Infertility Tratment: The Natural Way

Both men and women suffer from infertility caused by various reasons. However, it is crucial for both to undergo treatment for this complicated issue. Various known and unknown factors may cause infertility in women. These include diseases like endometriosis, diminished ovarian reserve, ovulation disorders, and low progesterone level. Low sperm cell count and low sperm motility, STD, trauma or chronic diseases, sperm obstruction and aging are a few of the reasons for infertility in  men.

Scheduled drugs and systematic treatment can cure most of the above mentioned infertility problems except aging and chronic diseases, although these treatments are quite costly and may bear adverse side effects. Additional treatment may be needed to cure the side effects. Treatments conducted through In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) are best amidst the other techniques of infertility treatment. In this technique, the ova outside the womb are fertilized by the sperm cell and then transferred inside. This treatment is advised when other techniques fail to give results. This technique is a hormonally controlled ovulation progression. This treatment involves removal of the ova  from the female’s ovaries and helps the sperm cell to fertilize it in a fluid medium. But this isn't a natural process at all and involves excavation of the eggs from the ovary, fertilizing them in an outside laboratory and placing them back in the uterus. In the natural process, the human determines to pick the fittest sperm for fertilizing the egg but in the artificial process, the embryologist takes this determination. However, when he fails to pick the healthiest sperm cell and egg, it may cause the ill health of the child during birth and even later in life.

Some alternative techniques with a holistic approach are fast becoming popular in order to cure the problem of secondary infertility. These techniques are altogether the more favored by people as these have less or no side effects at all.

The acupuncture method, for example, particularly ear acupuncture, or Auricular acupuncture is very effective in cases where female infertility has been induced by some kind of malfunction of the ovary. The hormonal message that is transmitted from brain to ovary is the most beneficial result received from this technique. In accordance to the investigative trials, those women who have underwent acupuncture treatment for about thirty (30) times within a period of time of 3 months have shown favorable results. Those female who underwent hormonal therapy along with it suffered from side effects.

In the alternative treatment techniques, diet and life-style modifications are given a lot of importance. Regular consumption of such things that contain caffeine like coffee, chocolate, cocoa, green tea (containing caffeine), black tea and colored soft drinks which has harmful effects on conception is discouraged. According to a study, one and a half cup of coffee for a woman who is trying for pregnancy is sure to delay her conception. Thus coffee is strictly discouraged for patients suffering from infertility.

Diets that include fish contaminated with Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) are also believed to be a causal agent for substantial reduction in the ability to become pregnant. According to one study, women who had more than one meal containing fish contaminated with PCBs (procured from Lake Ontario), developed reduced fecundity within a month.

The best result for the treatment of infertility has been described through the Chinese medicines, acupuncture and of course, the holistic approach. The holistic approach reaches to the depth of the problem and only then delivers physical, spiritual as well as emotional treatment, instead of only investigating the organs. On the other side, the conventional approach to the problem of infertility fails to successfully detect and remove the real causes and moreover, causes side effects. The holistic approach proposes a natural remedy and a way of life that can really solve the problem as soon as the true cause is determined.