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...
Dec 10, 2012 | Dampness, TCM Information
What is dampness? Another one of the different words that Chinese Medicine uses to describe what is happening in the body. It is easier to understand though, if we see how Chinese Medicine uses the environment and nature and ascribes them to movements within the...
Nov 5, 2012 | Pain, Selected Topics, TCM Information
When most people think about acupuncture, the first thing that comes to mind is that acupuncture helps pain. When I’m speaking with new patients and I ask if they have tried acupuncture before and their response is “Yes”, they have usually had acupuncture for some...
Aug 8, 2012 | Fibroids, Selected Topics, Toronto
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...
Aug 6, 2012 | Acupuncture, Endometriosis, Herbal Medicine
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,...
