Sep 15, 2014 | Headaches, Pre Menstrual Syndrome
Headaches are a common phenomenon for people in general, but it is also a common symptom around period time as well. It comes as regularly as a period and generally around the same time of the month. As stated previously, most PMS Headaches are due to either...
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...
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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...
