Assisted
Reproduction Therapy (IVF)
Erectile
Dysfunction
Inducing Ovulation with
Electro-Acupuncture for PCOS
Infertility Study
Low Sperm Quality
Male Sterility
Menopause
Sperm Density
Effect of
acupuncture on menopausal symptoms
The use of acupuncture
and herbal medicine to treat menopausal symptoms is supported by
modern clinical research from China and Japan. In the Shandong Journal
of Traditional Chinese Medicine, #6, 1002, p25-26 reports on the
herbal treatment of a number of complaints including hot flashes,
anxiety, insomnia, night sweats, irritability and palpitations.
Another report in the Journal of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine,
#6, 1993, p40, reports on the treatment of menopausal edema with
herbal medicine. In that study, 28 out of 30 women were either cured
or markedly improved in 15 days to 2 months for a total amelioration
rate of 93%. A report in Yunnan Traditional Chinese Medicine, #5,
1993, p27-28 reports on the treatment of 31 cases of menopausal
syndrome with acupuncture. These women suffered from menstrual irregularity,
hot flashes, night sweats, palpitations, dizziness, depression,
uterine bleeding and agitation. Eighty-seven percent of the women
in this study registered significant improvement from this therapy.
Research in Japan has shown that menopausal and post menopausal
women using Chinese herbs had greater bone density than women in
a comparison group not using Chinese herbs
(Traditional
Sino-Japanese Medicine, 13 [1992]: 38-42)
