproductive organs, Okoronkwo tells WebMD acupuncture increases, and more importantly, moves the flow of Qi from areas where it may be too abundant, to areas that are deficient, all in a direction that encourages fertility.
A Western way of looking at the effects points from the science of brain chemistry.
In studies published in the journal Fertility and Sterility in 2002, Chang, along with noted Cornell University reproductive endocrinologist Zev Rosenwaks, MD, found a clear link between treatment and the brain hormones involved in conception.
More specifically their research noted that acupuncture increases production of endorphins, the body’s natural “feel good” brain chemical that also plays a role in regulating the menstrual cycle.
Chang says acupuncture also appears to have a neuroendocrine effect, impacting a three-way axis between the two areas of the brain involved with hormone production (the hypothalamus and the pituitary glands) and the ovaries, a constellation that ultimately impacts egg production and possibly ovulation.
In still another research paper published in the journal Medical Acupuncture in 2000, Sandra Emmons, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Oregon Health Sciences University, reports that acupuncture may directly impact the number of egg follicles available for fertilization in women undergoing IVF.
“My guess is that acupuncture is changing the blood supply to the ovaries, possibly dilating the arteries and increasing blood flow, so that ultimately, the ovaries are receiving greater amounts of hormonal stimulation,” says Emmons, who also uses acupuncture in her traditional medical practice.
Chinese herbs: not just as natural supplement diets, but with goal to balance the whole body
There is a saying in Chinese. “Skilled woman can not make dinner without good rice”. Fertility conditions which is caused by lacking or excess of organ functions can be remedied by using certain herbs. And imbalance usually comes with group of patterns which need herbal formula to address. Some says “Your body will be renewed every 6 months” or what you eat will make of the future of you. Therefore, taking Chinese herbs appropriately can help you improving fertility function.
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Mr.Shu Fan (樊舒先生) is a licensed Washington DC Acupuncturist serving patients in DC, Virginia and Maryland area. Mr. Fan holds the National Certification of Oriental Medicine which includes the practice of Acupuncture, Chinese Herbology and Asian Bodywork Therapy. Mr. Fan is specialized in pain management, fertility and skin care. He is a member of American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM 2016). He pursue his Ph.D ObGyn study in China Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine under Prof. Tan Yong (谈勇) and had his clinic training in JiangSu Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine.
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