Aug 15, 2012 | Menstrual Health and Illnesses, Pre Menstrual Syndrome, Stress
What can we do about Pre- Menopausal Syndroms (PMS) and other disorders caused by “stagnation”? This short blog is an excerpt from the last post about PMS. The PMS post was incredibly detailed and just in case this last part got drowned in words and...
Aug 13, 2012 | Menstrual Health and Illnesses, Pre Menstrual Syndrome, TCM Information
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is defined as physiological and mental changes before menstruation, such as irritability, susceptibility to rage, nervousness, edema, diarrhea, headache, and distending pain in the breasts without obvious organic finding. This syndrome...
Aug 8, 2012 | Fibroids, Selected Topics, Toronto
Much like endometriosis, fibroids are not a disease on their own in Chinese Medicine, they are grouped under the topic of Abdominal Masses, including Myomas or Uterine Leyiomyomas, flooding and trickling, infertility and painful periods. Uterine Leiomyomas are the...
Aug 6, 2012 | Acupuncture, Endometriosis, Herbal Medicine
Endometriosis – Over the past few years I have been surprised over and over again at the amount of women who are developing or have endometriosis, fibroids or both. Not only that, but more women are becoming unsatisfied with their Western Medicine treatments,...