Now , for some of you out there , you might think , oh , of course , acupuncture , acupuncture has been known to work for thousands of years . And therefore , it's not surprising that it would assist with fertility and pregnancy for many of you out there . However , probably thinking acupuncture that seems kind of like fringe science .
There are now a lot of data supporting the idea that acupuncture of all things can be very beneficial for improving both female and male fertility . And should a woman get pregnant for improving the quality of outcomes ?
And so the issue of whether or not acupuncture can assist in getting pregnant and in carrying a child to term and for that child to be healthy , uh are really starting to emerge uh in a major way . And uh rather than go into all those data in detail , what I can tell you is that there are clinical trials and data supporting the fact that female fertility itself can be supported by acupuncture through several mechanisms . One of which is the balancing and I realize that's a somewhat tricky term and I'll define it better in a moment , the balancing of hormones across the ovulatory slash menstrual cycle , including regulating levels of FSH , so that they're not too high , nor too low and restricting the FSH to the follicular phase of the , of the menstrual cycle , as well as using acupuncture to improve things like blood flow and the health of the ovary itself and other aspects of the female reproductive axis .
Um That's an accurate statement for which there are now increasing amounts of mechanistic data . If you want to learn more about how acupuncture can be used to contribute to improved fertilization and pregnancy , there are a number of different excellent reviews on this . Um Both as it relates to females and as it relates to males .
So those ladig cells can support the certo cells and the certo cells can make that androgen binding protein . And you get enhanced spermatogenesis , you can find evidence for all of these different features , both changes to the chemical milieu that is the hormones and changes to the mechanical milieu , including for instance , improvement of the pathways leading from the seminiferous tubules to the epididymis to the vast ephrine , basically clearing out the plumbing , so that more quality ejaculate can be delivered , which of course is going to increase the probability of fertilization . So when you hear that acupuncture can improve the likelihood of pregnancy .
