把細細小小針插入穴道，可以幫助婦女懷孕...

針灸用來止痛、治病，早就是人人皆知的醫學常識，這是我們中國老祖宗留給世人的最好禮物之一。但是把細細小小針插入穴道，可以幫助婦女懷孕，這是真的、還是牽強附會呢？

這項試驗由馬里蘭大學醫學院的 Eric Manheimer 主導，研究團隊把試驗結果刊登在2008年2月7日出版的英國醫學期刊 (British Medical Journal)。研究團隊一共做了七項試驗，裡面包括1366位接受試管受精的婦女，這些婦女分別來自美國、德國、澳大利亞、丹麥。

文章結論說：針灸可以使試管受精率提高65%。

這項研究結果是否需要更多的試驗來證明呢？大家不妨讀讀下面的論文。


論文：Effects of Acupuncture on Rates of Pregnancy and Live Birth among Women Undergoing In Vitro Fertilisation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

作者：Eric Manheimer, research associate1, Grant Zhang, assistant professor1, Laurence Udoff, assistant professor2, Aviad Haramati, professor3, Patricia Langenberg, professor and vice-chair4, Brian M Berman, professor1, Lex M Bouter, professor and vice chancellor (rector magnificus)5

1 Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2200 Kernan Drive, Kernan Hospital Mansion, Baltimore, MD 21207, USA, 2 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Services, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 3 Department of Physiology and Biophysics and Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, 4 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 5 VU University Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands

期刊：British Medical Journal, 7 February 2008.