British Acupuncture Council

Welcome to the British Acupuncture Council's web site. This web site provides information about the British Acupuncture Council, which is the main association representing and regulating professional acupuncturists in Great Britain. This web site provides information about the work of the British Acupuncture Council in promoting research and safe and ethical practice, what to expect during an acupuncture treatment, and an online practitioner search engine.

If you are reading this, it is because you are using a web browser unable to use cascading style sheets or javascript, or they are turned off. The web site is designed for these and is viewable with all browser versions from MS Explorer 4, Netscape Navigator 4, Opera7 and upwards. However, the site content is intended to be accessible using text only browsers, text-to-speech and other assistive technology for the disabled. Accesskeys are available for quick navigation - press Alt 0 and enter for a listing. Accesskey S tabs directly to page content.

British Acupuncture Council, 63 Jeddo Road, London, W12 9HQ, UK. Tel: 020 8735 0400

Response to Cardiff University's research into the use of complementary therapies during fertility treatment 11.07.2007

The British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) welcomes thorough and properly executed studies into the effectiveness of acupuncture on infertility. Research studies show that acupuncture can help improve ovulation and benefit uterine blood flow amongst other factors. These are believed to explain the very significant increases in IVF success when acupuncture is used.

Stress, anxiety and depression are symptoms commonly related to infertility. The research by Cardiff University shows that patients who used complementary therapies had experienced fertility problems for a longer period of time, and therefore had naturally higher stress levels.

Many BAcC practitioners have achieved rewarding results through their fertility related treatments and their successfully pregnant patients are a testament to the fact that acupuncture can help.

The Research Committee of the BAcC has recently launched a research project to explore the role of acupuncture as an aid to fertility, with the aim of developing an appropriate evidence base for the profession as a whole.

July 2007

<<Back

Acupuncture News