Acupuncture for Men's Health + Fertility

Did you know? Male health and fertility is a common reason men seek out acupuncture? 📍🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

**4 male disorders that can benefit from acupuncture treatment are : **

✔️Male subfertility: acupuncture helps increase sperm count, motility, hormone balance, and structural issues like varicoceles.

✔️Erectile dysfunction: Acupuncture and Chinese medicine offers a wide variety of treatments to reverse erection issues, increase stamina, and libido.

✔️BPH or benign prostatic hypertrophy is a common reason men seek out support with acupuncture.

✔️Chronic pelvic pain syndrome--which is more common in males than reported! Pelvic pain symptoms affect up to 50% of men in their lifetime, and can easily be treated with acupuncture!

Prostate Spotlight

Prostate spotlight! 🍈 Symptoms of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) is a very common and great reason for men to seek out acupuncture treatment. 📍

BPH is the swelling of part of the prostate gland causing variable degrees of urinary obstruction. Night urination, hesitant or interruption of the stream, decreased size and force of the stream, sensations of incomplete emptying, dribbling after finishing, or complete urinary retention are symptoms of BPH. Here are some ways to help support the prostate and reduce symptoms: ✔️Maintain vitality and Kidney energy by avoiding overwork and stress ✔️Try to avoid substances which generate damp heat in the lower part of the abdomen like, spicy, fried foods, sugar, pork and lamb. ✔️Foods to include: pumpkin seeds (zinc!), and EFAs (salmon, flax seed, avocados, etc), High Vitamin C foods especially red bell pepper.

✔️Keep energy and Qi circulating: aerobic exercise 20 min per day, yoga, emotional stress reduction, and weekly acupuncture! . . .

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