I am taking ginseng as a tonic and also tea, she made it herself so not sure what herbs exactly she mixed. I checked Shao Fu Zhu Yu Wan which seems quite good but unfortunatelly you cant take it with ginseng.
MalaMae, that's very interesting about your doctor. mine also asked me about my period but she did not explain that having periods with clots means stagnant blood in uterus. Do clots also mean that the uterus is not getting enough blood? What did your doctor recommend about clots? To be honest I thought clots were normal I have them every time for a day or two. Can you tell us what pills are you taking for each phase? is it something that they make themselves or you can buy it elsewhere? I am asking because they sold me various herbs in form of pills which are much cheaper if you buy them online.
Blythe, the doctor recommended these herbs for hubby's low sperm count
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I bought them for 40 pounds (she gave me 20% discount) but apparently you can get them for 30 pounds on line. She also wanted to prepare tea for him but I am quite sure he is not going to take it so did not want to waste 42 pounds a week on this. The doctor is in Uxbridge so quite a long way from me but I think it's worth it because my friend's family have been going to her for years and are quite happy with her treatments. She does not specialise in fertility though and also there is a language barrier for example It was quite tricky to explain to her what FSH is. She also suggested that I should take their herb tea but I still have some from my visit to a different Chinese doctor 6 months ago. I barely manage to force myself to drink it 2-3 times per cycle. I think acupuncture is the key really.
hello all of you fabolous ladies!
I'm 40 and ttc #2 for a year now. Currently on our first FIV cycle so I started doing accupuncture. I go to a clinic that specializes in fertility (they do nothing else). Though all of the visits add up (twice a week before egg extraction, before and after embryo transfer, etc etc. almost 1000$ now during our two month fiv cycle yikes!!) they do seem to know what they`re doing. They know all of the fertility lingo, ask the right questions etc. They cater each session to where you are in your cycle.
I went from huugue skeptic (i'm an engineer so very logical, fact based) so a huuuuge convert. I leave the sessions feeling soooo relaxed I can barely walk - I look drunk haha.
I'm also trying hard to follow the diet. Warm foods only. No tea at all, especially green tea (which I LOVED booo) which is considered a cold food. Only 'spicy' herbal teas. In fact she said no herbal tea at all is even better, only hot water with lemon, for the liver
There are 4 major researches on whether acupuncture helps with fertility. 2 say they do, one a little bit, the other a lot. 2 say they don`t. I`ve reviewed these and I find the samples are small and the improvements do seem a bit arbitrary. But we'll see, I'm crossing our fingers!
I'm so glad this thread was so high up in the ratings. I was just about to start researching this. Saw the gynacologist last week and he said that I have unexplained infertility as my hormone levels are fine, my tubes aren't blocked and I'm ovulating. My partner's sperm are fine also, no issues there. I've noticed a lack of fertile CM over the last few months but he didn't seem bothered by that. I do have polycystic ovaries but not the syndrome. He said it was nothing to worry about.
He's going to refer us for IVF but I was thinking maybe I should try acupuncture. Any tips for finding a good practitioner in London?
Thanks for the grapefruit juice & cough medicine tip. Do you take it only in the run up to ovulation or throughout the cycle?
I spoke with my old chinese doc and asked about blood clots and he asked how big - i said no larger than a 10pence piece and for first couple of days of cycle only - he said that is totally normal. I know the TCM diagnostics pay a lot of attention to a woman's cycle and secretions - i have lots of books on it so must check up about clotting and when its an issue.
I spoke with my old chinese doc and asked about blood clots and he asked how big - i said no larger than a 10pence piece and for first couple of days of cycle only - he said that is totally normal. I know the TCM diagnostics pay a lot of attention to a woman's cycle and secretions - i have lots of books on it so must check up about clotting and when its an issue.
I had my second acu session today and asked the doctor about clots, she said it means poor blood circulation but acu and herbs should help. from this week I decided to take chinese herbs instead of my vitamins.
I spoke with my old chinese doc and asked about blood clots and he asked how big - i said no larger than a 10pence piece and for first couple of days of cycle only - he said that is totally normal. I know the TCM diagnostics pay a lot of attention to a woman's cycle and secretions - i have lots of books on it so must check up about clotting and when its an issue.
I had my second acu session today and asked the doctor about clots, she said it means poor blood circulation but acu and herbs should help. from this week I decided to take chinese herbs instead of my vitamins.
Hi Briss - i have been having a look through my books on TCM and cycles and, more to the point, clotting! My understanding through conversations with TCM practitioners and through my own reading is that smallish bright red clots are a normal part of the cycle - sometimes i get them sometimes i don't (or at least don't notice them) - i think they are more of a concern if they are darker in colour or larger clots [obviously big caveat is that tcm diagnostics is unique to each person so the following may not apply for all girls with clotting - speak to a professional bla bla bla] - Dark Clots in menstrual blood - Ordinarily women don't worry about dark clots in their blood, but in oriental medicine, the clots are a sign that all is not well with the liver qi.....
maybe due to the following:
stagnant qi and blood - often due to nervous stress or emotional depression - may notice distended pain in chest and breasts, scanty blood with dark purple clots and an irregular cycle.
stagnant cold and damp - inhibits smooth flow of qi and blood causing blockage and pain - accompanying symptoms are a pale complexion, cold hands and feet, scanty flow with purple clots and a delayed cycle. caused by poor diet, excessive ingestion of cold/raw food and drinks or catching a chill when you are cold and wet during period. - hot water bottle at night - keep nice and warm - i have been told to keep feet in bowl of nice warm water in evening and use hot water bottle on belly - warming/easy to digest foods
stagnant liver qi and blood - can cause blood to sit and congeal rather than flow out freely and smoothly - dark clots result of stagnant liver qi that lead to liver blood stagnation - old blood that has been blocked and lying stagnant in the body will appear dark purple, or sometimes blackish with thick clots.
perhaps due to stagnant food in intestines due to overeating, stagnant blood due to trauma, long-term blood deficiency and dampness can all impede qis flow. - signs of qi congestion & liver stagnation are: feeling of fullness or discomfort in chest, belly or head, agitation, anger, frustration, depression, blood clots, pre-menstrual breast distention, irregular periods, and cramps at the beginning of the cycle {eeekks sounds pretty normal to me!)
advice is: warm the body with warming and nourishing foods - disperse stagnant liver qi and blood, tone and relax the liver, activate the qi. I know a lot of this stuff is done with needles and herbs but worth looking at self help stuff you can do. When i conceived my first i did qi gong - a little like tai chi. anyhow, just putting your hands over your liver and pretending its happy and smiling will help (sounds bonkers but i hope you get the idea).
I won't go on but there are other reasons such as weak spleen and one i have noticed to be a common thing here is kidney yang or jing deficiency - i think most of my treatments revolved around strengthening kidneys. I'm not so sure what they deal is if there is loads of blood and lots of larger bright red clots....
Blythe, Thank you! that's quite a research you have done there.
my clots can be rather dark and large I guess I have problems with liver qi (whatever it is) and of cause I have nervous stress (constantly at work) and emotional depression (due to LTTTC) but I had clots before from the very start as a teenager. I guess being stressed and depressed is just normal for me. Keeping my feet in bowl of hot water is my favourite thing! but somehow it does not seem to help with clots. I usually feel cold (hands and feet are always cold) and I find it difficult to drink cold drinks, hot herbal tea and soups are my usual.
cut down on raw fruits and veg, salads, citrus fruits quite hard as these are supposed to be healthy options, and GFJ is a must for EWCM.
eat whole grains I eat a lot of these
eliminate very spicy foods and heavy red meats easy, I do not like spicy and red meat is not my thing
no ice-cream, got it!
EPO does help with crams actually, since I started taking it I do not even remember having to take any pain killers during my period (which was a norm for me before)
what is dang gui? a herb? may be I already have it in my herb mix
I drink lots of nettles which is supposed to nourish, clean and build the blood. I tried wheatgrass and found it hard to swallow. spirulina and dandelion are actually on my list of thing to try.
cows blood? really?
I persevere with Chinese herbs twice a day and hopefully acu will make a difference on the clots front.
Blythe, Thank you! that's quite a research you have done there.
my clots can be rather dark and large I guess I have problems with liver qi (whatever it is) and of cause I have nervous stress (constantly at work) and emotional depression (due to LTTTC) but I had clots before from the very start as a teenager. I guess being stressed and depressed is just normal for me. Keeping my feet in bowl of hot water is my favourite thing! but somehow it does not seem to help with clots. I usually feel cold (hands and feet are always cold) and I find it difficult to drink cold drinks, hot herbal tea and soups are my usual.
cut down on raw fruits and veg, salads, citrus fruits quite hard as these are supposed to be healthy options, and GFJ is a must for EWCM.
eat whole grains I eat a lot of these
eliminate very spicy foods and heavy red meats easy, I do not like spicy and red meat is not my thing
no ice-cream, got it!
EPO does help with crams actually, since I started taking it I do not even remember having to take any pain killers during my period (which was a norm for me before)
what is dang gui? a herb? may be I already have it in my herb mix
I drink lots of nettles which is supposed to nourish, clean and build the blood. I tried wheatgrass and found it hard to swallow. spirulina and dandelion are actually on my list of thing to try.
cows blood? really?
I persevere with Chinese herbs twice a day and hopefully acu will make a difference on the clots front.