boosting fertility
Infertility is a common and emotionally stressing condition. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc.gov), in the United States around six percent of married women ages 15-44 are unable to get pregnant after one year of trying. Furthermore, around 12 percent of women in that same age group have difficulty carrying a pregnancy to term.
Common treatments for infertility are things like medicine, surgery, intrauterine insemination, or assisted reproductive technology. However, more women are discovering that Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can be effective in boosting fertility.
Keythe Jayce Karpinski, L.Ac. specializes in women’s health and pain management. An early proponent of integrating acupuncture into IUI procedures, has years of experience treating fertility issues through acupuncture.
According to Dr. Karpinski, TCM treatments such as acupuncture, Chinese herbs, Qi Gung, and moxa, along with lifestyle modification including changes to diet, can be effective in boosting fertility.
“It is really up to the woman what she wants to do,” says Dr. Karpinski. "My recommendations would depend on how long she has been trying to conceive, her current health, and if any medical infertility treatments or procedures would be involved. Fortunately, our treatments can complement most Western therapies.”
Dr. Karpinski says the goal of boosting fertility is to make the body, particularly the uterus, the most habitable environment possible.
“In the most general terms,” she says, “we are controlling the energy, blood, and temperature of the body. The uterus can be made to the right condition to allow conception and retain the pregnancy.”
One of the additional benefits of Traditional Chinese Medicine, says Dr. Karpinski, is that not only can these treatments address the problem of infertility, but they can also encourage benefits to one’s overall wellness.
“These treatments have been around for thousands of years,” she says, “and current evidence shows that, when used in conjunction with Western medicine, TCM increases fertility while improving women’s overall health.”
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