Traditional Chinese Medicine Centre

Happy Chinese New Year!

lin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:49:13 +0000

23^rd January 2012 is Chinese New Year Day. We wish you all the happiness and health in the year of dragon.

Traditional Chinese medicine makes fertility treatments more effective

lin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:25:58 +0000

Traditional Chinese medicine has long been used to ease pain, treat disease, boost fertility, and prevent miscarriage. Known in the Western medical community by its acronym TCM, these traditional remedies include herbal preparations and acupuncture. Now Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered that a combination of TCM therapy and intrauterine insemination (IUI) is a winning solution for hopeful mommies who are having trouble conceiving.

In the first study that measures the effectiveness of both herbs and acupuncture in combination with IUI infertility treatment, Dr. Shahar Lev-Ari and Keren Sela of TAU’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Tel Aviv Medical Center say that the results, which have been published in the Journal of Integrative Medicine, show a significant increase in fertility when the therapies are administered side-by-side.

When combining IUI with TCM treatments, 65.5 percent of the test group were able to conceive, compared with 39.4 percent of the control group, who received no herbal or acupuncture therapy. The method is as “close to nature” as possible and can be used by women employing sperm donors, or after a partner’s sperm is centrifuged to enhance its motility in the uterus.

This study has also been reported by Daily Mail.

A Testimonial for Crohn’s Disease

lin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:25:49 +0000

I suffer from Crohn’s disease and in January 2010 underwent an operation to remove a severely diseased section of my small intestine. Although I was on a daily prescription of Western medicine, 12 months later I began to suffer moderate symptoms again, which worsened over the following 6 months. A camera investigation highlighted a large number of ulcers inside my small intestine and I was advised to begin taking a stronger drug with potentially severe side-effects. After continual, yet unsuccessful experimentation with my diet, plus regular visits to the hospital for blood tests and check-ups, I was extremely disheartened to be in this position. It was at this time that I felt a different approach to treatment might help and I booked a consultation with Lin to discuss possible traditional Chinese treatments. Lin was very positive and her thorough explanations made it clear that this, rather than stronger Western medicine, was the treatment I wanted to pursue. I have been having acupuncture on a weekly basis, whilst also taking herbal medicine, for 4-5 months and I feel much more able to live with Crohn’s disease. Initially, Lin managed to increase my energy levels, which continue to be strong. She has also been able to reduce the number of daily visits I make to the toilet from 5-6, to 1-2. For obvious reasons, this has made both my working and social life less stressful! Lin has also increased my understanding of myself and Crohn’s disease by providing me with information which has allowed me to manage my diet so that I can reduce any daily symptoms. In all, Lin has made me feel confident that I am the boss of the disease, rather than the disease being the boss of me.

Jonny

school teacher

Didsbury

Pregnant at last!

lin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:48:28 +0000

Sharon (32y, Stockport) came for acupuncture to assist her IVF.

The reason for IVF is that she has no period and her husband has low sperm motility and some chromosome defect. They have had several IVF attempts since 2008. There were two positive pregnancy tests. However, scan showed no heartbeat around eight weeks.

I saw her right after her last IVF attempt which ended with no heartbeat again at the same stage. Considering her history, apart from normal treatment for IVF, I put more emphasis on Kidney aspect. Amenorrhea (absent periods) is Kidney-related; while recurrent miscarriage is an even stronger signal of Kidney deficiency. Therefore, I gave her ear press on Kidney point during the intervals of acupuncture to reinforce the Kidney plus ear Shen Men to calm the mind. Once her pregnancy test was positive, I offered her treatment to prevent the miscarriage. Still, Kidney was a big part of this stage.

Good news – she is 20 weeks pregnant now!

Read her testimonial

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Acupuncture, IVF, Miscarriage: Sharon’s Testimonial

lin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:30:16 +0000

After several unsuccessful attempts at IVF my husband and I decided to look into acupuncture to assist the IVF procedure, I was a little bit skeptical but went into the treatment with an open mind. We were amazed with the outcome of our next IVF cycle as my body produced considerably more mature eggs and a much higher number fertilised. We went on to have a positive pregnancy test in which Lin gave me weekly treatment support to help reduce the chances of miscarrying up to the 12th week. Lin looked at my individual case and past history in detail to achieve the best possible treatment plan for me. I am very grateful to Lin for my positive outcome.

Sharon

Stockport