In TCM there is a method where the female fertility treatment is based on the cycle as follows:- Day 1 to 10 – Nourish Kidney Yin (endometrium thickening, dominant follicle Day 11 to 14 – … Continue reading Female Fertility Guidelines- Promoting Ovulation with Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine
Treatment of Male Infertility with Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine
Causes The decrease in sperm count dropped 45% from 1990 due to increased exposure to environmental pollutants during the patients time in the womb or later in life. Pollutants such as PCBs, polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxin … Continue reading Treatment of Male Infertility with Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine
Treatment for Cold & Flu with Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine
In Chinese medicine cold and flu are in the category invasion of exterior wind which can be cold, heat, damp or dry type. Invasion of wind cold and wind heat are the most common types. Symptoms … Continue reading Treatment for Cold & Flu with Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine
Treatment of Polycyctic Ovarian Syndrome with Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine
PCOS is defined as a disorder of ovulation which affects the menstrual cycle. The majority of women have insulin resistance and elevated insulin levels. The ovaries are much larger with multiple rows of cysts covered … Continue reading Treatment of Polycyctic Ovarian Syndrome with Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine
IVF & Acupuncture
TCM offers a broad approach to support the IVF procedure. Both of these procedures can reduce the risk of miscarriage by supporting the female during her entire pregnancy. A large number of patients who have tried … Continue reading IVF & Acupuncture
Acupuncture for Pregnancy
Acupuncture is used during pregnancy for many conditions as follows:- Miscarriage/Threatened miscarriage Early pregnancy – nourish the fetus therapy Nausea/vomiting Constipation and hemorrhoids Low Back pain, pelvic and hip pain Cold & flu Hypertension/gestational diabetes … Continue reading Acupuncture for Pregnancy
Treatment of Tiredness in Chinese Medicine
The chief symptom of tiredness is exhaustion which is a deficiency of the bodys qi and can be caused by overexertion. The excess conditions causing tiredness are liver conditions, phlegm and damp in the body … Continue reading Treatment of Tiredness in Chinese Medicine
Hayfever – Allergic Rhinitis and what Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine can do!!!
Treatment of Hayfever (Allergic Rhinitis) with Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Causative factors: 1.cold and insufficiency of lung qi weakening the body resistance, insufficiency of … Continue reading Hayfever – Allergic Rhinitis and what Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine can do!!!
Acne
Acne Vulgaris is a chronic inflammation of the hair follicles and sebaceous glands. Occurring in adolescence and presenting as skin lesions that become red inflamed papules and sometimes developing into nodules/cysts/abscesses/ulcerations. Acne occurs on the … Continue reading Acne
Natural Labour Induction – using Acupuncture & Herbs
Acupuncture for labour induction involves treatments week 41 onwards know as pre-birth Acupuncture. Monitoring should be carried out week 36-37 for the following conditions, gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia, foetus position and heartbeat and other minor complaints, … Continue reading Natural Labour Induction – using Acupuncture & Herbs