Also, a TCM therapist can use acupuncture and herbs for improving the regularity of the menstruation,helping against the pain and making the whole period smoothly. I used to help several teenagers whose period wouldn't come for months, causing pains, irritation and lack of concentration at school.
At the moment, quite many of my patients are ladies who suffered from the menopause and: slept badly, were tensed, unhappy, had hot flushes and much sweating all the time. Sometimes they dould take artificial hormones but even this didn't help them properly. Several sessions of acupucnture and visceral massage, with a support of the Chinese herbs, can do miracles for such patients.
Another theme coming quite often is that of the female sexuality, in other words: lack of libido, lack of sexual energy. Does it have any connection to the female health?
Some women have quite a low level of estrogen in their blood from the very beginning of their life as women. They found themselves lucky when they are heavy pregnant or breast-feeding: then they have a legitimate reason not wish any sex with their partners. Otherwise, they have to either accept the invitation without any own interest in it, either have quarrels at home. There is always a third option: the husband finds somebody else for sharing his passion. In this case, a family can live a long life... without sex at all.
Some women lose their interest in sex after having children, as a result of a working pressure or a sickness. And one of the most sadly known reasons sounds as follows: 'You are bad, you did bad, you've hurt me, I have to punish you... no sex for a week, a month, two months...'
Women think that they punish their partners, but they punish themselves. Because the sexual energy stops flowing after such 'games'. First a woman can be totally into her kids, her house, her business... And then, she can notice that her period gets very heavy, doesn't come regularly, is more painful... One day she goes to the doctor and hears that she has something not so nice in her womb or tubes... She needs an operation. And then... her urge in sex is completely gone: so much pain, fears, and she is still hurt: it was her partner who has caused all of this. Even if she doesn't say it loudly, unconsciously she can blame him.
Why do I write this? Because I know that emotional problems very much can influence the female sexuality and then - female health.
Once I read a book about some tribe in the Far-East of Russia. A shaman wwas singing a song:
' First the woman's breast is needed for a lover to play with,
after that, it is needed for nursing a child,
an older lady doesn't need a breast...'
Right now, I thnik: how cruel are these words. And how we schould pay attention to this idea: if a woman decides that 'she doesn't need her breast for a lover to play with' - because she is a little bit older and her children are big... then,. she can loose it. And her womb, too: I know many women who did.
We always have a choice: to be a woman, before all another roles, or just to sink into the social roles and don't enjoy our sacral sexuality. As a matter of fact, TCM can increase your hormonal level and even help you to express your sexuality much better. But the problems in your head an be only solved by yourself. If you want it back, ther is (almost) always the way!
