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Vulvar Neoplasia (Warts, etc.) & TCM
Vulvar Neoplasia indicates an abnormal proliferation of cells in the vulva. This is one of the symptoms of HPV. See Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia for a thorough introduction on vulvar neoplasia and more information on abnormal cell proliferation on the cervix,...
Cervical Neoplasia (Cancer) & TCM
Neoplasia indicates an abnormal proliferation of cells, according to Wikipedia. In this article we are talking about abnormal proliferation of cells in the cervix. See also: Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia for more information on abnormal proliferation on the...
Radiation, Chemotherapy and Chinese Medicine
Radiation and Chemotherapy are frequently used to treat cancer in America and tend to have many terrible side effects. But Chinese Medicine can help moderate these! Radiation Typical side effects include: Inflammation: oral, tongue ulcer, sore...
Prostate Cancer and TCM
Prostate cancer is found in men. The incidence of acquiring prostate cancer is relatively rare before the age of 50, though it increases thereafter with most men being diagnosed at the average age of 72. African American men tend to have a higher incidence of...
Breast Cancer and TCM
Breast cancer is a malignant tumor of the breast, most often seen in women. Breast cancer most often begins in the duct lining or in the lobule lining. As you can see from the above picture, the breast is infiltrated with lymph nodes. These lymph nodes connect to...
Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is one of the cancers with a high mortality rate, as it generally presents with no symptoms until later in the progression of the disease, which limits the effectiveness of any type of therapy. Women with a family history of ovarian cancer or...
Cancer and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Cancer is one of the leading worries in America today. What most people don’t know is that Chinese medicine can help. It can help eliminate the disease, improve immunity and reduce the side effects of western medicine treatments. This will be the start of another...
Pregnancy Pains
Good morning, All! A happy long weekend to everyone! It has been an exceptionally beautiful weekend here inTorontoand I was able to spend the majority of yesterday with a good friend, who happens to be very pregnant. Actually about two weeks from her due date. ...
What Can We Do?
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 tables, I think...
PMS: Hold on for a Wild Ride!
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...
A Mass of Problems with Fibroids
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...
The Growing Pains of Endometriosis
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, surely...
The Ins and Outs of Pregnancy & Labour Support
In recent years there has been a shift within the community of pregnant women. Many women are opting for the support of midwives instead of doctors and home births instead of hospital births. There are as many reasons for it as there are pregnant women, though most...
Miscarriage
Pregnancy is a wonderful time in a woman’s life; it is a time full of hope and possibility, but losing a baby or even the threat of it can be a devastating experience. Using Chinese Medicine is a safe, effective and gentle way of healing, preventing, and treating...
Morning Sickness: The Rebellious Truth
Morning sickness is one of the most common symptoms during early pregnancy, typically occurring between weeks one to sixteen of the pregnancy. Though it is usually worst in the morning, nausea and vomiting may occur at any time of the day. Occasionally the nausea...
An Integrative Approach to Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Contents: Introduction : Chinese Herbs which are anti-HPV and boost immunity Dietary remedies for HPV infection, latent HPV infection and HPV infection without visible lesions Integrated approach to genital warts Integrated approach to pre-cancer and cancer of Cervix...
Tai Yang & Yin Tang
Yin Tang & Tai Yang are probably the best known acupuncture points. The other points that we covered are probably better known to practitioners, though Tai Yang and Yin Tang are points that people naturally press and massage when under stress or if they have...
He Gu – LI 4
The acupuncture point LI 4 is one of the points that most people use most for acupressure, especially for headaches and problems around the head. What’s in a Name? LI 4 is the 4th point along the Large Intestine Channel of the Hand Yang Ming. It’s name is He Gu –...
Ugh, Really!? I Have an Infection….Down There?! Chinese Medicine and Vaginal Infections, STI’s
Genitourinary tract infections are among the most frequent disorders for which patients seek care from gynecologists. By understanding the pathophysiology of these diseases and having an effective approach to their diagnosis, it is possible to institute...
Menstrual Physiology: The Kidneys, Tiangui and the Chong Meridian
Menstrual Physiology. Earlier we published a blog post on the mechanisms of menstruation, which outlined the basic ‘what & how’ with regards to menstruation. This article is more about the ‘process.’ It is based off of an article that Dr. Wang has already...