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When it comes to women’s fertility, testosterone might not be the first hormone that comes to mind, but it plays a powerful role in egg quality and ovulation. Together with sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), testosterone helps create the right environment for healthy cycles. Too much or too little can throw things off, but the good news is that lifestyle habits can naturally bring these hormones back into balance.
Acupuncture can help reduce hot flashes and night sweats, improve sleep quality, ease bloating and pelvic discomfort, relieve headaches, support emotional well-being, and improve blood flow to the uterus and ovaries!
To better understand our hormones and menstrual cycle, we first need to discuss what an ideal cycle looks like, as this provides valuable insight into reproductive health and fertility.
It’s a question that I get asked on a weekly basis - “What days should we be trying on?” A recent study from Yale University researchers found that about 60 percent of women thought that they were most fertile in the two days after ovulation. Unfortunately, those women were wrong. So, as it turns out, there’s also a lot of misinformation about when women are at their fertile peak.
Women are most fertile during a 6 day window that ends the day after ovulation. Outside that relatively short window, your chances of falling pregnant are generally lower than 5%.
I frequently hear from patients that they are hesitant about taking Chinese herbal formulas, and/or don't understand the benefit of them. Many more people are on board these days with receiving acupuncture treatments, but Chinese herbal medicine is still underutilized in reproductive health. So lets discuss some of the benefits and the safety regarding Chinese herbal formulas.
Why take them?
First of all, the herbs help us, the acupuncturists, make progress faster. We make progress at each treatment towards correcting your diagnosis and improving your overall health, and preparing you for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) if you are going that route. But your using the Chinese herbal formulas consistently allows us to continue making this progress between appointments. So taking your herbs: