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Acupuncture therapy can improve pregnancy rate

The guardian, a British newspaper reports say, the researchers found that acupuncture can make accept fertility treatment of women pregnant chance to improve 65%.

Reports say China has, for a long time, with acupuncture treat various diseases, including adjusting the female reproductive system.

To study the effect of acupuncture and moxibustion therapy, the doctor collected all the relevant research results, and today in the British medical journal published a conclusion.

University of Maryland school of medicine, Eric's assistant professor at the andaman sea is analyzed and colleagues since 2002 and study results. This study is on July 4, the western countries 1366 involving women who underwent artificial insemination.

In the experiment, some women to receive real acupuncture, some accept "false" acupuncture therapy, such as the needle on the wrong place, some don't accept acupuncture therapy. Overall, the real acupuncture women pregnant rate increased 65%. Acupuncture therapy on the day after the embryo transplantation. But not all cases of pregnancy can cause live births. During pregnancy rate has high clinic, acupuncture therapy is to help the pregnancy rate. But the andaman sea says, this is not to say that every one from infertility of all women should accept acupuncture therapy.

He said: "I think it's just a preliminary study results can improve the acupuncture. Pregnancy rates and live-birth rate. Some couples may want to choose acupuncture, but some couples may want to wait for further study.

But the peninsula, professor of medical thaad Ed's ernst urged people to remain cautious. "It may be, if treatment of women that would be useful, they will be more relaxed, it affects pregnancy rate."

By default, the andaman sea for likely stems from a placebo effect. He pointed out that acupuncture can stimulate human body to produce neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters will affect the menstrual cycle, ovulation and fertility.