In the last 2 weeks, I repeatedly heard both at my clinic and by those around me, complaints of emotional heaviness and a feeling that personal boundaries are changing and breaking. Autumn can have that effect on us, so my recommendation is to sit quietly in the park and watch the leaves falling on the ground. From the peak of the summer's warmth and activity (YANG) almost at once, everything becomes calm and serene (YIN). I embrace this stage where the change is felt, just a

Jessica¹, a pregnant woman in her 30’s came to my clinic this summer. she had always suffered from pain during sexual intercourse, yet the first time she heard the word “Vulvodynia” was in her mid-pregnancy from her doula. It was the first time after years of bad sexual experiences, unable to understand her girlfriend’s stories of pleasure, whose advice and attempts to help didn’t work for her pain. During those years Jessica saw many gynecologists for routine examinations th

This post is for Chinese medicine practitioners. If you are a woman living with vulvodynia, you can read more about how I work with patients [here]. The first part of the article discussed the ethical and legal aspects in using the points Huiyin Ren-1 and Changqiang Du-1 suggesting the classical texts to be re-examined from a modern point of view and expressing the significance of understanding the potential to harm our patients and the regulation of our role as practitioners