Q I have IVF coming up. Does taking herbal medicine alongside it really raise the implantation success rate?
A It is hard to claim that herbal medicine directly raises IVF success rates. However, the goal is to help your body recover from the strain of repeated procedures and to prepare the endometrial environment and overall condition, so that you can begin the next procedure in better shape.
Detailed Answer
We cannot promise that Korean medicine treatment will reliably raise the success rate of assisted reproductive technology. However, repeated ovarian stimulation and egg retrieval can deplete the body's vitality and disrupt the implantation environment, so it is meaningful to recover your condition during the intervals between procedures. Thus a realistic role is to help you restore the endometrium and your whole-body state before entering the next procedure.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
One 36-year-old office worker who had failed IVF three times came to us with worsening sleep and lower-abdominal coldness from the repeated procedures. At Dongjedang, we set aside about four months before her next procedure to help her exhausted body recover and to cultivate the uterine soil. Her sleep and abdominal coldness improved, allowing her to prepare for her fourth procedure in noticeably better condition.
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