A randomized controlled clinical study at the IVF center at the University of Witten/Herdecke in Germany examined 225 people undergoing in vitro fertilization. One group of 116 patients received luteal phase acupuncture according to the principles of traditional Chinese medicine. A second group of 109 people received placebo acupuncture. The treatment group had a significantly higher clinical pregnancy rate than the placebo group (33.6% vs. 15.6% respectively).
In the second study, researchers at a fertility clinic in Denmark found that the clinical pregnancy rate was significantly higher when women received acupuncture immediately before and after embryo transfer compared to a control group who received no acupuncture (39% vs 26%). The researchers concluded that acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer improved the outcome of IVF.
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