Research conducted by the University of Western Sydney in Australia, suggests women experiencing infertility, find acupuncture can help to reduce their stress levels. In the pilot study, 32 women with infertility, aged 20 to 45, received six acupuncture treatments over eight weeks. Compared to another group of women left on a waiting-list as controls, the women in the acupuncture group described acupuncture as having a positive impact: they reported among other things, reduced stress and anxiety, increased physical relaxation and psychological calm, and an altered perspective in relation to coping. They also regarded acupuncture as an intervention having very few negative side-effects.
(The Effect of Acupuncture on Psychosocial Outcomes for Women Experiencing Infertility: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial. Journal of Altern & Complementary Medicine, October 2011.)
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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