Acupuncture research:

"Research using medical imaging instruments such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging has led to the proposal that the fascial network distributed over the human body is the anatomical basis for the acupuncture points and meridians of traditional Chinese medicine." From THIS article from the National Library of Medicine

"Acupuncture is commonly used and well accepted in the clinic for the treatment of anxiety disorders. It remains an effective treatment for those suffering from anxiety without the side effects seen with various drugs. " From THIS article from the N.I.H.

"Complementary and alternative medicine has been widely accepted in many Western countries; more and more infertile women select CAM as an adjuvant treatment to promote the pregnancy rate of IVF-ET treatment; Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture are the most commonly used as the main therapies of TCM. In addition to TCM, there are psychological therapies, temperature therapies, and other alternative therapies which were used for the treatment of IVF-ET. All of these therapies of CAM can contribute to improve the pregnancy rate of IVF-ET patients in different degrees." From THIS article from the National Library of Medicine

Dating all the way back to 2007: "This research, along with the growing body of rigorous Western-style RCTs, demonstrates that adding acupuncture to IVF protocols results in increased pregnancies, fewer ectopics, fewer miscarriages, a trend toward fewer multiples, as well as a marked increase in take-home babies. Couples benefit in three important ways: 

• Gives women some semblance of active control and involvement in their care by opting to add acupuncture to their high-tech fertility treatments; 
• Acupuncture will add an estimated 15 percent more pregnancies in an IVF series. For some couples, this may make the difference between creating a family or not creating one. 
• Adding acupuncture to an IVF cycle reduces miscarriages, ectopics and multiples; this benefit is reaped by not only the patients but society in general by reducing hospital costs. According to Diane Cridennda, acupuncture gives her patients a small sense of control by choosing acupuncture, thereby taking an active role at a time when they can feel helpless and hopeless. This benefit is priceless.

Find this article at Acupuncture Today HERE