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Natural Treatments for Male Infertility in Eau Claire

Specializing in fertility, hormone health, and chronic conditions. For those looking for personalized care, especially when conventional options haven’t brought full relief, we blend Traditional Chinese Medicine with evidence-informed care to help you get to the root, support your body, and finally start feeling better.

Modern healthcare designed to treat the whole you — not just the symptoms.

How Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Can Help

Male infertility is on the rise, and the need for complementary treatments and natural treatment options is subsequently increasing. If you’re looking for natural ways to treat male infertility in Eau Claire, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) offers research-backed methods that can significantly improve sperm quality, hormonal balance, and reproductive outcomes.

At Eau Claire Acupuncture, we address both male and female infertility using evidence-based techniques. Whether you’re preparing for IVF or IUI, dealing with unexplained infertility, or facing issues like low sperm count or hormonal imbalances, we’re here to help you improve fertility outcomes naturally.

Motile sperm cells travel toward the egg during fertilization.

Why Male infertility is on the rise, and natural, effective therapies to support.

Male infertility is on the rise. Today, more couples are searching for natural solutions to infertility, and for a good reason. The statistics are concerning.

A meta-analysis combining data from 185 studies from 1973 to 2011 reported a 50-60% decrease in sperm count in developed nations (Levin et al., 2017).

Furthermore, another meta-analysis reported that an estimated 40-50% of infertility can be linked to the male factor (Kumar et al. 2015).

These numbers highlight a growing need to address male infertility directly, especially in cases of unexplained infertility where answers are often hard to find. Couples are increasingly seeking complementary options to widen their treatment plan and support their fertility journey naturally.

If you’re in this place right now, months of trying, still without answers, you know how exhausting and emotional it can be. That’s exactly why we’re here, to help provide answers to your questions and to offer a clearer next step. One of the ways we do that is by helping you understand how natural therapies like acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine work to treat male infertility.

How Acupuncture and herbal medicine support male infertility

At Eau Claire Acupuncture, we combine acupuncture and herbal medicine to create a personalized fertility plan that addresses the root causes of male infertility. Here’s how each modality works:

Why acupuncture is effective in naturally treating male infertility and how it works.

If you are new to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), or unfamiliar with acupuncture, a hallmark of this medical system, you may be curious how it can help with fertility. Acupuncture is a clinically supported treatment that improves reproductive health on multiple levels.

Not only do clinical trials demonstrate positive outcomes in treating male infertility, but explicit mechanistic studies reference the reasons acupuncture is effective in treating the root causes of male infertility.

For example, acupuncture treatment for male infertility has been shown to have positive effects on sperm motility and concentration throughout clinical trials (Huang et al., 2011).

Furthermore, sperm motility, normal sperm ratio, and fertilization rates were improved in 22 individuals treated with acupuncture after failed fertilization in intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment (Mingmin et al., 2002).

Therefore, acupuncture is excellent in treating individuals diagnosed with semen parameter abnormalities.

Acupuncture also plays a key role in regulating hormones, specifically by supporting the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis. This system is in charge of sex hormones like testosterone and gonadotropins like luteinizing hormone, which are responsible for the creation of sperm and the control of sex glands (Ling-kan, 2022).

Additionally, acupuncture upregulates key proteins and enzymes involved in steroidogenesis, which contribute to increased testosterone production (Feng et al., 2022). Addressing male infertility at the root level, acupuncture offers a natural and effective pathway toward reproductive health.

Why Chinese Herbal Medicine is effective in naturally treating male infertility

Alongside acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) provides another layer of support for male infertility. The herbal formulas we recommend are customized to your body’s specific needs and have been shown to also complement fertility treatments.

Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM) has been shown to improve sperm motility and quality as well as increase sperm count (Jiang et al., 2017).

In fact, specific herbal formulations have been tested in rat models to observe biological responses through chemical and molecular markers. These models offer a valuable way to examine mechanisms relevant to human physiology, particularly when the biological and chemical characteristics closely reflect those of humans.

For example, traditional Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) formulations have been shown to improve blood supply, modulate immune responses, and combat E. coli infections, all of which are known to affect male fertility (Jiang et al., 2017).

Elaborating further, autoimmune responses against sperm can disrupt production and immune tolerance, while reduced blood flow may impair tissue function in the reproductive system. Herbal interventions targeting these issues have been associated with improvements in sperm count and quality (Leathersich & Hart, 2022).

Additionally, CHM formulations demonstrate anti-E. coli effects, which is notable given that E. coli is the most common bacterial infection linked to compromised sperm function in men (Jiang et al., 2017).

Overall, findings from human clinical trials support the effectiveness of these herbal treatments.

Our approach at Eau Claire Acupuncture to treat male infertility naturally

At Eau Claire Acupuncture, we specialize in natural treatments for male infertility, offering personalized care rooted in both Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and evidence-based practices.

Whether you’re facing low sperm count, motility issues, hormone imbalances, or unexplained infertility, we create treatment plans tailored to your specific needs. Our goal is to support your body’s natural healing systems and improve reproductive health holistically.

When both partners are involved in care, addressing fertility from both the male and female sides, we’ve seen this make an incredible difference.

In fact, at our clinic specifically, couples who have committed to treatment together with acupuncture and herbal medicine have seen a 100% success rate in achieving a healthy pregnancy.

We’re located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and we work closely with couples throughout the Chippewa Valley, including those navigating fertility treatments at local clinics like Mayo, Marshfield, or OakLeaf.

Whether you’re using complementary care alongside IVF or IUI, or simply looking for natural solutions, our team is here to help.

Ready to take the next step?

If you’re ready to explore natural treatments for male infertility in Eau Claire, we’d love to help you start your fertility journey with a personalized plan.

Discover how Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine can support your goals and improve your reproductive health without medications or invasive procedures.

Book your consultation today or visit our website to learn more.

References

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Levine, H., Jørgensen, N., Martino-Andrade, A., Mendiola, J., Weksler-Derri, D., Mindlis, I., Pinotti, R., & Swan, S. H. (2017). Temporal trends in sperm count: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis. Human reproduction update, 23(6), 646–659. https://doi.org/10.1093/humupd/dmx022.

Kumar, N., & Singh, A. K. (2015). Trends of male factor infertility, an important cause of infertility: A review of literature. Journal of human reproductive sciences, 8(4), 191–196. https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-1208.170370.

Jiang, D., Coscione, A., Li, L., & Zeng, B. Y. (2017). Effect of Chinese Herbal Medicine on Male Infertility. International review of neurobiology, 135, 297–311. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.irn.2017.02.014.

Leathersich, S., & Hart, R. J. (2022). Immune infertility in men. Fertility and sterility, 117(6), 1121-1131.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.02.010

Huang, D. M., Huang, G. Y., Lu, F. E., Stefan, D., Andreas, N., & Robert, G. (2011). Acupuncture for infertility: is it an effective therapy?. Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 17(5), 386-395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-011-0611-8

Ling-kan, C. H. I., & Min-yao, G. E. (2022). Clinical observation of effects of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on asthenospermia patients with deficiency of kidney essence. Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 50(12), 44-46.

Feng, J., He, H., Wang, Y., Zhang, X., Zhang, X., Zhang, T., … & Zhang, Y. (2022). The efficacy and mechanism of acupuncture in the treatment of male infertility: A literature review. Frontiers in endocrinology, 13, 1009537.https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.1009537