Fluids, including blood, circulate more easily when warm and research has shown that an improved blood flow to the uterus is associated with better pregnancy…
Category: Women´s Health
While Western medicine considers the practice of women’s health to be limited to not much beyond pregnancy and pap smears, Chinese medicine has thousands of years’ history treating the intricacies, cycles, and complexities that make up the complete picture of health for women. Helping women to balance their hormones and feel their best is one of the most rewarding aspect of this work.
When most people say “menopause,” they mean more than just the end of female reproductive functions and more, even, than just the accompanying hormonal changes.…
Acupressure is similar to shiatsu in that it involves applying pressure to key points on the body’s energy system. It is widely practiced in Asia…
In terms of Chinese medicine, endometriosis is linked to stagnation of Blood (leading to excessive growth of tissues, heavy periods with often dark blood and…
Pregnancy can be accompanied by some uncomfortable symptoms but there are certainly ways to alleviate and prevent things like cramps, nausea, insomnia or back pain.…
For those of us who will unfortunately develop cancer and have medical treatment, there there are therapies that may help alleviate some of the side…
Despite falling pregnant easily the first-time round, women are increasingly struggling to conceive their second child and up to one in five couples trying for…
Traditional Chinese acupuncture, which treats patients by inserting and manipulating needles in the body, curbs the severity of hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms largely…
PMS symptoms can start up to two weeks prior to the period, subsiding abruptly at the beginning of menstruation. The severity of the symptoms can…
In our Western societies, stress has become a daily occurrence. In fact it is almost expected that our working days should be stressful if we…