On more than one occasion, a female patient will shrug and wonder out loud how strategically placed needles made her have a period. It is a great question. To address this, treatments are focused on regulating their menstrual cycles. And if you are trying to build your family, regular periods are essential to getting pregnant [...]
Can Acupuncture help stimulate natural labor? This is a newer application of Acupuncture for the Western World and is beginning to gain some recognition, but it is not new in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Thousands of years ago, Eastern Medicine Doctors had to have ways of stimulating labor in women who either did not spontaneously go [...]
Since the late nineties, there has been evidence to suggest that your breech baby can be turned to its optimal position for birth using moxibustion, a Chinese medicine technique.It’s done by using moxibustion to warm the acupuncture point at the end of your little toe, the last point on your Bladder meridian! The technique Moxibustion [...]
Acupuncture has been popular since ancient times for a reason: It makes people feel better. What’s more, in recent years, patients undergoing the procedure to treat health concerns have often noticed that their looks have benefited, too—leading to a rise in “acupuncture facials” that combine whole-body rebalancing with targeted needle stimulation (and, sometimes, spa-like add-ons) [...]
Acupuncture may be an effective way to treat depression during pregnancy, and to reduce the pain of menstrual cramps, according to new research into the health benefits of the ancient Chinese practice. One study, from researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, found that women confronting depression during pregnancy experienced a greater reduction in [...]
