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Need to regulate your hormones?

For most women these days, Estrogen Dominance is a very pressing reality.

The amount of plastics we use, the polluted air we breathe and even the high content of soy in our diets (read your food labels)contribute to higher levels of estrogen production.

As a result, there's a good chance that you may have issues with Estrogen Dominance.

So what does that mean?

Well, it could vary - depending on how severe your hormone balance has been thrown off.

On the more moderate side of estrogen dominance you could experience problems like
PMS
Irritability
Fatigue
Acceleration of the Aging Process
Allergies

More disconcerting, you may also experience:

Migraines
PCOS
Uterine Fibroids
Breast Cancer
Infertility
Endometriosis


While this all sounds pretty grave, there's no reason to reach for that progesterone cream or spend oodles of bucks getting scopes and surgeries.

You CAN get acupuncture and actually balance this hormonal issue out.

I'm serious. It happens all the time with patients in my clinic. They come in, make themselves feel good and less stressed out with some acupuncture and end up with balanced hormones in the process!

And this could be you too! Give it a try.

Acupuncture Regulates Pain!

The University of Michigan is pretty cool. It's in Ann Arbor, a fun town, and it's got some great school spirit and character. But it's become even cooler in my eyes because of a recent study that they published about acupuncture.

These guys used brain imaging to prove that acupuncture actually causes the brain to regulate pain more efficiently.

Check out the link below to read more:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/160334.php

Nausea and Vomitting Anyone?

During the first year of my master's degree for Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese medicine, one of my teachers would always tell us:

"When you get out into the world and you're treating your first few patients, don't worry... even if you have trouble fixing their problem, your patients will always come off the table with improved digestion."

This advice has stuck with me through the years. Fortunately, most of my patients find success and wellness... but whenever someone comes in with a digestive issue I always know that they've finally come to the right health care provider.

IBS, constipation, GERD, nausea and vomitting can all be treated with acupuncture.

In fact, here's a few articles for you to "digest":

for post surgery nausea and vomitting:

http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=93046

for Crohn's disease:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15114043?ordinalpos=8&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum


for dry mouth/ xerostomia from Radiation treatment:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15114043?ordinalpos=8&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

for GERD/ acid reflux:

http://www.reflux.org/reflux/webdoc01.nsf/(vwWebPage)/ElectricalAcupuncture.htm?OpenDocument

and

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15114043?ordinalpos=8&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum