What Could your Symptoms Mean?

Many women suffer from fatigue, cramping, nausea, migraines, anger, irritability, restlessness, mood swings, digestive disturbance, hot flashes and just plain feeling down in the dumps. The symptoms may occur regularly, or cyclically. Perhaps worse than the symptoms are not knowing when they will occur, as your bodies’ rhythms are not quite as “cyclical” as they could be.

Are you struggling with the “change of life” and the physical and emotional symptoms that seem to accompany this natural transition?

Are you having trouble conceiving after one year of trying?

Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Treat the Root Cause

Using the body’s innate ability to display its strengths and weaknesses deciphered through a non-invasive set of diagnostic techniques, Chinese Medicine examines the individual closely to find the ROOT CAUSE of these symptoms and many other ailments. Why is the body reacting this way and what is the source of the issue?

You see, the above symptoms, whether you suffer from one or many, are indications that there is a deeper issue that needs to be resolved.  The symptoms are clues that will lead the experienced practitioner to decipher what your body needs to find balance and therefore avoid these symptoms.  Inherently, your body wants to be free of symptoms and that is why it displays them, to educate you as to what is going wrong and to hopefully give you a nudge in the right direction.

For example, are your cramps caused by a deficiency of blood or the inability of the body to move it efficiently?  Is your nausea as simple as incorrect food choices around the time of your menses or is it a symptom of something deeper?  Anger and mood swings can be associated with many different causes and can be as innocuous as dietary choices and sleep patterns or as pernicious as chronic organ weakness.

Fertility and Acupuncture with IVF

Fertility has become a common women’s health issue. We tend to take fertility for granted, but there are many factors that go into conception of a healthy child. These factors include nutritional health, exercise, lifestyle choices, stress level and stress management, amount of travel, health status, underlying hormonal or nutritional imbalances/deficiencies, and age, as women are often delaying child bearing until their thirties.

Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine has been found to be extremely effective in increasing the percentage of successful pregnancy in women undergoing IVF treatment (up to 40%).  In fact, treatment of infertility in both men and women with Chinese Medicine dates as far back as 11 A.D.

The basic mechanism involved in assisting IVF is fostering the return to a balanced state of health as well as strengthening the general constitution (overall health) while also minimizing the buildup of any toxicity associated with fertility treatments.

Finally, post-partum treatment of the baby, and mother and father as is very important.  Chinese Medicine has strategies to assist you and your family in welcoming your new member and optimizing the health of the entire family.

Wherever you are on your journey through life, Chinese Medicine can help you to optimize your everyday experience to live a full and healthy life.