When you come for a pre-birth acupuncture treatment, we will ask you questions about your general health, who your primary carer is and where you plan to birth. We will discuss your care plan and who will look after you and your baby during your labour as well as in the post-partum period. Along with health details, we look at your tongue and take your pulse and check in about your emotional health and well-being. Having a baby can often change your family circumstances and, 99% of you seem to be renovating or moving house to nest properly before baby arrives! Okay – I’m kidding – yet it is very […]
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Fertility & Chinese Herbal Medicine
When you decide that you are ready to have a family, you want to understand how best to support your fertility. And, if you have been diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), then you know that you may need some extra help and education to give yourself the best opportunity. In this blog, we will review the current research for Chinese herbal medicine and PCOS related fertility issues. Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is around 3000 years old and involves individual herbal powders that synergised together to create formulas to be decocted and taken as a tea. In Australia polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) affects 12-21% of reproductive-aged women (Rababa’h et al., […]