Clinic Blog
PMS and infertility
As a Chinese medicine practitioner, one of the first things I set out to do is regulate the women’s menstrual cycle when treating infertility. Menstrual pain, clots in the blood and PMS maybe “normal” according to your medical doctor but these signs are not considered healthy from a Chinese medicine perspective.
Acupuncture Can Help Fertility Issues
I wanted to share a radio interview on how acupuncture can help fertility. Conceive on air with Kim Hahn interviews my colleague, Mike Berkely L.Ac, who is also a also a Fellow of the American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine (ABORM) on how Chinese medicine can boost your fertility.
The interview is an hour. I have highlighted some of the discussions below with the times in case you want to choose specific sections and not listen to the full 60 min.
Fertility work up - what test I need to ask from my GP
I am often asked by couples what western medical test are needed to have their fertility evaluated.
This will make all canadians smile
Christina thanks for sending me this email I have posted in my blog. I had a great laugh!
Now that Vancouver will be hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics, these are some questions people from all over the world are asking.
Believe it or not these questions about Canada were posted on an International Tourism Website.
H1N1 Swine Flu and other flu preventions
I enjoyed the following articile by Roby Mitchell, MD on Flu prevention. Combine this with the posts I have included using Chinese medicine and it is my hopes you have taken preventative measures to prevent the flu from taking hold on you.
New ways BBT charting can help you conceive
Basal body temperature (BBT) charting can provide MUCH more information to help you conceive than just indicating you ovulated!!! Well, at least if you are viewing the BBT charts through the lens of a Chinese medicine doctor.
Menopause should be a smooth transition for women
Chinese Medicine considers the time around menopause as a transition into a new phase of life for women — as a ‘second spring”—when the energy that a woman’s body has devoted to menstruation and reproduction can be now be channelled into other creative areas of her life.
Acubalance Online Seminars
Acubalance has recently begun streaming live online seminars (webinars). The webinars are extremely easy to participate in, they are free, there is no registration required, all you need is a high speed internet connection. The purpose of these webinars is to bring more of the experts in our field a little closer to you, our clients. Pearls of wisdom, research and other info to help guide you on your reproductive journey. We are also trying to record some of them, although this will not always happen, so we encourage attending the live session, as they are interactive.
Characteristics of eggs are influenced by the environment in which they develop within the ovary
"Characteristics of eggs are influenced by the environment in which they develop within the ovary," lead author Dr. Rebecca Robker, from Adelaide University, Australia, said in a statement.
