Author: Jill Blakeway
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Addressing Estrogen Dominance in Perimenopausal Women Using TCM
Categories: Research & ArticlesBy Jill Blakeway, MS, LAc “I have more perimenopausal patients with estrogen dominance than I used to and they worry me. How can Chinese medicine help with that?” This question came from a colleague of mine who is a gynecologist, oncologist and a surgeon. Her focus is preventing and treating cancers of the female reproductive organs…
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Using the Gall Bladder Divergent Channel to Calm an Irritated Vagus Nerve
Categories: Research & ArticlesKaty visited our center with a seemingly disparate collection of symptoms that were causing her distress. She described a pattern that was episodic in nature and involved abdominal bloating, belching, acid reflux, loose stools, shallow breathing, and palpitations. A cardiologist had ruled out serious heart disease and she’d been offered beta-blockers for what had been…