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Acupuncture Study Shows Improvement in IVF

Success rates of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) have shown that those women
receiving acupuncture along with IVF have had a success rate of pregnancy of
42.5% vs. only 26.3% in the control group. A total of nine acupuncture
points were used on patients in the acupuncture group. The treatment was
performed for 25 minutes both just before and just after the IVF procedure.

The points used before the procedure were Pc6, Sp8, Lv3, GV20, St29, St36,
Sp6 and LI4. The points used after the procedure were Pc6, LI20, GV20, and
ear uterus and ear endocrine points.

According to Dr. Nancy Snyderman, a board-certified surgeon/pediatrician,
"There is no doubt, because this was a very well-done study and it was
reported in a very highly regarded medical journal, that doctors will sit up
and pay attention to it."

This study was performed according to standard double blind methods with a
sample of 160 women in Germany with two study teams of researchers from
Germany and the People’s Republic of China. It was reported in Fertility and
Sterility, 4/02; 77(4):721-4.

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