Although acupuncture is based on ancient medical theory, modern scientific research has begun to evolve in the past two decades. The effects of acupuncture analgesia through endorphin production, a brain chemicals or a” feeling good” neurotransmitter, were described in medical journals 30 years ago. Research also found acupuncture effects the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis mediated through the nervous system. In 2003, Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York published a review article summarizing that acupuncture treatment has the following potential fertility-boosting benefits:
A trial published in Fertility and Sterility, in 2005, demonstrated how effective acupuncture can be in the treatment of abnormal sperm quantity for men, which constitutes for 40 percent of infertility problems among couples. Clinical studies indicated acupuncture significantly increases the number of normal sperm and equally reduces structural defects.