U.S. study found that: acupuncture can improve pregnancy rate

British "Guardian" in February reported that the study found that acupuncture can receive fertility treatment of women's chance of pregnancy increased 65%.

Reported that a long time, China has been using acupuncture treatment of various diseases, including regulating female reproductive system.

To study the effect of acupuncture, the U.S. doctors to collect all the relevant results of the study, and in today's "British Medical Journal," published conclusions.

University of Maryland School of Medicine assistant researcher Eric Mannheimer and colleagues analyzed since 2002, seven studies. This study was conducted in seven countries of the West 4, involving 1366 women receiving artificial insemination.

During the trial, some women's access to the real acupuncture, and some accept the "fake" acupuncture therapy, such as needles placed in the wrong place, and some do not accept acupuncture. In general, the true acupuncture treatment led to a pregnancy rate of women increased by 65%. Acupuncture in the day after the embryo transfer carried out. But not all pregnancy cases can lead to live births. Pregnancy rate has been high in the clinic, acupuncture therapy on the pregnancy rate is negligible. However, Mannheimer said that this is not to say that every woman suffering from infertility should be subject to acupuncture.

He said: "I think this is just preliminary findings. Acupuncture can improve pregnancy rate and live birth rate. Some couples may want to choose acupuncture, but some couples may want to wait for the results of further research."

However, Professor Edzard Ernst Peninsula Medical School, urged people to remain cautious. "The situation may be, if the treatment of women that would be useful, they will be more relaxed, which will affect the pregnancy rates."

Mannheimer believe that this is unlikely to be due to placebo effect. He pointed out that acupuncture can stimulate the body to produce neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitter will affect the menstrual cycle, ovulation and fertility.