Natural Healthcare Solutions for Women
I can’t tell you how often a female client comes to see me for fertility treatments blaming herself for not becoming pregnant. After all, she thinks, men make millions of sperm; surely at least one of those sperm is healthy enough to meet the egg to produce a viable pregnancy.
However, more research is surfacing about how some men’s daily activities are affecting their sperm health.
A large study performed in China was done on 248 males who suffered from sperm abnormalities, absence of ejaculation and impotence. Acupuncture treatment was performed every other day with 20 treatments [Read more...]
Going through the process of IVF or any other Assisted Reproductive Technique (ART) can be a costly and stressful venture for all couples. Although the process is something that both the male and female must go through, it is clear that the majority of treatment is centered on the female.
A study in China was conducted on 54 males with sub fertility. 1-3 months of acupuncture treatments were given and a sperm analysis was carried out before and after treatment. 55.5% of patients successfully [Read more...]
For a complete article by Drew on varicocele treatment options, click here!
In issue #11, of the 2002 Zhejiang Journal of Chinese Medicine, 65 males with varying degrees of varicocele were treated with a Chinese herbal medicine formula for one treatment course which consisted of 3 months. Varicocele is seen as an issue of blood stagnation with concurrent Kidney deficiency in TCM, therefore the formula consisted of herbs intended to boost the “Kidney”, “quicken the blood” and to “transform stasis”. Of the 65 men treated with the herbal formula, 11 were cured completely (they conceived), 25 experienced an increase in sperm counts and motility returned to normal. A moderate effect was experienced by 18 patients while 11 experienced no effect at all. The total success rate was 83.07%. [1]
1. The Treatment of 65 Cases of Sterility Due to Varicocele with Yi Shen Tong Luo Fang (Boost the Kidneys & Free the Flow of the Network Vessels Formula) by Sun Zi-xue, Zhe Jiang Zhong Yi Za Zhi Zhejiang Journal of Chinese Medicine #11, 2002.
A study published in the Jiangsu Chinese Medicine Journal (1993) treated thirty five cases of low sperm motility with the Chinese herbal medicine formula “Qiang Jing Jian” [Read more...]
With over 10 years experience as a successful Acupuncturist and Practitioner of TCM in Toronto, you … [Read More...]
I was referred to Drew from another acupuncturist who said “he’s really very good at what he … [Read More...]
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