Amenorrhea is the absence of menstruation — one or more missed menstrual periods. Women who have missed at least three menstrual periods in a row have amenorrhea, it can be pregnancy or as do girls who haven’t begun menstruation by age 15. Other causes can be related to dysfunctions of the reproductive organs or with the glands that help regulate hormone levels.
Chinese medicine including acupuncture and herbs can help resolving some conditions of menorrhea. One of my patient had regular periods until her college time. Then her very closely related grandma died of ovarian cancer. She was very sad and her period stopped. Since then over ten years, her period has not come. Because of her amenorrhea infertility, She had her first child through IVF. She came to my office to prepare for her second child.
Her FSH is at mid of 5. Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) is 1.7 ng/mL. Estradiol is over 100. Both shows her ovarian reserve is good. So we started with both acupuncture and herbal support on follicle phase protocol. Her diagnosis is amenorrhea due to Liver Qi stagnation. After four weeks treatment, her blood test show her about to ovulate. After two more sessions, her period came.
This patient continued with her acupuncture and herbal support weekly. It is hopeful she can get pregnant naturally as she now has normal period and her ovarian reserve is good.
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