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...
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....
The Chinese Herb Dang Gui, The King of  Blood Tonics

The Chinese Herb Dang Gui, The King of Blood Tonics

From Acufinder.com Alternate Names; Angelicae Sinensis, Radix, Angelica Sinensis, Tang KueiCommentaryIn the late 1800s, an extract of Dang Gui known as Eumenol became popular in Europe as a “female tonic”. This is still the most widely known use for this...
Acupuncture and Endometriosis

Acupuncture and Endometriosis

In my Chicago Practice I often treat women with endometriosis. Chinese Medicine is very helpful for the menstrual difficulties associated with endometrosis such as pain, discomfort and sometimes inferility. I found this informative article on Alternative Medicine...