Even men know that a mainstay of painful periods is the notorious cramps. What most women experiencing painful periods don’t know is that it is unhealthy and very much abnormal. Women should not experience cramping with their periods. Allow me to say that again. There shouldn’t be cramping with the period at all! Pre-bleeding cramping …
Apparently everyone does want to talk about periods. I am getting great feedback and lots of questions about what is healthy and what needs some work. I hope that you are feeling empowered either by knowing that you have a healthy cycle or that you too can improve your health. Frequency This is easy. The body …
This is the point in the intake when most people get squeamish and acupuncturists start looking like vampires. Tell me about the blood. Truth be told you can’t tell us enough about the menstrual blood. The Questions Color: Bright red, fresh red, brick red, purple red, brownish, blackish, pinkish, purplish, red fading to brown. We want to …
PMS or Premenstrual Syndrome is just that, a syndrome. A compilation of ailments joined together because of similar circumstances. We all know the list: Headaches/Migraines Weight Gain/Fluid Retention/Bloating Emotional Disturbances/Irritability/Weepiness/Anger Low Back Ache Cramping Fatigue Insomnia Nightsweats What does it all mean and should we be having it at all? What is normal? Elimination: The body …
I don’t even know how to start this post. I just know I need to write it. 50% of the people in this world will bleed monthly for a significant portion of their life. It happens. The good men of the world will support numerous women during their menstrual cycle, whether it is as a …
Starting this new business is a definite beginning, but unexpectedly it is also a spiraling back to the numerous places in my life that helped bring me to this point. This whirling of names and faces from the past coming out to show support reaffirms I am on the right course and that somehow all along they …
After three years of Acupuncture school and roughly 90,000 miles of driving the Mass Pike to class and home again I am in recovery, both intellectually and physically. While I am, of course, grappling with the threat of pending student loans and the usual concerns about starting a new part of my business, I am …