by Bob Flaws Recently I was asked to teach a class on gynecology at an American CM school. As a guest lecturer, I asked what the students wanted me to talk about. Many of the students wanted me to talk about uterine myomas (a.k.a. fibroids). This is understandable since 20% of women over 35 and [...]
abstracted & translated by Bob Flaws, L.Ac. Keywords: Chinese medicine, Chinese herbal medicine, gynecology, perimenopausal depression, Xiao Yao San In Shi Yong Zhong Yi Nei Ke Za Zhi (Journal of Practical Chinese Medicine Internal Medicine), #12, 2009, p. 57-58, Dong Feng published an article titled, “The Treatment of 45 Cases of Climacteric Depression with Modified [...]
by Bob Flaws In Chinese medicine, there are only three basic causes of any and all uterine bleeding other than due to traumatic injury. These three are qi vacuity failing to manage or contain the blood, evil heat causing the blood to move frenetically outside its vessels, and blood stasis forcing the blood outside of [...]
by Eric Brand Xue Jie (Daemonoropis Resina) is a fascinating substance. Also known as Dragon’s Blood, Xue Jie has been used for hundreds of years in many different cultural contexts. Xue Jie is a tree resin that has been used as a medicine, incense, and dye since ancient times. It was recorded in Greece by [...]
Promoting Ovulation with Acupuncture abstracted & translated by Honora Lee Wolfe, Lic. Ac., FNAAOM (USA) Keywords: Chinese medicine, acupuncture, gynecology, infertility, anovulation, promoting ovulation On page 257 of issue #6, 2004 of the Zhe Jiang Zhong Yi Za Zhi (Zhejiang Journal of Chinese Medicine), Zhang Hong et al. published an article titled, “Observations on [...]
Menopausal Syndrome & Acupuncture abstracted & translated by Honora Lee Wolfe, Lic. Ac., FNAAOM (USA) Keywords: Chinese medicine, acupuncture, ear acupuncture, gynecology, psychiatry, menopausal syndrome On pages 42-43 of issue #7, 2004 of Jiang Su Zhong Yi Yao (Jiangsu Chinese Medicine & Medicinals), Tang Bi-yi published an article titled, “A Clinical Audit of 47 [...]