Fertile Essence - Acupuncture and Holistic Fertility Solutions

How do acupuncture and Asian medicine

enhance fertility?

Acupuncture and/or herbs help increase blood flow to the uterus and relax the muscle tissue, giving the embryos a better chance of implanting.
Acupuncture and/or herbs can regulate menstrual cycles, improve egg quality and ovulatory function, improve the uterine lining and balance hormones of the follicular cycle (including FSH and hormones of the 150 day cycle).
Acupuncture reduces the impact of stress on the body, releasing tension and decreasing anxiety.
Acupuncture promotes and increases sperm motility, improves sperm morphology and sperm count.
Herbs help nourish and regulate your body and improve endocrine/reproductive function.
Nutritional counseling, based on your individual needs, will improve your overall health, energy level, and improve egg and sperm quality.

What is acupuncture and Asian medicine?

Traditional Asian medicine is a comprehensive system of health care with a continuous clinical tradition of over 3,000 years. It includes acupuncture and herbal treatment as well as massage, dietary therapy, meditation, and exercise.

Asian medicine is based on an energetic model rather than the biochemical model of Western medicine. The ancient Chinese recognized the vital energy behind all life forms and life processes. They called this energy Qi (pronounced "chi"), which flows along specific energetic pathways in the human body.

Disease is considered to arise because of deficiency or imbalance of vital energy resulting from such factors as: trauma, stress, diet, pathogenic factors and genetic tendencies. Acupuncture disrupts the patterns of deficiency or imbalance and enhances the body's own natural ability to heal. Acupuncture needles are very fine and flexible, about the diameter of a human hair. Treatments are relaxing and many patients fall asleep during the treatments. In some cases it is not necessary to use needles at all. Non-needle insertion treatments are an option.