Acupuncture for Periods
"Your menstrual cycle is a vital sign, just like your pulse, temperature, respiration rate, and blood pressure. And it provides you with essential information about your health"
Seeking a safe and effective way to support your fertility journey? Acupuncture promotes relaxation, reduces stress hormones, and optimises your body's reproductive health by improving egg quality, regulating your menstrual cycle, and increasing blood flow to the uterus.
2022 research on acupuncture for PCOS found that "combining acupuncture with other medicines can effectively improve:
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the clinical pregnancy rate
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ovulation rate
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reduce lutenizing hormone (LH)/follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) ratio
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homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance
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and body mass index
Further, when compared with no intervention, acupuncture had a better effect in promoting the recovery of the menstrual cycle.
Acupuncture was reported to cause no adverse events or some adverse events without serious harm"
Acupuncture for Endometriosis
In a 2023 study of acupuncture for endometriosis-associated pain they found
"Acupuncture is an effective and safe method of relieving dysmenorrhea, shortening the pain duration, and improving wellbeing and quality of life in women with endometriosis-associated pain"
To read more about acupuncture for endometriosos please click here.
Perimenopause is a stage of life that can start between approximately 45 to 55 years of age as oestrogen and progesterone decline. Symptoms such as:
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insomnia
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hot flashes
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brain fog
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genitourinary symptoms
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joint pain
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low libido
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anxiety
can last for up to 7 years.
Acupuncture for perimenopause symptoms might be of benefit for you, even if you are using HRT (hormonal replacement therapy) or if you are considering other options from medication.
My core practice is to help people achieve a successful pregnancy, but my practice does not need to stop then.
I see lots of people in pregnancy for a variety of conditions including:
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Acupuncture for breech
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Acupuncture for labour induction
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Back pain during pregnancy
Taking the P:
video series
Here you will find a library from my video series "Taking the P". This series is for Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire women to get free access from expert local practitioners on various women's health concerns.
From perimenopause, fertility, endometriosis, pelvic health etc.
The Period Acupuncturist
The Period Acupuncturist
How microplastics and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) impact our health
Is HRT the answer for perimenopause?
Foods for fertility: Navigating fertility, nutrition and IVF
How nutrition can impact and benefit your fertility
What does your period tell your acupuncturist?
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Your period colour tells me something
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Your period pain and where and when it happens tells me something
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How much you bleed tells me something
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If you have large clots in your bleed tells me something
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If you get PMS (and the signs and symptoms which are specific to you) tell me something
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The length of your cycle tells me something