Acupuncture for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 1 in every 10 women will be diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) making it the most commonly diagnoses female reproductive disorder recorded.
Symptoms often appear as irregular menstrual periods, such as absent periods-typically secondary amenorrhea-more or less frequent cycles, and irregular range of very light to very heavy menses; the development of male sex characteristics may occur including decreased breast size, deepening of the voice, enlargement of the clitoris, increased body hair, thinning of the hair on the head.
Lastly skin changes are often reported, such as worsening acne, dark, thick skin markings and creases around the armpits, groin, neck, and breasts due to insulin sensitivity.
PCOS is a disease brought on by an imbalance of hormones.
Females have two primary hormones, estrogen and progesterone, which are major players in the menstrual cycle.
Females also have male hormones called androgens.
PCOS is a result of too much Androgen in their system.
This imbalance becomes chronic in women in the 20's and 30's resulting in the symptoms mentioned above.
If not treated, infertility is a possibility.
Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs can help manage PCOS by taking a drug free holistic perspective, which aims to bringing balance to the hormones.
A licensed acupuncturists views PCOS as either a deficiency in Kidney Yin, Yang or both.
The first and most likely the most common condition seen by practitioners is the deficiency in Kidney Yang.
This results in failure of the transformation of dampness and phlegm.
Symptoms of the deficiency in Kidney Yang include excess phlegm and dampness contributing to the formation of cysts.
Other common symptoms are liver qi and blood stasis.
Kidney yin deficiency is less common and is the result of chronic qi and blood stasis, resulting in failure of transformation of dampness and phlegm, causing the formation of cysts.
A common Chinese herbs used by practitioners to treat the most common case of PCOS, the Kidney Yang deficiency, is gui zhi fu ling wan.
Gui zhi fu ling wan translates into cinnamon twig and poria pill.
This formula combines gui zhi, fu ling, shao yao, mu dan pi, and tao ren.
Gui zhi is warming, unblocking vessels, promoting circulation, and reducing blood stasis.
Fu ling promotes downward circulation, nourishes the heart and spleen, and transforms phlegm into heat.
Shao yao, depending on which type, will reduces abdominal pain, relax spasms, and increase circulation.
Lastly mu dan pi and tao ren will cool and invigorate the blood, break up stasis, and reduce the accumulated ovarian cysts.
Each case of PCOS will present itself differently.
It is important to seek the professional advise and service of certified Chinese herbalist.
Symptoms often appear as irregular menstrual periods, such as absent periods-typically secondary amenorrhea-more or less frequent cycles, and irregular range of very light to very heavy menses; the development of male sex characteristics may occur including decreased breast size, deepening of the voice, enlargement of the clitoris, increased body hair, thinning of the hair on the head.
Lastly skin changes are often reported, such as worsening acne, dark, thick skin markings and creases around the armpits, groin, neck, and breasts due to insulin sensitivity.
PCOS is a disease brought on by an imbalance of hormones.
Females have two primary hormones, estrogen and progesterone, which are major players in the menstrual cycle.
Females also have male hormones called androgens.
PCOS is a result of too much Androgen in their system.
This imbalance becomes chronic in women in the 20's and 30's resulting in the symptoms mentioned above.
If not treated, infertility is a possibility.
Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs can help manage PCOS by taking a drug free holistic perspective, which aims to bringing balance to the hormones.
A licensed acupuncturists views PCOS as either a deficiency in Kidney Yin, Yang or both.
The first and most likely the most common condition seen by practitioners is the deficiency in Kidney Yang.
This results in failure of the transformation of dampness and phlegm.
Symptoms of the deficiency in Kidney Yang include excess phlegm and dampness contributing to the formation of cysts.
Other common symptoms are liver qi and blood stasis.
Kidney yin deficiency is less common and is the result of chronic qi and blood stasis, resulting in failure of transformation of dampness and phlegm, causing the formation of cysts.
A common Chinese herbs used by practitioners to treat the most common case of PCOS, the Kidney Yang deficiency, is gui zhi fu ling wan.
Gui zhi fu ling wan translates into cinnamon twig and poria pill.
This formula combines gui zhi, fu ling, shao yao, mu dan pi, and tao ren.
Gui zhi is warming, unblocking vessels, promoting circulation, and reducing blood stasis.
Fu ling promotes downward circulation, nourishes the heart and spleen, and transforms phlegm into heat.
Shao yao, depending on which type, will reduces abdominal pain, relax spasms, and increase circulation.
Lastly mu dan pi and tao ren will cool and invigorate the blood, break up stasis, and reduce the accumulated ovarian cysts.
Each case of PCOS will present itself differently.
It is important to seek the professional advise and service of certified Chinese herbalist.
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