This is an introduction to how acupuncture can naturally enhance fertility, with or without the use of assisted reproductive technologies such as IVF, IUI and ovulation-promoting pharmaceutical drugs.

Most people know that acupuncture involves the insertion of needles into the body but many don't really understand how it works or the philosophy behind the treatment. Acupuncture is a major part of the system of Oriental medicine. It's based on the same basic principle from which all of the Oriental healing arts spring - that an invisible energy system underlies the body, and that imbalance in that energy (Qi) leads to illness.