03 Aug

Female Infertility Symptoms / Causes and etiology of Acupuncture or Chinese Medicine

Female Infertility Symptoms Some typical symptoms for women experiencing infertility or conditions that can cause difficulty conceiving include: Lighter or heavier periods during menstruation Anovulation, a lack of menstruation Severe back pain, pelvic pain, or cramping during menstruation Irregular or variable cycle length Dyspareunia, or painful sexual intercourse Hair loss or thinning White discharge from […]

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03 Aug

low cost/price of acupuncture and nature fertility treatment for 30’s and 40’s years old

Even though acupuncture and Chinese medicine is much cheaper than the traditional IVF per cycle, treatment cost has the similar trend as IVF in that the more age advanced, the more cycles and cost will be. In a survey conducted, most of women do not know or realize the age related cost of infertility treatment […]

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12 Jan

Prenatal VITAMINS Folic Acid DHA CoQ10 FOR PREGNANCY

While several recent studies focusing on vitamins are beginning to uncover positive correlations between vitamins and fertility MDs still do not definitively know the full extent each vitamin may have on improving or hindering fertility and pregnancy. While Chinese Medicine and herbs can fully address most of fertility issues, since patients are looking into this category, […]

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05 Jun

letter to one of local fertility clinic comments of Chinese herbs

Hello, I am acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist in DC helping patents overcome fertility. I disagree with your comments regarding to Chinese herbs. It seems you did not spend time studying Chinese herbs. What you listed “blue cohosh, pennyroyal, and red clover” are sold by retailer here. You are treating herbs like OTC drug or vitamins. […]

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12 May

Study: Chinese herbal medicine is twice as effective for infertility as conventional Western drug therapy

In December issue of the journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine, women receiving Chinese herbal medicine treatments were twice as likely to get pregnant within a four-month period than those receiving conventional Western medical fertility drug treatment or IVF. There are eight RCTs, 13 cohort studies, three case series and six case studies involving a total […]

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20 Mar

Acupuncture and Herbs help enhancing follicle quality

When women grow older to thirties and forties, their follicle quality start to deteriorate. Therefore, getting pregnant becomes difficult than young aged women. Hormone treatment has limited effect to improve the quality of follicle. However, acupuncture and herbs do provide an unique avenue. I have a patient who is 47 years old. Her problem was […]

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04 Mar

Menstrual regulation is one of the key for acpuncture treating infertility

Many people think acupuncture can help treating infertility. However, they don’t understand it is the body gets stimulated and works itself to be better functioning. People often ask to have acupuncture included in their ART like IVF or IUI. For people who have menstrual irregularity or just don’t want to try ART, acupuncture or herbs […]

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19 Feb

preeclampsia hypertension proteinuria edema headache

Preeclampsia is one or multiple conditions occurring during pregnancy. Some people may never have those conditions before. However, during pregnancy, woman’s body is going through a lot of changes and it can be hard to tell what’s normal and what’s a red flag. Some characteristics of preeclampsia are signs that can be measured, but may not be […]

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17 Feb

Menopause sleep interruption, fatigue, anxiety and hot flashes can last years

There is an article in Reuters news by BY KATHRYN DOYLE “Menopause symptoms last years for many women ” which I feel very good to summarize the current situation on menopause and treatment options. “Conventional wisdom or dogma has been that these symptoms last only a few years and have minimal impact on quality of life,” […]

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30 Sep

Cervical mucus monitoring: associated fecundability in women trying to conceive

As we know, the cervical mucus is one of important factors in the pattern differentiation of Chinese Medicine OBGyn. The following is a study conducted by Dr. Emily Evans: During the first cycle of the study, Cervical mucus monitoring(CMM) was performed consistently (checked on >66% of pertinent cycle days) by 20 women (6%), inconsistently (34% […]

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