Gynaecological disorders
Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can treat a wide range of gynaecological and menstrual disorders, including those where no specific biomedical cause can be found. They have been found to successfully treat:
- Endometriosis
- Fibroids
- Ovarian cysts
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Uterine prolapse
- Heavy periods (menorrhagia)
- Lack of periods (amenorrhea)
- Irregular or infrequent periods (oligomenorrhea)
- Painful periods (dysmenorrhea)
- PMT and other pre-menstrual symptoms
- Anovulation