BLOOD AND FERTILITY
The goal of treatment is to enhance blood circulation to the reproductive organs, helping to balance and normalize their functions. Overall, this increases your ability to conceive and decrease your chances of miscarriage. Blood delivers nutrients from the digestive system to all parts of the body. As a result of inhibited blood flow, one may feel lethargic and weak. Acupuncture, herbal medicine, increase blood circulation, increase digestive function, and enhance pregnancy outcomes.
Blood transports oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body including the fallopian tubes, ovaries and uterus. Acupuncture and herbal medicine facilitate this transport. This will immediately improve the health of these organs, increasing reproductive function. Since acupuncture and herbal medicine assist in these ‘house-cleaning’ functions, the removal of toxic waste from your body is increased, therefore improving both your general and reproductive health.
Blood transports waste products from cells to the external environment, mainly, via the kidneys. These waste products are found everywhere in the body including the fallopian tubes, ovaries and uterus. Acupuncture and herbal medicine are able to assist the kidneys in this process of excreting waste. This action can greatly improve your reproductive health as well.
Blood transports hormones from the endocrine system to target cells or organs within the body, including the hypothalamus, anterior pituitary and ovaries. All three of these essential organs are necessary to achieve pregnancy. If your FSH is elevated or you have excessive androgens, the first thing on the agenda should be to increase and enhance blood flow so that proper hormonal distribution is facilitated. By including acupuncture and herbal medicine into your fertility-enhancement-protocol, there is significant improvement in ovarian function, which, in turn lowers FSH levels and thickens the uterine lining via enhanced estrogen secretion.
Acupuncture and herbal medicine have been shown to be effective in regulating estrogen and progesterone levels. When estrogen levels are low one can experience reduced amounts of mid-cycle cervical mucous and increased vaginal dryness, night sweats and dry skin. all signs of estrogen deficiency due to poor ovarian function. An example of this can be seen in the older patient who is given Clomid with repeated IUI’s. In this case, the patient’s lining becomes much thinner and her cervical mucous become more scanty after treatment. We have been able to reverse this difficult dilemma.
Blood defends the body against attack from foreign organisms via white blood cells and antibodies. If you are frequently sick and weak, your fertility quotient is severely diminished. By enhancing blood circulation throughout the body, white blood cells and antibodies are sent out to ward off infections which can be contributing to difficulties in conceiving. Acupuncture and herbal medicine have been shown to improve immune function and increase the fertility quotient.
Blood defends the body against injury or infection via the inflammatory response. As a result of the immune boosting action of acupuncture and herbal medicine, injuries and infections heal more rapidly. With the application of acupuncture and herbs after surgeries, recovery times are often reduced from six months to four months.
Blood maintains the body’s temperature by circulating heat. Do you have cold hands and feet? Do you feel cold frequently? This may be a sign of inhibited or decreased blood circulation, which, in and of itself, may compromise the effort to conceive. It is important to understand, that though one may ‘feel’ their coldness in their hands, feet and body, one cannot feel the result of inhibited blood flow to the reproductive organs. It is safe to assume, however, that when one has poor circulation to the extremities, one will also have poor circulation everywhere else in the body, including the fallopian tubes, ovaries and the uterus. Acupuncture and herbal medicine as well as fertility massage increase blood flow to these important reproductive organs, improving their function, and, most importantly, for you, significantly increase your chances of conceiving
