Women’s Health

Many people choose Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs as part of their toolkit for improved hormonal regulation

Commonly seen symptoms in the clinic include:

  • Period Pain

  • Irregular cycles

  • Heavy periods

  • PMT/PMS

  • Hormonal Emotional dysregulation

  • Night sweats and hot flushes

  • Sleep disturbance

  • UTIs and Vaginal Infections

    These symptoms may be the reason someone seeks treatment, or these symptoms might be triggered by another health concern.

Symptoms that flag Hormonal Imbalance (fluctuations) include:

  • PMS - Breast tenderness, fluid retention, bloating, headaches, bowel changes, hormonal acne

  • Mood & emotional fluctuations - depression, anxiety, low mood, low motivation, concentration issues, fatigue, irritability, anger, rage

  • Sleep disturbance

  • Night sweats and hot flushes

  • Recurrent UTIs or Vaginal Infections.

  • Pain during the period

  • Specialist Diagnosis of Infertility, PCOS, Endometriosis and Adenomyosis

  • Period cycles that are irregular, long or short.

  • Periods that are heavy (Changing a regular tampon or sanitary napkin more often than 3 hourly)

  • Periods that have clots, or dark flow.

  • Gut issues, weight fluctuations, fluid issues and blood sugar problems

These problems are understood through the Energetic lens of Chinese Medicine, as well as through lens of Hormone Imbalance. How you feel, both mentally, emotionally and somatically (in your body) is of great importance in Chinese Medicine.

Often, your treatments will begin weekly or fortnightly then monthly as a maintenance program.

Women’s health treatment with Chinese Medicine has a very long history. I am passionate about Women beginning to understand more deeply about their Menstrual Cycles, from both a Hormonal and Energetic perspective.

In my work, there are 5 phases of the menstrual cycle (usually it’s a 4 phase system) that overlap:

Phase 1: The Period (Days 1-5 of a 28 day cycle)

Phase 2: The Early Follicular phase (Day 3 - 12 of a 28 day cycle)

Phase 3: The fertile Window and Ovulation (Day 10-16 of a 28 day cycle)

Phase 4: Early Luteal Phase (From Ovulation for 5-7 days)

Phase 5: Late Luteal Phase (after implantation, or pre-menstrual phase)

These phases can be seen through both the Energetic and Hormonal lenses to understand deeply the heightened Somatic (body), and Mind awareness that the menstrual cycle gifts us.