Menstrual health
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Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Chinese Medicine
Why the blood isn't staying where it belongs: how Chinese medicine reads heavy periods through Spleen Qi, Blood Heat and Blood Stasis, and how acupuncture and herbs follow the cycle.
Painful Periods and Chinese Medicine
Stabbing pain with clots, cramping that eases with a heating pad, or tension before flow: Chinese medicine reads each kind of period pain as a different pattern with a different plan.
PMS and PMDD in Chinese Medicine
Irritability, breast tenderness, poor sleep, then relief once bleeding starts: how Chinese medicine reads PMS and PMDD through Liver, Blood, Kidney and Heart patterns.
Irregular cycles, anovulation and amenorrhea
How Chinese medicine and acupuncture address irregular periods, anovulation, and amenorrhea through pattern-based diagnosis in San Diego.
Endometriosis and Chinese medicine
How Chinese medicine treats endometriosis through Blood Stasis, Cold, and Liver Qi patterns — acupuncture, Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan, and integrative care in San Diego.
Estrogen Dominance and Low Progesterone
Breast tenderness, premenstrual bloating, a short luteal phase: how Chinese medicine reads estrogen dominance and low progesterone through Liver, Spleen and Kidney patterns.
Unexplained Infertility: When Tests Look Normal
Discover how TCM finds hidden patterns in unexplained infertility — Kidney Jing, Liver Qi, Blood deficiency — when Western labs say everything is normal.
Fertility Through TCM and Functional Medicine
How TCM reproductive axis theory reads the same terrain functional medicine labs try to measure, without the lab gatekeeping. The first post in our fertility series.
TCM Patterns Behind Endometriosis and PCOS
When the pain keeps coming back every cycle, Chinese medicine asks what pattern the body is in. Six core TCM patterns behind endometriosis, PCOS and painful periods.
Formulas here illustrate how pattern diagnosis shapes treatment. They are not recommendations; a practitioner selects and adjusts formulas for the individual.