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Acupuncture finds a place as fertility treatment

July 31st, 2006

After three years of trying to conceive and three failed attempts at in-vitro fertilization, Tracey Carroll, 33, desperately turned to the East for help. She sought the needles and herbs of an acupuncturist.

In fact, her new in-vitro doctor insisted. And after her fourth session of being pricked, her menstrual cycle became regular for the first time in three years. Carroll also swallowed 18 pills of “smelly, yucky herbs.” The ingredients, derived from cow spleen and pituitary gland, were thought to regulate her hormones.

Full Article: Infertility Acupuncture

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