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Evidence-based articles on traditional Chinese medicine, fertility, hormones, and women's health — written from over 25 years of clinical practice by Dr (TCM) Attilio D'Alberto.
How to Remove Menstrual Clots
What causes blood clots during your period and how TCM and Chinese herbal medicine can resolve them.
Types of Hormone Imbalance
The main hormonal imbalances affecting women and how Chinese medicine identifies and treats them.
What Is a Chemical Pregnancy?
Explaining chemical pregnancy — causes, symptoms and how TCM can support recovery and future conception.
How to Naturally Induce a Period
Safe, natural ways to encourage a late or absent period, including acupuncture and herbal medicine.
Health Benefits of Ginkgo Biloba
How Ginkgo Biloba (Yin Guo Ye) improves circulation, cognitive function and supports fertility.
Dandelion Root Benefits
The TCM and evidence-based benefits of dandelion root (Pu Gong Ying) for liver health and more.
How Long Does It Take to Get Pregnant?
What the research says about conception timelines and when to seek help if it's taking longer.
Breast Pain During Menopause
Why breast tenderness occurs during perimenopause and menopause, and TCM approaches to relief.
CoQ10 for Fertility
The research on Coenzyme Q10 for improving egg quality and sperm function ahead of conception or IVF.
Puffy Face in the Morning
Why you wake up with facial puffiness and what TCM says about fluid metabolism and dampness.
DPO in Pregnancy — What It Means
What days past ovulation (DPO) means, what symptoms to expect and when to take a pregnancy test.
When Your Period Won't Stop
Causes of prolonged or persistent menstrual bleeding and how Chinese herbal medicine can help.
Period Flu — Why You Feel Ill Before Your Period
The flu-like symptoms some women experience before menstruation and their TCM explanation.
Natural Antidepressant Herbs
Herbs used in Chinese medicine to lift mood, reduce anxiety and support emotional wellbeing.
How to Thicken the Uterine Lining
Why a thin endometrium affects implantation and how acupuncture and Chinese herbs can help.
How to Flush Out Excess Oestrogen
Signs of oestrogen dominance and natural TCM strategies to rebalance hormone levels.
Siberian Ginseng (Eleuthero) Benefits
How Siberian Ginseng (Ci Wu Jia) strengthens the body's response to stress and supports energy.
Natural Hormone Imbalance Treatment
How TCM diagnoses and treats hormonal imbalance in women through acupuncture and Chinese herbs.
Endometriosis vs PCOS — What's the Difference?
A clear comparison of two common conditions and how Chinese medicine approaches each one.
Can You Get Pregnant During Perimenopause?
Fertility during the perimenopausal years — what's still possible and how TCM can support conception.
Spirulina Benefits
The evidence-based health benefits of spirulina and its role as a blood and yin tonic in Chinese medicine.
Best Remedy for Dry Cough
Why a dry cough persists and how Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture address the root pattern.
Benefits of Cupping Therapy
How cupping therapy relieves pain, aids recovery, and supports respiratory and digestive health.
Medicinal Mushrooms Benefits
Reishi, lion's mane, cordyceps and more — the evidence-based benefits of medicinal mushrooms in TCM.
Acupressure Points for Sinus Relief
The most effective acupressure points for sinus congestion, pressure, and allergic rhinitis.
How to Increase Chances of Having Twins
What factors genuinely influence the likelihood of twins and an honest assessment of the evidence.
Thyroid Health Supplements
The best evidence-based supplements for thyroid health and the TCM approach to thyroid dysfunction.
Headaches During Your Period
Why menstrual headaches occur and how acupuncture and Chinese herbs treat the underlying TCM patterns.
Jujube Seed (Suan Zao Ren) Benefits
The benefits of jujube seed — one of the most important Chinese herbs for sleep and anxiety.
Mugwort (Ai Ye) Benefits
How mugwort is used in moxibustion and as a herbal medicine for women's health and uterine warmth.
Waking Up at the Same Time Every Night
What the Chinese medicine organ clock reveals about the pattern behind your consistent night waking.
Natural HRT Alternative
Evidence-based natural alternatives to HRT for menopausal symptoms using acupuncture and Chinese herbs.
What to Eat During Your Period
The best foods to eat during menstruation according to Chinese food therapy and nutritional evidence.
Stress Belly Fat
Why chronic stress causes abdominal weight gain and the TCM approach to reducing it.
How to Increase Sperm Volume
What affects semen volume and how Chinese herbal medicine and lifestyle changes can improve it.
How to Boost Male Fertility
How to improve male fertility naturally through acupuncture, Chinese herbs, supplements and lifestyle.
How to Improve Blood Circulation Naturally
Natural ways to improve circulation using acupuncture, Chinese blood-moving herbs, and supplements.
How to Improve Egg Quality for IVF
How to optimise egg quality ahead of IVF with acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and supplements.
Water Retention Before Your Period
Why premenstrual bloating and swelling occur and how TCM addresses the underlying patterns.
Period Cravings
The hormonal and TCM reasons behind premenstrual food cravings and how to manage them effectively.
How to Improve Sperm Morphology
What sperm morphology means, why it matters, and how Chinese herbal medicine and supplements can improve it.
Vitamins and Supplements to Help You Get Pregnant
A clear, evidence-based guide to the best fertility supplements for women and men.
Post-Pill Amenorrhoea
Why periods may be slow to return after stopping the pill and how TCM can restore the cycle.
Types of PCOS
The different PCOS phenotypes, what drives each one, and how Chinese medicine approaches them differently.
Natural Iron Supplements and Food Sources
The best natural sources of iron and how Chinese herbal medicine treats blood deficiency at its root.
Late Ovulation and Pregnancy
What late ovulation means for fertility, cycle interpretation, and how TCM can regulate timing.
Natural PMDD Treatment
How acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine treat the severe premenstrual emotional symptoms of PMDD.
How to Shrink Ovarian Cysts Naturally
The TCM approach to ovarian cysts — blood stasis, phlegm-dampness, and evidence-based herbal treatment.
Schisandra Berry (Wu Wei Zi) Benefits
How schisandra berry tonifies kidney and lung qi, protects the liver, and supports cognitive function.
How to Improve and Manage Ovarian Reserve
How to optimise egg quality and support ovarian function when AMH is low or ovarian reserve is diminished.
Chinese Medicine for Eczema
How acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine treat eczema patterns — wind-heat, damp-heat, and blood deficiency.
Low Progesterone and Fertility
How low progesterone affects implantation and early pregnancy, and how TCM naturally supports the luteal phase.
Chinese Medicine for Hay Fever
How acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine strengthen wei qi and reduce hay fever symptoms at the root.
Adrenal Fatigue — Natural Treatment
The TCM approach to burnout and adrenal fatigue — kidney yang deficiency, adaptogenic herbs, and recovery.
Yang Deficiency in Chinese Medicine
What yang deficiency means, its symptoms across organ systems, and how moxibustion and herbs restore warmth.
Chinese Medicine for Weight Loss
How TCM addresses the spleen deficiency and phlegm-dampness patterns that make weight loss difficult.
Chinese Medicine for a Light Period
What causes a scanty period and how blood-nourishing herbs and acupuncture restore a healthy menstrual flow.
Natural Remedies for PCOS
The most effective natural PCOS treatments — acupuncture, Chinese herbs, inositol, diet, and exercise.
Getting Pregnant After the Depo Injection
How long fertility takes to return after Depo-Provera and how TCM can accelerate cycle restoration.
Exercises for Endometriosis
The best types of movement for endometriosis pain, what to avoid, and the TCM view on exercise and blood stasis.
Low AMH — What It Means and What You Can Do
What a low AMH result really means for fertility and how TCM nourishes kidney jing to optimise egg quality.
Natural Supplements for PMS
The best evidence-based supplements for PMS — magnesium, B6, calcium, and vitex — with the TCM context.
How to Improve Fertility Naturally Over 40
How to optimise egg quality, supplement intelligently, and use TCM to support fertility after 40.
Menopause Sleep Problems — Natural Remedies
Why menopause disrupts sleep and how acupuncture and Chinese herbs restore restful nights.
Astragalus (Huang Qi) Benefits
How astragalus root tonifies qi, strengthens wei qi, modulates immunity, and supports fertility.
Facial Acupuncture — Benefits and What to Expect
How facial acupuncture stimulates collagen, improves circulation, and addresses constitutional skin patterns.
Yin Deficiency in Chinese Medicine
Symptoms, causes, and treatment of yin deficiency — the pattern behind night sweats, dryness, and restlessness.
Uncontrollable Crying During Your Period
Why intense emotional distress before or during periods occurs and how TCM addresses liver blood deficiency.
Natural Remedies for PMS
The most effective natural remedies for PMS including acupuncture, Xiao Yao San, magnesium, and exercise.
Coming Off the Pill to Get Pregnant
What to expect when stopping the pill, when to seek help, and how TCM prepares the body for conception.
How to Improve Cervical Mucus
Why cervical mucus matters for fertility, what causes poor quality, and how kidney yin tonics can help.
Chinese Herbs for Kidney Health
The most important kidney yin and yang herbs — Shu Di Huang, Tu Si Zi, Yin Yang Huo, and more.
Short Follicular Phase and Fertility
What a short follicular phase means for egg quality and how kidney yin tonics support follicular development.
When to Have Acupuncture for Fertility
The optimal timing for fertility acupuncture across the cycle and during IVF for the best outcomes.
How to Prevent Miscarriage with PCOS
Why PCOS raises miscarriage risk and how TCM treatment and lifestyle changes can reduce it.
Endo Belly — What It Is and How to Reduce It
The causes of severe endometriosis-related bloating and how TCM, diet, and acupuncture can help.
Blood Building Herbs in Chinese Medicine
The most important blood-nourishing herbs — Dang Gui, Shu Di Huang, Bai Shao — and their clinical uses.
Dong Quai (Dang Gui) for Hormone Balance
How dong quai regulates menstruation, nourishes blood, and what its phytoestrogenic activity really means.
Chinese Herbs for Fertility
The most important Chinese fertility herbs for women and men, and the formulas in which they are prescribed.
Acupuncture for Insomnia
How acupuncture treats the TCM patterns behind insomnia — heart blood deficiency, kidney yin deficiency, and more.
Chinese Medicine for Endometriosis
How acupuncture and Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan treat endometriosis by resolving blood stasis and reducing inflammation.
Getting Pregnant with Endometriosis Naturally
How to optimise natural fertility with endometriosis through pre-conception TCM treatment.
Natural Treatment for Allergic Rhinitis
Acupuncture and Chinese herbs for year-round allergic rhinitis — strengthening wei qi at the root.
Acupuncture for Morning Sickness
How acupressure at PC 6 and acupuncture safely relieve nausea and vomiting in pregnancy.
Chinese Medicine for Cold and Flu
How TCM distinguishes wind-cold from wind-heat and applies the right formula for each.
Chinese Medicine for Heavy Periods
TCM patterns behind menorrhagia and the herbal formulas and acupuncture that treat each one.
Acupuncture for Low hCG in Early Pregnancy
How TCM supports early pregnancy with kidney yang tonics and foetus-stabilising herbs.
Atractylodes (Bai Zhu) Benefits
The spleen qi-tonifying and dampness-drying actions of Bai Zhu across digestive, immune, and reproductive health.
Chinese Medicine for Acid Reflux
How TCM harmonises stomach qi and descends rebellious qi to resolve GERD at its root.
Prolactin and Fertility
How elevated prolactin disrupts ovulation and why liver qi stagnation is the TCM root cause.
Treatment for Irregular Periods
The TCM patterns behind cycle irregularity and how phase-specific herbal treatment restores regularity.
Vitamin B12 for Fertility
Why B12 matters for egg quality, implantation, and sperm DNA — and who is most at risk of deficiency.
Chinese Medicine for Constipation
TCM patterns behind constipation and the classical formulas that restore normal bowel function.
Chinese Medicine for Hair Loss
How kidney jing deficiency, blood deficiency, and liver qi stagnation manifest as hair thinning and loss.
Chinese Medicine for IBS
How Tong Xie Yao Fang and acupuncture treat the liver-spleen disharmony pattern at the root of IBS.
Bupleurum (Chai Hu) Benefits
How bupleurum relieves liver qi stagnation, lifts mood, and supports hormonal clearance and liver health.
How to Boost Libido Naturally
The TCM patterns behind low libido and how kidney yang tonics and liver herbs restore sexual vitality.
Acupuncture for Period Pain
How acupuncture removes blood stasis and cold from the uterus to relieve dysmenorrhoea.
Chinese Medicine for Migraines
Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin and acupuncture for liver yang rising migraines — the evidence and treatment.
Acupuncture for Hot Flushes
How acupuncture nourishes kidney yin and anchors yang to reduce hot flushes and night sweats.
Azoospermia Treatment
When Chinese medicine can help with azoospermia, and where kidney jing tonification offers the best hope.
Bleeding Between Periods
Causes of intermenstrual spotting and the TCM patterns — kidney yin deficiency, blood stasis, blood heat.
How to Lower Blood Sugar Naturally
TCM herbs including berberine, astragalus, and acupuncture for blood sugar regulation and insulin resistance.
Getting Pregnant After 30 Naturally
What actually changes after 30, and how TCM supports conception through the early to mid-thirties.
How Can I Get Pregnant with PCOS?
How acupuncture stimulates ovulation in PCOS and what dietary and herbal measures support natural conception.
How to Improve Blood Flow to the Uterus
How acupuncture improves uterine artery blood flow for better implantation and reduced miscarriage risk.
Chinese Herbs for Cognitive Function
Yuan Zhi, Suan Zao Ren, ginseng, and schisandra for memory, concentration, and brain fog.
How to Ovulate with PCOS
Electro-acupuncture, kidney yang herbs, and inositol for restoring regular ovulation in PCOS.
Natural Treatment for Frequent Urination
Kidney yang deficiency as the TCM root of nocturia and the formulas that restore bladder control.
How to Warm the Uterus
Cold in the uterus — symptoms, moxibustion, Wen Jing Tang, and lifestyle advice to restore uterine warmth.
Getting Pregnant with a Blocked Fallopian Tube
How Chinese herbal medicine addresses tubal obstruction and supports natural conception.
Headaches That Don't Respond to Painkillers
Why some headaches resist conventional analgesia and how TCM treats the root patterns.
Natural Supplements for Prostate Health
Saw palmetto, beta-sitosterol, zinc, and the TCM approach to BPH and lower urinary symptoms.
What Does the Liver Do to Hormones?
The liver's central role in oestrogen clearance and why liver qi stagnation underlies hormonal imbalance.
Acupuncture for Oedema
How acupuncture and Wu Ling San treat fluid retention by strengthening kidney and spleen function.
Chinese Medicine for Hiatal Hernia
How Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang and acupuncture descend rebellious stomach qi to relieve hiatal hernia symptoms.
How to Lose Hormonal Weight Gain
The hormonal drivers of stubborn weight gain and the TCM patterns that need addressing to shift it.
Moxibustion for Water Retention
How moxibustion at CV 4, SP 9, and BL 23 warms yang and drains dampness to resolve oedema.
Jia Wei Xiao Yao San Benefits
The modified Free and Easy Wanderer — the key formula for liver heat, severe PMS, and hormonal imbalance.
Moxibustion for Breech Baby
How moxibustion at BL 67 turns breech babies — the evidence, timing, and self-treatment technique.
What to Expect from Acupuncture
What happens during a session, how many sessions are needed, and what results to realistically expect.
Yin Qiao San Benefits
The classical wind-heat formula — when to use it, what it contains, and the research behind its antiviral action.
Sciatica Pain Relief in Pregnancy
Safe acupuncture treatment for pregnancy-related sciatica and pelvic girdle pain.
Women's Intimate Health — A TCM Perspective
TCM patterns behind vaginal dryness, discharge, and recurrent infections and how Chinese medicine treats them.
Chinese Herbs to Boost Mood and Energy
Suan Zao Ren, Chai Hu, ginseng, and astragalus — the key herbs for lifting mood and restoring energy.
