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Chinese Medicine and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, or PCOS, has also been known by the name Stein-Leventhal Syndrome, and includes a multi system presentation, having its effects on the ...

Acupuncture Relieves Menstrual Pain, Study Finds
A recent German study published in the February, 2008 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology confirms that acupuncture can relieve a woman ...

Research Analysis Finds TCM and Acupuncture Helpful in Relieving Breast Cancer Effects
For many women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, the use of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs — either alone or with chemotherapy — may help guard ...

Can Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine help with unhealthy hair and hair loss?
Q: Since the birth of my third child, my hair has been dull and lifeless. I am also losing A LOT of hair. Can traditional ...

Acupuncture, Fertility Research Delivers Healthy Results
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been practiced for thousands of years. Amazingly, the first written gynecological records date back to the Shang dynasty (1500 BC- ...

Green Tea
There have been some intriguing studies indicating that green tea can be extremely effective in the fight against high cholesterol. Specifically, the beverage reduces “bad” ...

September is “National Cholesterol Education Month”?
This is a great time to take charge of your heart health and look at ways to lower cholesterol! 1 out of ...

Pomegranate Juice Fights Heart Disease, Study Says
In China, the pomegranate fruit symbolized longevity. Now there is scientific evidence for the fruit's restorative powers.Scientists have tested the juice in mice and found ...

Get a Fasting Lipoprotein Profile
Get a fasting lipoprotein profile to find out what your total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglyceride numbers are. Calculate your risk for heart ...

Chinese Medicine - Opinions of Interstitial Cystitis
ORIENTAL DIAGNOSIS OF IC IS DEFICIENT KIDNEY ENERGY IC symptoms include extreme pain in their pelvic area, frequency, low energy ...

Menopause: Outlooks, Approaches, Alternatives
Menopause: Outlooks, Approaches, Alternatives Menopause is defined as the cessation of menstruation for six to twelve months in older women.  That, alone, would not be ...

Acupuncture Effective in Treating Overactive Bladder
Approximately 17 percent of American men and women suffer from overactive bladder and spend an estimated $20 billion on products to manage the condition. But ...

Acupuncture: a Fertile Idea
Can acupuncture offer a natural fertility aid to couples struggling to get pregnant?  Just ask the McSheffertys.Remember that expression, “Only your hairdresser knows for sure”? ...

11 Tips on How to Maintain Breast Health with TCM
According to a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center survey, more than 70 percent of cancer patients including women diagnosed with breast cancer decide to enhance ...

PMS: Is Your Liver To Blame?
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, organs represent much more than solely their physical units.  They refer to energetic systems where each has a correlated acupuncture channel ...

Will Acupuncture get rid of my PMS?
Yes. In fact, gynecological conditions are some of the most successfully treated problems by acupuncture or Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).  Premenstrual Syndrome covers a broad ...

Treatment of Endometriosis and Fibroids with Acupuncture
What do endometriosis and fibroids have in common? They both have their place in preventing conception, and both are responsive to estrogen fluctuations. There is ...

Acupuncture and Menopause
Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health with Acupuncture.With the right diet, attitude, and Oriental Medicine menopause can be a time of a ...

Can acupuncture enhance a woman's sexual desire and pleasure?
Acupuncture and Chinese herbs have been used to strengthen and promote optimal sexual health for centuries. Chinese Emperors took their sexual health quite seriously and ...