Health DescriptionHealth consultation description: I read somewhere that the success rate of acupuncture is 75 percent. Is it true? How can Chinese Medicine and
Acupuncture help endometriosis?
Expert ReplyCondition analysis:
Please keep in mind that claims and statistics are totally different animals.
Infertility is caused by a variety of factors and it is well-known that fertility rates vary significantly depending on various factors such as the age of the patient and co-existing medical conditions. Statistics can be easily manipulated and the success rate can vary greatly depending on the criteria and rules used when calculating the statistics, as well as the patients population treated in the particular acupuncture clinic. Accordingly, the "success rate" of one acupuncture clinic can be significantly lower or higher than 75 percent depending on patient demographics and how the numbers are generated. Since no guideline exists for producing the success rates of acupuncture clinics, consumers are advised to read those claims cautiously.
Instructions:
How can Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture help endometriosis? From a Chinese medicine perspective, we work to restore a pain-free natural menstrual state. Each symptom of the disorder is addressed whether it is pain, dark and clotted menstrual blood or excess estrogen imbalance causing heightened feelings of PMS. Both acupuncture and herbs can work to reduce the pain, breakup the old stagnated blood and encourage fresh red flow and promote hormonal balance. Reestablishing proper estrogen/progesterone ratios is essential to healing from this condition and acupuncture works to this effect. A woman with mild endometrial symptoms may be able to use Chinese medicine alone to heal naturally from the effects of endometriosis. More severe cases need to employ the use of both western medicine and Chinese medicine to have the best prognosis for long-term cessation of symptoms.