Acupuncture increases semen quality and male fertility

A randomised controlled treatment that evaluated the effect of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment on the semen quality in 19 men with semen abnormalities, such as low concentration, abnormal morphology and/or progressive reduced motility without apparent cause.

Patients were either given acupuncture and moxibustion or sham acupuncture for 10 weeks.

Semen analyses were performed before and after the treatment course. The patients given acupuncture had a significant increase in the percentage of normally-formed sperm compared to the sham group.

Reference

Gurfinkel, et al. (2003) Effects of acupuncture and moxa treatment in patients with semen abnormalities. Asian Journal of Andrology; 5: 345-8.