Acupuncture
How to turn a breech baby, and how moxa can help
If you’ve been told that your baby is in a breech position, you’re probably feeling worried and unsure about what happens next. This is often the point at which women get in touch with me, wanting to know how to turn a breech baby naturally. In this post I’ll explain what it means when a…
Read MoreCan Acupuncture Help With Stress?
If you’re stressed, overwhelmed, or feel like you’re running on empty, you’re not alone. Work, family, health, money, news, everything at once so many of us are carrying more than we’re built to hold for very long. Stress, even at lower levels, is tough on the body and mind. And as importantly, it takes away…
Read MoreHow Acupuncture Can Help with Endometriosis and Fertility: A Natural Path to Relief
Endometriosis is a deeply challenging condition that touches the lives of many women, affecting around 5-10% of those in their reproductive years. It occurs when the endometrial tissue, which normally lines the uterus, begins to grow in other areas of the body – such as the bladder, fallopian tubes, ovaries, or rectum. This can lead…
Read MoreFertility Acupuncture: A Brief Overview
Fertility acupuncture is an area which is becoming increasingly popular. Research has found that it can have a positive effect on those trying for a baby and can aid the conception process. Fertility acupuncture treatment has been found to increase the blood flow to the reproductive organs, balance hormone levels, regulate the menstrual cycle and…
Read MoreSimple Ways to Eating Fertility Boosting Foods
Prior to conceiving, it’s really useful for both partners to eat fa healthy, balanced diet, maintain a healthy lifestyle and embrace plenty of fertility boosting foods. This helps to enhance fertility and maximise the quantity & quality of both the egg and sperm cells, thus providing the best possible conditions for conception to occur. Sperm…
Read MoreHow Vitamin D Can Improve Your Fertility
Vitamin D can help to improve your fertility in many ways… 1. Stimulates progesterone production in the ovaries by 13%. 2. Stimulates production of two main oestrogens in the ovaries; estrone by 21% and estradiol by 9%. 3. Regulates HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin expression – HCG is the pregnancy hormone measured in urine with a…
Read MoreSperm Counts – Don’t Forget the Men!
According to this BBC article, researchers are supposing that pollution is playing a role in declining sperm quality. I’m increasingly seeing these problems in my clinic and recommend that men come along for acupuncture too. So many times the women feel that they’re to blame or that they have to do all the heavy lifting…
Read MoreAcupuncture & Diet
The word diet comes from the Greek word DIAITA meaning to direct one’s own life. The way we lead our daily lives has a great effect upon our health and well-being, and we can all do something to maintain or help restore our health by how and what we eat. Our digestive system is the…
Read MoreAcupuncture Tips for Winter
WHAT MAKES YOU COLD Eating too many raw and cold foods Drinking too much cold water Drinking and eating directly from the fridge Spending too much time exposed to cold air Certain medicines can be very cold in energy, including antibiotics and antidiuretics HOW TO WARM UP Drink teas such as ginger tea or chai…
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