11/20/2018 / By RJ Jhonson
For people looking to build a family, infertility can be a considerable and often heartbreaking setback. A study published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine says female infertility treatment programs using traditional Korean medicine can help, offering hope for women having difficulty conceiving children.
Infertility is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a reproductive disease characterized by the inability of a couple to achieve pregnancy despite engaging in unprotected sexual intercourse for a year. It occurs in both men and women.
In many cases, infertility is treatable. According to the authors of the study, a combination of treatments used in Korea, as well as China, are traditionally used to cure the disease. These methods include acupuncture, the ancient Chinese practice that uses needles to stimulate meridians and harmonize the flow of the body’s energy. Moxibustion is also used – this is a method wherein dried mugwort (also known as moxa) is burned close to or on specific sites in the body for warmth and to improve blood flow. Moxibustion and acupuncture are often used together.
To obtain their findings, the researchers used information from the report by the Health & Welfare Ministry of Korea and the Association of Korean Medicine (AKOM) on infertility treatment programs and related sources. The report covered the years 2006 to 2016. All additional information was obtained from six Korean databases.
The authors obtained nine reports, as well as several years of data from 13 programs. Each program lasts from three to nine months and may include various types of interventions. These include herbal medicine, acupuncture, fumigation, and massages.
A total of 1,023 women joined the 13 programs, 887 of which completed the treatment. Of this number, 23.1 percent or 205 women reported a successful pregnancy. (Related: Infertility Linked to Common Household Chemicals.)
The researchers concluded that the findings proved the effectiveness of traditional interventions in helping infertile women become pregnant. They believe that the interventions used in the programs may be used as the primary treatment for infertility before patients are referred to assisted techniques.
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