Women’s Health

Many people choose Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs as part of their toolkit for improved hormonal and nervous system regulation, at all stages of life - Puberty, the Reproductive years, Peri-menopause, Menopause and Post-Menopause

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Commonly seen symptoms in the clinic include:

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Symptoms that may relate to Hormonal Imbalance (fluctuations) include:

  • PMS - Breast tenderness, fluid retention, bloating, headaches, bowel changes, hormonal acne

  • Mood & emotional fluctuations - depression, anxiety, low mood, low motivation, concentration issues, fatigue, irritability, anger, rage

  • Sleep disturbance

  • Night sweats and hot flushes

  • Recurrent UTIs or Vaginal Infections.

  • Abdominal Pain during, before or after the period

  • Period cycles that are irregular, long or short.

  • Periods that are heavy (Changing a regular tampon or sanitary napkin more often than 3 hourly)

  • Periods that have clots, or dark flow.

  • Headaches associated with the menstrual cycle

  • Gut issues, weight fluctuations, fluid issues and blood sugar problems

  • Specialist Diagnosis of Infertility, PCOS/PMOS, Endometriosis and Adenomyosis

These symptoms are understood through the Energetic lens of Chinese Medicine, as well as through lens of Hormone Imbalance. How you feel, both mentally, emotionally and somatically (in your body) is of great importance in Chinese Medicine.

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Diagram of the menstrual cycle showing the ovarian cycle, body temperature, anterior pituitary hormones (luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone), ovarian hormones (estradiol and progesterone), and the uterine cycle phases over 28 days. The ovarian cycle includes growing follicle, ovulation, corpus luteum, and corpus albicans. The uterine cycle displays the menstrual, proliferative, and secretory phases.

Women’s health treatment with Chinese Medicine has a very long history. I am passionate about Women beginning to understand more deeply about their Menstrual Cycles, from both a Hormonal and Energetic perspective.

In my work, there are 5 phases of the menstrual cycle (usually it’s a 4 phase system) that overlap:

Phase 1: The Period (Days 1-5 of a 28 day cycle)

Phase 2: The Early Follicular phase (Day 3 - 12 of a 28 day cycle)

Phase 3: The fertile Window and Ovulation (Day 10-16 of a 28 day cycle)

Phase 4: Early Luteal Phase (From Ovulation for 5-7 days)

Phase 5: Late Luteal Phase (after implantation, or pre-menstrual phase)

These phases can be seen through both the Energetic and Hormonal lenses to understand deeply the heightened Somatic (body), and Mind awareness that the menstrual cycle gifts us.

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