People come to me mid-IVF cycle all the time and ask some version of the same question: Does this actually work, or is it just something people do to feel like they're doing something? Acupuncture during IVF is not magic. It doesn't override a poor stimulation response or turn a chromosomally abnormal embryo into a healthy one. What it does do, and what the research has been increasingly clear on, is improve the biological environment in which IVF is happening. Better circula

PCOS looks different in every woman , and it needs to be treated differently too. Here's how acupuncture and Chinese medicine address PCOS subtypes, insulin resistance, ovulation, and fertility.

Did you know acupuncture is as efficient as drugs at restoring ovulation?

Some of us feel bloated at ovulation, most women start to feel bloated about a week before their period starts, and it may last a few...

Vulvodynia is one of those conditions that takes years to get diagnosed, if it gets diagnosed at all. Most of my patients who come in with this have already seen multiple doctors. They've been told the pain is in their head, handed a prescription for a topical cream that didn't do much, maybe referred to a pelvic floor physical therapist. Some of them have stopped having sex. Some of them can't sit through a full workday without being in pain. Some of them are just quietly ma

One of the most common situations I see in the clinic is a woman who just came off the pill after years, sometimes a decade or more, and is waiting for her body to figure out what to do next. Sometimes the period comes back within a month. Sometimes it doesn't come back at all. And very often, it comes back the timing is unpredictable, the flow is different, there's more pain, or new symptoms have shown up that weren't there before. If this is you, know that this is not unusu

Health starts in the plate, even for your reproductive organs. As a holistic practice, we can never emphasize enough the importance of...

Thin uterine lining is one of those things that comes up on a monitoring ultrasound and sends people straight to Google at midnight. Your RE says the number, you don't fully understand what it means, and suddenly you're trying to figure out if your transfer is going to be cancelled and what you can possibly do about it in two weeks. I see this a lot. Let me try to actually explain what's going on, what the options are, and where acupuncture and Chinese herbs fit in — because

The hypothalamus is the part of the brain that controls the hormones that impact your period. It responds to factors like exercise,...

As a fertility and women's health specialist, I help countless women of all ages through many stages of life for which standard medicine...

The American Academy of Dermatology estimates that 30 million women** in the USA are affected by hair loss and alopecia. At taproot...

Estrogen dominance is a hormonal imbalance that happens when we have too much estrogen in the body, either because we take too much in,...

Many of our patients come to taproot to get help getting pregnant. But did you know acupuncture can also accompany you all throughout...

The first month with a new baby is a magical and difficult transition. Your postpartum body is still exhausted from birth, possibly...

Endometriosis, defined by the presence of viable endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity, is among the most common gynecologic...

Trying to spice up your sex life? You can start in the plate! Chinese medicine is often wrongly misunderstood for killing wild animals to...

October is Pregnancy loss awareness month. A lot of patients who come to taproot have already been on a long and strenuous fertility...

October is breast cancer awareness month Many women with a diagnosis of breast cancer will have to undergo surgery, where one or both...

BBT stands for Basal Body Temperature. It measures your oral temperature in the morning, before you start your daily routine. We use...

As of 2017, the CDC reports 31.9% of births in the United States are cesarean sections. Though it is common and you likely know many...