Acupuncture for Hormone Therapy
As a woman, we know that the state of our sexual health and changes in our periods can be a major indicator of public health and health problems.
A colleague at work recently saw her doctor, she was gaining weight, had irregular periods and was just feeling generally cumbersome and absent.
It turned out that she had an undiagnosed case of polycystic ovary syndrome (ECOS) that she was playing with her hormones, and significantly increased the amount of testosterone in her body.
As anyone knows about this condition, it can have significant effects on how you live your life, including fertility and reproductive health.
As well as generally messing with the body by destroying the delicate balance of hormones it needs to keep itself stable and healthy.
My friend said that the doctor had prescribed her metformin and hormone stabilizing tablets. Apparently, they were working, but they were not particularly happy with the idea of taking the pill for the rest of her life, so she was looking at other options.
How does the hormone affect the imbalance?
A woman's body requires two main hormones to work. Estrogen and progesterone. It is these hormones that control the genital cycle, menstrual cycle and fertility in women, as well as having significant effects on mood and overall health.
It is therefore logical that hormonal imbalances cause significant problems with the reproductive cycle of women, including irregular periods, menstrual problems, mood swings, weight gain, increased chances of osteoporosis, heart disease, and even breast cancer.
While there are multiple reasons that women can develop a malfunctioning hormone, such as stress, diet, or weight gain, two of the biggest factors are generally birth control pills and pre-menopause.
Hormone-based pills rely on high doses of estrogen to prevent ovulation, as well as progestin, the synthetic progesterone, into the thin lining of the uterus. Because of the way they work, hormonal pills contain doses of estrogen up to four times higher than would normally be present in a woman's body during her menstrual cycle.
Menopause also causes significant changes in the hormone cycle of women. As your ovaries age, they naturally release lower hormone levels of estrogen and progesterone, which cause significant changes in the body and can have significant negative effects on health and quality of life for years to come.
While there are many ways to treat this, including hormone replacement therapy and other hormone balancing drugs, there are a wealth of other options, including one that many people may overlook otherwise.
Acupuncture!
What is acupuncture?
Used in the East as a traditional remedy for centuries, acupuncture is an alternative treatment that has become widely accepted, to the point that many reputable and high-quality medical sources have begun to offer acupuncture treatment alongside more conventional medical treatments.
The same treatment involves the insertion of thin needles into the main points throughout the body, generally along nerve lines or around specific organs.
According to traditional understanding, the body is full of energy, generally called qi, or ki.
It is this energy that keeps us alive, and it is believed that inhibition of its flow throughout the body, especially through the main points, is what leads to illness and disease.
Under Eastern philosophy, needles used in acupuncture open the flow of energy at these points when they are blocked, balancing your life energy so that the body can heal itself naturally.
In the West, where research on acupuncture continues, the way it works is thought to be nervous in nature, but it is still not fully understood.
It is known that the introduction of acupuncture needles has specific effects on the body, causing nerve stimulation that releases muscle and even bypasses brain signals.
There are also measurable changes in body chemicals in patients undergoing treatment.
While it may not be fully understood, the benefits of acupuncture treatment are widely accepted ...
To the extent that it is regularly available as an alternative therapy from most medical practitioners, more research studies are completed every year in an effort to understand how acupuncture delivers all of its healing properties.
Acupuncture can balance our hormones?
When it comes to hormonal imbalance, studies are clear.
Women who received daily acupuncture sessions showed tremendous improvement in multiple areas, compared to the results demonstrated by women testing at the same time with prescription metformin pills.
Both groups showed significant improvement in male hormone levels in the blood, as well as dramatic changes in cholesterol levels, insulin markers and blood glucose.
Incredibly, the women who described acupuncture actually lost more weight and saw a much faster response when it comes to balancing menstrual cycles.
Furthermore, many other studies have shown that regular treatments of acupuncture can have health effects throughout the body, including the stability of fat-burning hormones produced by the kidneys and liver, as well as the production of happy hormones dopamine and serotonin in the brain.
As for my friend, I started the acupuncture course at the local health center. Within two weeks, she was dating herself old, and had nothing but good things to say about staff and treatment. According to her, she is not the only woman to treat her condition there, and the amount of people and diseases they saw was apparently amazing.
So if you have a hormonal issue and your doctor describes you as the path of the pill, always remember that as always you have other options. Acupuncture is available throughout the country, so just search for your nearest doctor and book yourself a short course.
The results may just surprise you!
A colleague at work recently saw her doctor, she was gaining weight, had irregular periods and was just feeling generally cumbersome and absent.
It turned out that she had an undiagnosed case of polycystic ovary syndrome (ECOS) that she was playing with her hormones, and significantly increased the amount of testosterone in her body.
As anyone knows about this condition, it can have significant effects on how you live your life, including fertility and reproductive health.
As well as generally messing with the body by destroying the delicate balance of hormones it needs to keep itself stable and healthy.
My friend said that the doctor had prescribed her metformin and hormone stabilizing tablets. Apparently, they were working, but they were not particularly happy with the idea of taking the pill for the rest of her life, so she was looking at other options.
How does the hormone affect the imbalance?
A woman's body requires two main hormones to work. Estrogen and progesterone. It is these hormones that control the genital cycle, menstrual cycle and fertility in women, as well as having significant effects on mood and overall health.
It is therefore logical that hormonal imbalances cause significant problems with the reproductive cycle of women, including irregular periods, menstrual problems, mood swings, weight gain, increased chances of osteoporosis, heart disease, and even breast cancer.
While there are multiple reasons that women can develop a malfunctioning hormone, such as stress, diet, or weight gain, two of the biggest factors are generally birth control pills and pre-menopause.
Hormone-based pills rely on high doses of estrogen to prevent ovulation, as well as progestin, the synthetic progesterone, into the thin lining of the uterus. Because of the way they work, hormonal pills contain doses of estrogen up to four times higher than would normally be present in a woman's body during her menstrual cycle.
Menopause also causes significant changes in the hormone cycle of women. As your ovaries age, they naturally release lower hormone levels of estrogen and progesterone, which cause significant changes in the body and can have significant negative effects on health and quality of life for years to come.
While there are many ways to treat this, including hormone replacement therapy and other hormone balancing drugs, there are a wealth of other options, including one that many people may overlook otherwise.
Acupuncture!
What is acupuncture?
Used in the East as a traditional remedy for centuries, acupuncture is an alternative treatment that has become widely accepted, to the point that many reputable and high-quality medical sources have begun to offer acupuncture treatment alongside more conventional medical treatments.
The same treatment involves the insertion of thin needles into the main points throughout the body, generally along nerve lines or around specific organs.
According to traditional understanding, the body is full of energy, generally called qi, or ki.
It is this energy that keeps us alive, and it is believed that inhibition of its flow throughout the body, especially through the main points, is what leads to illness and disease.
Under Eastern philosophy, needles used in acupuncture open the flow of energy at these points when they are blocked, balancing your life energy so that the body can heal itself naturally.
In the West, where research on acupuncture continues, the way it works is thought to be nervous in nature, but it is still not fully understood.
It is known that the introduction of acupuncture needles has specific effects on the body, causing nerve stimulation that releases muscle and even bypasses brain signals.
There are also measurable changes in body chemicals in patients undergoing treatment.
While it may not be fully understood, the benefits of acupuncture treatment are widely accepted ...
To the extent that it is regularly available as an alternative therapy from most medical practitioners, more research studies are completed every year in an effort to understand how acupuncture delivers all of its healing properties.
Acupuncture can balance our hormones?
When it comes to hormonal imbalance, studies are clear.
Women who received daily acupuncture sessions showed tremendous improvement in multiple areas, compared to the results demonstrated by women testing at the same time with prescription metformin pills.
Both groups showed significant improvement in male hormone levels in the blood, as well as dramatic changes in cholesterol levels, insulin markers and blood glucose.
Incredibly, the women who described acupuncture actually lost more weight and saw a much faster response when it comes to balancing menstrual cycles.
Furthermore, many other studies have shown that regular treatments of acupuncture can have health effects throughout the body, including the stability of fat-burning hormones produced by the kidneys and liver, as well as the production of happy hormones dopamine and serotonin in the brain.
As for my friend, I started the acupuncture course at the local health center. Within two weeks, she was dating herself old, and had nothing but good things to say about staff and treatment. According to her, she is not the only woman to treat her condition there, and the amount of people and diseases they saw was apparently amazing.
So if you have a hormonal issue and your doctor describes you as the path of the pill, always remember that as always you have other options. Acupuncture is available throughout the country, so just search for your nearest doctor and book yourself a short course.
The results may just surprise you!
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