Five Things That You Can Do To Increase Your Fertility & Increase Your Chances of Conceiving

In my practice I love working with women and helping them with health issues like menstrual cycle problems, hormonal issues, emotional stress and menopause. But one issue that I find especially interesting is fertility. I had the honor and privilege of being taught and working with one of Denver’s top fertility experts at The Point Acupuncture Clinic. In my work there I found a love of women’s health and the beauty of our complicated systems. So I decided that I would share five tips that I have learned and that can make a big difference in your fertility and your chances of conceiving.

Questioning Your Birth Control- Why am I Using It & How Is it Making me Feel?

Obviously birth control is a huge topic and it can be discussed from many different angles. Today I really wanted to just pose a couple different questions. “Why am I using my particular method and how it is making me feel.” Which lends itself to, “Do I actually know how I feel without it.”

In my work with women’s heath I am seeing more and more young women who are exploring going off of birth control for the first time.

Building a Strong Foundation: Preconception Care for Individuals in Recovery from Addiction

The journey of recovery from addiction is a transformative experience laden with unique challenges and opportunities. As you navigate this path, consider preconception care a proactive step that can significantly impact your future and your potential family.

Postpartum Recovery Recipe Share

I wanted to do a recipe share along the postpartum recovery theme. I decided to go with two recipes this time. I feel like one may be a little out there for some because it uses pigs feet and then a second one that is perhaps a bit more accessible for those turned off by the feet, a chicken soup with a Chinese flare. The pig trotter soup is curtsey of The Woks of Life and the State of Return Chicken Soup is brought to you by Ancient Wisdom, Modern Kitchen.

Using traditional Moxibustion to help turn breech babies

Moxibustion has proven very effective for helping to turn a breech baby. Let’s walk through what breech means, what moxibustion is and why moxibustion is effective in getting babies into the optimal head-first position.

The Relationship Between Acupuncture And IVF-How The Two Can Support Your Fertility Journey

Acupuncture has been gaining recognition for its potential to provide support for individuals undergoing IVF (In Vitro Fertilization). Numerous studies have indicated that acupuncture could potentially increase the success rates of IVF procedures. Through fostering a state of relaxation and targeting fertility-related issues and then combining it with functional medicine knowledge and skill acupuncture presents itself as a valuable complement to the IVF process.

Thinking about the Fourth Trimester and its importance.

The fourth trimester, is often referred to as the postpartum period, is a crucial phase for mamas, papas, partners and the newborn as they transition and adapt to their new roles. This period, which spans from birth to three months of age, is marked by significant changes and challenges. Remembering the importance and safety of this time is so important.

Why Do Acupuncturist Feel Your Pulse On Both Sides?

Have you ever wondered why acupuncturist take your pulse on both sides? Or why it feels like they are playing a mini piano on your wrist when they are feel your pulse? It is because the pulse in Traditional Chinese Medicine and other East Asian practices is so much more then just rate and strength. It is a direct line of communication between what the Qi (energy) of your body is doing and how well it is traveling through your system.

The Wonderful Acu-nap! What is that?

Have you heard an acu-nap?

An acu-nap is the extra deep sleep you get in a short period of time during your acupuncture treatment.

Recipe share from Real Mushrooms

Time for a recipe share from Real Mushrooms. This post they will be sharing two golden milk recipes that use different mushrooms to enhance each. Once recipes is for the morning and one for the evening. Have a read and see what you think.

Using Acupuncture as a tool to stay well, not just a fix for problems

I wanted to talk about something that I think a lot of people forget or don’t even know about acupuncture, and that is how GREAT it is for keeping you well! Did you know that at the heart of traditional Chinese medicine is prevention?

“Maintaining order rather then correcting disorder is the ultimate principle of wisdom. To cure disease after it has appeared is like digging a well when one already feels thirsty, or forging weapons after the war has begun.” Nie Jing-2nd Century B.C.

How Many Treatments Will I need? & Using Acupuncture for Prevention

How many acupuncture treatments do you need?

This is such a great question and one that gets asked a lot. There really is not cut and dry answer to this question but there is a general formula that we can follow.

Discover The V-Steam. The Magic of Steam

So I am excited to announce that I have discovered the vaginal steam and now you have too!!

So ladies what is a vaginal steam? It is only the best thing to happen to the vagina since....well you can fill in the blank.

Mushrooms For Health Blog Series - Reishi

Reishi mushroom is known as Ling Zhi in Chinese medicine and is considered one of the powerhouses of the mushroom world.

The scientific name for Reishi is Ganoderma Lingzhi and contains many beneficial chemical constituents that in western medicine lends themselves to supporting heart, micro biome, Adrenals, and immune systems.

Cupping Therapy 101

Chinese medical saying, “Where there’s stagnation, there will be pain. Remove the stagnation, and you remove the pain.” In this case stagnation means “stuck” QI, blood, lymph, phlegm or essential fluids. When any of these substances is no longer free flowing the result is pain. So first and foremost the goal of cupping is to help remove this stagnation or obstruction.

Prebiotics VS Probiotics

Let's talk about probiotics vs prebiotic. How are they different and is one more important than the other?

Let's start with prebiotics. I feel as though prebiotics are probably the lesser known of the two. Probiotics have been talked a lot about in the media and probably by even mentioned by your doctor but prebiotics are just as important.

Auricular Acupuncture aka Ear Acupuncture-What's That Good For?

What exactly is ear acupuncture and what the heck is it good for?

The body never ceases to amaze and every day we continue to discover this in more and more detail. We also continue to reaffirm that the whole body is connected. We also confirming that in order to have the best healing outcomes we need to address the whole and not just the parts.

Improving Your Menstrual Cycle With Seed Cycling? Let's learn together

Most simply put seed cycling is incorporating different types of seeds into your diet at different phases of your menstrual cycle to support hormone heath and cycle health. As many of us know food is medicine and in this case different seeds support different hormones and thus the different phases of our cycles.

Autumn Recipe Share-Pan-Roasted Honey Carrots with Aromatic Spices

I wanted to do another recipe share. Its the first day of autumn and its time to start changing our diets so match the season. Todays recipe embraces the beauty of the autumn root veggies. This recipe comes from a wonderful book by Ellen Goldsmith and Maya Klein called Nutritional Healing with Chinese Medicine.

Acupuncture blog, nutritionSerena ShawSeptember 23, 2022Nourishing Energy AcupunctureTCM nutritionComment

Glycemic Index Vs Load

Most of us are familiar with the term Glycemic index but I am not sure if as many are familiar with the term Glycemic load. I had never heard this term myself until I came across it in some reading I was doing about the microbiome. So I thought that it was time for some research and sharing.