The British Fertility Society has stressed that acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicines do not help in any way to make pregnancy among women more likely.

There is no evidence around which says that complementary treatments can help women conceive, as has been revealed the society.

A renowned specialist on the said treatments asserted that women who have problem with fertility are being "misled' by practitioners.

The statement refuting the effect on treatments came after the society, which represents fertility clinics, analyzed the results of 14 extensive studies which looked at acupuncture and fertility treatments and their relationship, studying them simultaneously in 2,670 patients.

The study was led by Ying Cheong from Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton, and its details have been published in the society's Human Fertility journal.

"We conclude that there is currently no evidence that acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine, when used in conjunction with assisted fertility treatment, have any beneficial effect on live birth rate, pregnancy rate or miscarriage rate", said British Fertility Society's Professor Adam Balen.