This post explores the Liver, Kidney, Spleen, and Extraordinary Vessels as important menstrual forces and their common imbalances that can arise. . .
What Your Period Tells You About Your Health | Acupuncture - Victoria BC
Acupuncture For Each Phase Of Your Menstrual Cycle | Acupuncture - Victoria BC
Acupuncture is highly effective medicine for irregular cycles and PMS, for maintaining regular cycles, and for prevention. 4 treatments per month (1/each phase) is ideal for at least 3 cycles (3 months). Here are a few examples of TCM patterns that registered acupuncturist's assess throughout the menstrual cycle. . .
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Moxa warms points and meridians, invigorates the flow of qi and blood, tonifies deficiency, strengthens the body-mind, and boosts the immune system. The infared heat that is penetrated into the skin layer stimulates ATP production in the cells
Many women have been culturally conditioned to believe that menstruation disrupts life and needs to be controlled and hidden. In response to a rise in menstrual irregularities we start to question and become aware of how this mentality can lead to disassociation of our body in connection with our biorhythms and emotions as messengers. . .
Read MoreAcupuncture for Thyroid Health | Acupuncture - Victoria BC
Chinese medicine regulates thyroid health by balancing the body’s complimentary yet oppositional energies of yin and yang while regulating meridian qi flow and vital organ systems so that one’s innate ability to heal can be strengthened. Acupuncture works physiologically through regulating the nervous and endocrine systems. . .
Read MoreAcupuncture for Stress & Anxiety | Acupuncture - Victoria BC
Acupuncture is an extremely effective treatment for stress and anxiety. This is because acupuncture is a form of mindfulness meditation, as it allows the individual to engage in being and receiving as the needles guide the mind-body into a deep state of relaxation. Biomedically, acupuncture works with the brain by acting on the nervous system. Inserting a needle stimulates nervous system receptors. The receptor response increases brain firing and creates specific neurochemical changes. This brain and nervous system communication regulates the parasympathetic nervous system, boosts mood through serotonin and dopamine release, and eases pain through relieving muscle tension and the release of endorphins. As the needles are retained the body’s electromagnetic energy balances and improved blood flow occurs. Blood brings oxygen, nutrients, immune substances, analgesics, and anti-inflammatories to areas of the body that require healing. . .
Read MoreChinese Medicine For PMS, 5 Cycle Soothing Tips, + A Recipe | Acupuncture - Victoria BC
Premenstrual Syndrome is an interesting topic to feature because signs and symptoms that are associated with a women’s cycle are often perceived as normal, are ignored, or medicated on the surface level. It’s normal to get headaches, intense cramping, and bloating every month, right? Trust that there’s more to the flow of things and read on. . .
Read MoreNutritional Cycling For Hormone Health | Acupuncture - Victoria BC
Nutritional cycling is an effective way to balance, promote, and optimize hormone health throughout menstruation, pre-ovulation, ovulation, and post-ovulation. Specific essential fatty acids, nutrients, fiber, and phytochemicals have the potential to influence the production, detoxification, and ratio of sex and stress hormones as they wax and wane throughout the four phases of the menstrual cycle. In addition, cycling offers plant diversity for gut microbiome health and nurtures lifestyle routine. . .
Read MorePolycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) | How Acupuncture Can Help | Acupuncture - Victoria BC
PCOS is more complex than the name presents as it often involves varying degrees of endocrine, cardiovascular, metabolic, and/or mental-emotional co-conditions. The following post focuses on PCOS awareness as a syndrome through a pathophysiology overview followed by the explanation of how acupuncture works as an effective treatment method. . .
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