**Complementary and Alternative Therapy with Traditional Chinese Medicine for Infertility Complementary and Alternative Therapy with Traditional Chinese Medicine for Infertility**

Yen-Nung Liao, Wen-Long Hu and Yu-Chiang Hung and Yu-Chiang Hung

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/66971

Yen-Nung Liao, Wen-Long Hu

#### **Abstract**

Infertility results in a country with a low birth rate and an aging population, and thus there is vested interest in treating this problem by using both complementary and alter‐ native therapies, in addition to conventional western medicine. Traditional Chinese med‐ icine (TCM) has been widely used for healthcare in the Eastern world for thousands of years. This chapter describes the evidence to support the role of TCM in the management of male and female infertility.

**Keywords:** complementary and alternative therapy, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture and moxibustion, infertility
