Understanding Your Menstrual Cycle
Understanding your menstrual cycle is the key to assessing your health and your fertility. Knowing when you ovulate and the quality of your ovulation really is the pinnacle of understanding your chances of conceiving, diagnosing causes of infertility and preventing miscarriage. The first thing I ask you to do after your initial consultation is to start [&hel
Castor Oil Packs and Women’s Health
For years Ayurvedic medicine and Chinese medicine has used castor oil to support women’s health. The main constituent of castor oil is ricinoleic acid, an omega-9 which has been found to improve local blood flow and provide anti-inflammatory pain relief. From a TCM understanding, castor oil encourages blood movement, moves body fluids and is an […]
New Treatment: Fertility Flow Session
Introducing a new treatment at Paige Waters Acupuncture. Optimal health really is about good blood flow. Fertility, improved egg health, improved sperm health, improved libido, improved immunity has all been shown with improved blood flow. I’ve put together some information for you below. Please email hello@paigewatersacupuncture.com.au if you have any qu
Acupuncture Doesn’t Balance Hormones
It gets said a lot. “acupuncture balances hormones”. I’m sure I’ve said it before too. But when you think about it, what does that actually mean? Balance means ‘a steady position or condition’ – is that really the hope for our hormones? Some back ground information…hormones are your body’s chemical messengers (medline.com). They are a [&hellip
New Protein Powder: Clean Energy
As women, we often don’t eat enough good quality protein. Your body needs proteins and healthy fats to ovulate, make progesterone, stabilise blood sugars, help feel full and reduce snacking. This fermented brown rice protein powder has so many great ingredients including…supergreens, wheat grass, spirulina, sweet potato, chlorella as well as an orga
Acupuncture During Your Menstrual Cycle
The menstrual cycle has 4 phases, in a 28 day cycle, they are: Days 1-4 – Period Days 1 – 14 – Follicular phase Day 14 – Ovulation Days 14-28 – Luteal Phase In a perfect world, this is how people with uteruses would all menstruate. But of course this isn’t the case. So many […]
Ovulation Pain – a TCM Perspective
Pain is a protective mechanism for the body. It lets us know that something is wrong. Ovulation pain is no different. Ovulation pain or mittleschmerz (‘middle pain’) is low, one sided abdominal pain that occurs around ovulation (or egg release). It is really commonly experienced in women of all ages in varying degrees. Some women experience […]
