Apr 30, 2012 | Menstrual Health and Illnesses, Selected Topics
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...
Apr 16, 2012 | Menstrual Health and Illnesses, Selected Topics, TCM Information, Toronto
Mehanisms of Menstruation: the Chines Medicine Perspective. What never ceases to amaze me about Chinese Medicine is its holistic nature. The playful balance between all of the organs and substances within the body, and the dynamic the body has with its environment. ...
Apr 11, 2012 | Menstrual Health and Illnesses, Pain, TCM Information
Cramping and pelvic pain around the period time is also known as dysmenorrhea and it is one of the most common gynecological problems among women in their reproductive years. Dysmenorrhea is generally an acute type of pain with a sudden onset, a sharp rise and a...
Apr 4, 2012 | Menstrual Health and Illnesses, Pre Menstrual Syndrome, Selected Topics, TCM Information
The Basis of TCM Gynecology: Regulation of the Menstrual Cycle. One of the topics that interested me most in my integrated gynecology class with Yuxiang Wang, R.TCMP at the CGICM was the physiology of the menstrual cycle. In Chinese Medicine, the regulation of the...