German researchers have conducted a randomised controlled study of the effect of acupuncture on the sperm of infertile men, and found significant benefits for sperm motility.
Twenty-nine men were randomly assigned to receive either real acupuncture or a placebo control. A significantly higher percentage of motile sperm was found in men after real acupuncture. In this trial, no effect on sperm concentration was observed.
(A Prospective Randomised Placebo-controlled Study of the Effect of Acupuncture in Infertile Patients with Severe Oligoasthenozoospermia. Fertil Steril October 2009.)
Author: Robin Costello
I offer traditional Chinese acupuncture in Exeter, from a tranquil clinic a mile from the city centre, and next to the University of Exeter. I graduated originally from the London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine’s 3 year full time Acupuncture Diploma (DipAc) course. I am on the practitioners register of the British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC), a regulatory and professional body with an entry standard of a full three year undergraduate degree level training.
I have worked in a hospital in south west China, deepening my knowledge and using acupuncture and Chinese massage (tuina) as the treatment of choice in its country of origin. I have taught Chinese medicine in colleges, the NHS and at university level. I also practise Qi Gong, and Chinese dietary therapy, that is the medicinal use of ordinary foods, chosen to help achieve particular therapeutic effects in different individuals.
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