In western terms, how does acupuncture improve my fertility?
Acupuncture helps to regulate the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian axis by increasing the levels of endorphins in your blood stream. When this is regulated, your hormone levels become balanced, your ovulation becomes regulated, and your chances of conception increase. You can read the scientific study here. Another important way that acupuncture increases fertility is by promoting relaxation. Most modern women are busy, stressed and spread too thinly. This causes your body to be in “fight or flight” mode or in a sympathetic nervous response. In this state, blood is shunted primarily to the eyes and muscles so that you can get away from the “lion” that is chasing you (ie: deal with the stress in your life). Acupuncture ends the “fight of flight” state, and puts you into a parasympathetic nervous response, where blood is shunted to your internal organs. In a parasympathetic state, you digest food, become very relaxed, and best of all, blood once again flows readily to your reproductive org
