The Chinese Medicine View Of The Menstrual Cycle

The Chinese Medicine View Of The Menstrual Cycle

Women generally learn to be aware of the emotional, physical and hormonal ups and downs of their menstrual cycles. In addition to knowledge of your own body, I thought that you would find it interesting to know that Chinese medicine describes 4 universal stages of the...
Acupuncture Provides Improvement to Women with PCOS

Acupuncture Provides Improvement to Women with PCOS

According to a new study, women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) can benefit from exercise and electro-acupuncture treatments because these treatments reduce sympathetic nerve activity. This finding is significant because elevated sympathetic nerve activity...
Studies Show Acupuncture is Effective

Studies Show Acupuncture is Effective

I have recently found that the Examiner.com is a great resource for articles on alternative medicine. Here is another favorable article about acupuncture By Jeanne Grunert of The Norfolk Alternative Medicine ExaminerThe Effectiveness of Acupuncture”With...
Acupuncture For Fertility

Acupuncture For Fertility

From the examiner.comby Arlene RiveraFertility treatment doesn’t have to be risky and painfulMany current fertility treatments are expensive, time consuming, emotionally exhausting and risky for your health. But don’t lose hope; there are alternative methods of...
Women Turn To Acupuncture To Conceive

Women Turn To Acupuncture To Conceive

This Article is from The Washington TimesBy ASSOCIATED PRESSMay 24, 2009 HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) | Kelly Morton, 37, of Hagerstown, said she and husband Jason wanted to give their daughter Meredith, 6, a sibling. But after nearly three years of trying to get pregnant and...
The Yin and Yang of The Menstrual Cycle

The Yin and Yang of The Menstrual Cycle

In Chinese Medicine, a woman’s monthly menstrual cycle is another example of how yin and yang works in the human body to maintain balance. From a Chinese medicine viewpoint, the menstrual cycle has 4 phases and there is a progression from yin to yang during the cycle....