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5 (or more) Reasons to Use Chinese Medicine To Boost Your Fertility Whether you are a newbie to Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine or an old expert I wanted to pass along a few of my favorite reasons why this type of medicine can be so effective in the treatment of infertility. #1 - Research supports the use of traditional Chinese medicine in the...
Endometriosis Pregnancy Success - A Case Study Endometriosis is a specific disorder which I have had great success in treating over the past years and I wanted to share a case study about a recent pregnancy.  I enjoy sharing these success stories to help patients understand changes that other women have made to benefit their fertility journey...
TV and Male Fertility Men who watch TV for approximately 3 hours per day will have a significantly lower sperm count   This study showed the sperm count of men decrease by 50% in comparison to those men who do not watch much television.     There could be several causes for the decrease in fertility.  Lack of exercise...
My Phone Got Me Pregnant ! With today's easy access to new technology almost everyone has a smart phone.  Most of my patients come in, phone in hand and use it to track their cycles and to help calculate their ovulation.    There are some amazing apps now being created for your phone to help optimize your fertility.  ...
Study Comparing Western Medicine and Chinese Medicine Treatment of Endometriosis Today I was looking through research on Pub Med searching for more information on fertility.  I stumbed upon this study showing a significant benefit with the use of Chinese Herbal medicine in the treatment of endomtriosis.     I have blogged about the treatment of endometriosis before but this...
Chinese Herbal Medicine Increases Pregnancy Rates 2-Fold A systemic review of multiple infertility studies and the treatment of Chinese herbal medicine has shown great promise.   This review looked at multiple studies of women experiencing infertility and the accompanying pregnancy rates after a 4 month treatment of Chinese herbal medicine.  These...
Pre Conception Care and IVF Success or Natural Pregnancy Women who have not yet achieved a pregnancy often need a small adjustment to help them become more fertile.  This adjustment in their life can be found in many different forms such as diet, lifestyle, acupuncture or herbal therapy. It takes months for an egg to go through a recruitment process...
Unexplained Miscarriage - Chinese Medicine can Help Having the experience of going through a miscarriage can be mentally, physically and spiritually traumatic. Some women have gone through this process several times without a reason as to why even after multiple tests shows everything is "fine".   The way that Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)...
Happy endings come in so many different forms...even for NHL stars I was reminded today of a wonderful article written in the Edmonton Journal about NHL player Jason Strudwick and the struggles he and his wife had to conceive. I really appreciate how candid they both are with their journey and all of it's ups and downs. So often infertility struggles get swept...
Chinese Medicine Treatment of Endometriosis Endometriosis is one of the conditions I truly enjoy treating in my practice. Results can be easily seen (ie painful periods improve) and with the use of traditional Chinese Medicine we can have very effective results and relatively quick relief.   In this past year I have had multiple successes...