Jan 13, 2014 | Diagnosis, Selected Topics, TCM Information
*Note: the diagnosis of ‘crazy’ is excluded in this article for many reasons, mostly because women are beautiful and their intricacies deserve more credit… which is why both Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine have gynecology as a field unto...
Jun 24, 2013 | TCM Information
The study of women’s diseases, as in Western Medicine, is a field of study on its own. While the syndrome differentiations and treatment principles often stay in line with Traditional Chinese Medicine differentiations and principles, the diagnosis and sometimes the...
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...