After trying a number of various unsuccessful infertility treatment techniques, women all over are now going in for the most successful of recent treatments, the technique which combines the age-old acupuncture methods and the high-tech in vitro fertilization, which is finding a huge rise on the scales of popularity charts. Doctors state that the combination treatment has a success rate of about 75 percent. This treatment has proved to yield results even for couples who have not been able to conceive for years together through any other technique. One of them, Kristen Robinson, a former sales representative says "Combining Eastern and Western medicine just kind of helped everything work better,"

Acupuncture is an old Chinese method which was originated about 2000 years back, in which thin needles are inserted into specific points on the body. It is based on the belief that energy or “qi” flows through the body along various paths or meridians and this energy can be transferred from the paths which carry excess energy to the paths that are deficient by stimulating it by piercing needles at certain points. Doctors also believe that fertility drugs work better after acupuncture treatments.

In a study conducted on 160 women, it was found that 43% of the women who went through acupuncture treatments got pregnant compared to the 26% who were not treated with acupuncture.

Dr. Richard Wing of Reproductive Endocrinology Associates of Charlotte says "We don't really know how it works, but to the best of our knowledge, it's not harmful." He believes that adding acupuncture might improve ones chances for conception.

Dr. Russell Greenfield, medical director of Carolinas Integrative Health in Charlotte, said that acupuncture by itself can improve fertility by stimulating blood flow to reproductive organs and increasing the chances of normal ovulation. “What's beautiful about acupuncture is that it's a noninvasive method that trusts the wisdom of the body to operate properly” he includes.

Even though there are a number of success stories in which acupuncture has been proved to eliminate infertility, doctors are unsure of the treatment as it has not been proved scientifically. That is, the precise reason as to how acupuncture works is unknown.

The cost of acupuncture in Charlotte ranges from $40 to $100 for an hour long treatment and the average cost of in vitro fertilization in the United States is about $12,400 for one cycle.