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Become pregnant while waiting for IVF

22 February 2012 – 5:25 pm No Comment | 164 views

Amanda (36y, Macclesfield) came for acupuncture treatment while waiting for IVF. Incomplete fallopian tube blockage was the only abnormality among all the tests that she and her husband had. Hospital didn’t tell her the reason …

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Fertility & IVF

acupuncture and chinese herbal medicine help with male & female fertility issues, as well as assisted conception (IVF,IUI,ICSI).

Pregnancy Care

acupuncture acts as a drug-free treatment for problems during pregnancy and enhances the prospects of an effcient labour.

Women’s Health

acupuncture and herbal medicine offer great solutions to female problems – menstrual, hormonal, menopausal.

Pain Management

acupuncture offers amazingly quick pain relief as well as sustainable long-term maintenance.

Digestive Disorders

acupuncture and herbal medicine for GI problems – constipation, IBS, ulcerative colitis, indigestion, heartburn, reflux.

Pre-birth Acupuncture

9 July 2010 – 9:00 am | No Comment | 437 views
Pre-birth Acupuncture

Pre-birth acupuncture refers to a series of acupuncture treatment in the final weeks of pregnancy to prepare women for childbirth.
Weekly acupuncture treatments from week 36  to week 39 or until delivery promote a healthy and …

Acupuncture and Labour Induction

7 July 2010 – 2:24 pm | No Comment | 779 views
Acupuncture and Labour Induction

Overdue? Want to try something more natural than medical induction? Why not acupuncture? 
Chances are you don’t know the use of acupuncture in labour induction yet. However, as a matter of fact, acupuncture has been used …

A tinnitus case

13 April 2010 – 12:18 pm | No Comment | 911 views
A tinnitus case

H came to see me 3 weeks after her tinnitus started. It affected her both ears. The first two weeks, the noise was high-pitched, 24/7. It was not 24/7 in the third week, but still …

Treating cough with paediatric massage

8 April 2010 – 8:33 pm | One Comment | 1,275 views
Treating cough with paediatric massage

Cough in children is not generally seen a serious problem, but personally I think it is one of the most troublesome problems. Acupuncture and herbal medicine have been proven as effective methods. However, in practice, …

Thoughts on X-balance acupuncture

2 April 2010 – 9:56 pm | No Comment | 569 views
Thoughts on X-balance acupuncture

Recently I have read an article about a Chinese practitioner who uses X-balance method (he named it) to treat various problems with amazing results. He rarely uses needles preferring acu-pressure or match sticks instead. His …

Premature Ovarian Failure

31 March 2010 – 10:05 am | 2 Comments | 1,586 views
Premature Ovarian Failure

What is POF?
Premature ovarian failure (POF) is the loss of ovarian function in women before the age of 40.
Women are generally born with enough eggs in their ovaries so that they ovulate one each month …

High FSH

23 March 2010 – 3:03 pm | 4 Comments | 2,869 views
High FSH

FSH
FSH stands for follicle-stimulating hormone, which is produced and released by the anterior pituitary gland. In women, FSH helps control the menstrual cycle and the production of eggs by the ovaries. The amount of FSH …

Male menopause

16 March 2010 – 3:34 pm | 2 Comments | 1,654 views
Male menopause

Male menopause? Joking? No, it is not.
Strictly speaking, it should be andropause, the male equivalent of menopause. Often referred as ‘mid-life crisis’.
It is claimed that andropause is hormone-related, just like female menopause. However, comparing with …

4 special points for nocturnal enuresis

12 March 2010 – 1:24 pm | 2 Comments | 1,675 views
4 special points for nocturnal enuresis

Traditional Chinese Medicine is a valuable treatment for children who experience enuresis. It may vary in individual child, but all forms of treatment including Tuina (paediatric massage), acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and dietary therapy are …

Slimming decoction

10 March 2010 – 2:15 pm | No Comment | 687 views
Slimming decoction

Slimming Decoction
Sheng Shan Zha   15g
Chen Pi          …