The preventive care and treatment of women’s health is based on the notion of Chinese Medicine’s whole-body’s health – emotionally, mentally, and physically. The ancient literature for gynecology and obstertrics in Chinese Medicine can be traced back three thousand years. Many early writings were related to fertility and pregnancy issues.
The famous two-thousand-year-old classic text, the Yellow Emperor, provides detailed descriptions about the female anatomy, physiology, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of many women’s health issues. Those issues were summarized into five main categories, namely, menstruation, leukorrhea, pregnancy, pre- and post-delivery of babies, and miscellaneous disorders including mastitis, yeast infection, infertility, tumor, and menopausal syndrome.
Chinese Medicine emphasizes maintaining a regular and good quality of menstruation cycles without PMS as an essential element for a woman’s long-term health. In other words, the quality of the monthly menses is a very important benchmark for a woman’s overall health. In Chinese Medicine, each menstruation cycle is divided into four phases. Each phase requires a different principle and herbal regiment for preventive care and treatment of disorders.
In addition, Chinese Medicine emphasizes proper care and tonification before and after each pregnancy. Each childbirth consumes a portion of a woman’s essence which needs to be timely and properly tonified to avoid post-partum disorders or illnesses. Proper and daily care of a woman’s health over the life span can minimize future post-menopausal symptoms.
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