PMS
Tired of limited options to help with PMS? Looking for a solution to a severe or treatment resistant symptom?
At sometime in a women's life, she will deal with:
Usually, PMS symptoms are treated with the birth control pill, over the counter pain relievers, hormone creams, or antidepressants. Often these treatments will help with only a portion of the problem or have side effects.
PMS not only occurs in 20's or 30's, but can come back in your 40's as women enter the peri-menopausal years. Modern treatments don't take into consideration how a woman requires different care in each decade due to hormonal shifts, emotional hurdles and their changing family dynamics. As part of the treatment process, Chinese medicine takes each component into consideration and addresses the client's needs by adapting the treatment. Acupuncture has no side effects and can be adaptable to changing symptoms from week to week.
Chinese herbs provide additional support to the client and like acupuncture, are adaptable to the client's symptoms. Herbs are especially good for clotty menstruation, severe insomnia and uncontrollable mood swings.
Basic Supplementation for Relief of PMS
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Calcium
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Magnesium
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Fish Oil
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Vitamin B6
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Vitex - make progesterone receptors sensitive to circulating progesterone. This treatment work best in women with follicles not secreting progesterone after ovulation. If a women is having PMS not related to progesterone issues, Vitex will not work or increase symptoms. Vitex should be avoided, when a women has any type of hormonal responsive cancer.
Anxiety
Do you have a racing heart, swirling thoughts and a strong edgy feeling? Anxiety can be frustrating to control on your own and treatment options can feel limited. Most doctors prescribe medications or can't explain how the physical symptoms tie into the emotional part. The most common reasons people seek Chinese medicine for care is:
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Medication related side effects - going on and getting off medications can result in painful brain shock (sharp pain in the head/behind the eyes), dizziness, insomnia and poor co-ordination. These symptoms can last up several weeks and even months.
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Becoming dependant on medications
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Mixed feelings about taking medications
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Tired of talk therapy
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A feeling that anxiety is related to shifting hormones, not just "brain chemistry".
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Anxiety as a result to taking other prescription drugs
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Trying to conceive or already pregnant.
Chinese medicine looks at the patient's lifestyle, diet and spiritual influences. The patient can discuss all the emotional and physical components that they believe play in a part of the anxiety. Unlike talk therapy, Chinese medicine does not believe in rehashing the past, but rebalances your wellbeing and to be active in changing your response to disruptive emotional/physical triggers. Plus, Chinese herbs can elevate some unusual symptoms such as sweating hands/feet, sensation of electricity going up the trunk, fluttering heart and red blotchy skin. |
