Apr 6, 2015 | Chinese Herbs, Dysmenorrhea- Menstrual Pain, Menstrual Health and Illnesses, Pain, Selected Topics, Stress, TCM Information
Period Cramps – Relief with Chinese Medicine According to statistics, anywhere between 40%-80% of women experience period cramps. Whether it is the lower end or the higher end of that statistic, that is a lot of women! And for those women who would rather not...
Feb 10, 2014 | Menstrual Health and Illnesses, TCM Information, Toronto
Menstrual Phases: East and West The key to a woman’s health is their menstrual cycle. Menstrual symptoms such as irregularity, bleeding problems, and PMS signs are largely indicative of specific underlying conditions. Sometimes the mechanism of menstruation can be a...
Mar 4, 2013 | Menstrual Health and Illnesses, Pre Menstrual Syndrome, Stress
A few days ago I got this email that gave a great depiction of how stress impacts out bodies: A teacher walked confidently around a classroom explaining stress management to an audience while holding up a glass of water. Everyone thought she was going to ask the...
Jan 21, 2013 | Dysmenorrhea- Menstrual Pain, Emotional Health, Menstrual Health and Illnesses, Pre Menstrual Syndrome
Women and their inner workings. In our journey with life, if we pay attention we see the ebb and flow, the coming and going, the ups and downs, the ins and outs, the here and there… the yin and yang of the constant balancing our bodies and minds. The way our bodies...
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...
