Increase your chances of getting pregnant naturally – how TCM helps to overcome infertility
Overcoming infertility with conventional medical treatment, known as the assisted reproductive technology (ART), is a difficult endeavor. Not only the treatments are costly, the whole process is physically, mentally and emotionally draining. If you and your partner are having fertility challenges, there are gentler, more cost-effective and supportive ways to help you increase chances of getting pregnant.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an ancient holistic healing system that has been practiced for several thousands of years. The main elements in the TCM system consist of acupuncture, Chinese herbs, massage, Qi Gong exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle modification.
Traditional Chinese medicine has helped many couples overcome infertility and get conceived. If you and your partner are relatively young and have difficulty in conceiving due to hormonal imbalance, menstrual problem, or low sperm count, TCM works well in treating these problems to help increase your chances of getting pregnant naturally.
Learn how the holistic ancient Chinese healing system can help overcome infertility and increase your chances of getting pregnant naturally!
For women, TCM is able help prepare the body to achieve optimal fertility to get ready for conception. Perhaps one of the biggest advantages of treating infertility with TCM is that it produces no complications that conventional fertility treatment can bring about, e.g. ectopic pregnancies, side effects of fertility drugs.
Even if you choose to use ART, having TCM as an adjunctive treatment will help increase implantation success rate. In fact, studies have shown that adding acupuncture to the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process increased pregnancy rates by about 40%. In addition, TCM treatment supports you in terms of reducing the side effects of hormone treatment, reducing your stress, and helping you get through the process more comfortably.
How does TCM help to overcome infertility and increase chances of getting pregnant naturally?
Traditional Chinese medicine, particularly acupuncture, can help to:
* Improve ovarian response and the quality of eggs
* Improve blood flow to the ovary and uterus, leading to better ovarian response
* Enhance the quality of cervical mucus
* Restore a balanced hormonal system for more efficient ovulation and fertilization
* Enhance the uterine lining so that the embryo can implant itself successfully
* Reduce the risk of miscarriage
* Improve sperm count, motility and morphology
When it comes to treating infertility, TCM works on a principle that conception can occur naturally when the body is healthy and its energy within is balanced. Of course, if the problem is caused by a blocked fallopian tube, then Western medicine is the only resolution.
TCM will prescribe less invasive and risky strategies first, such as lifestyle and diet changes. Acupuncture is actually relatively painless. In fact, most people find it relaxing when they are undergoing acupuncture treatment.
TCM focuses on treating the whole person, not the disease or symptoms. This ancient Chinese wellness system emphasizes on all aspects of a person – the body, mind and spirit – because they all come together and play a part in creating health or illness.
The primary objective of TCM in treating infertility, or in fact any type of illness, is to assist your body to activate its own healing mechanisms, so that true healing can occur through rebalancing and repairing the disrupted energy flow, or known as Qi, in your body. Disrupted energy is the main reason why sickness and dysfunction occurs, including impaired fertility.