32-year-old Julia tried to have a baby with her partner for 2 years but didn't succeed. In the past during her previous marriage, she had tried for 3 years and nothing happened either. Both she and her partner went for examinations and no problems were found. Her periods were normal, but her energy level was a bit low and she often felt tired and headachy. Her extremity, especially the feet, always felt cold. She also suffered from water infection from time to time. According to her symptoms ...

Anne, a 29-year-old educational consultant, was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) three years ago. She had irregular menstrual cycle, which was between 2-8 weeks. Her periods would start with black and clotty bleeding then became very heavy with bright red colour, always accompanied with abdominal pain especially on the right side.  The PCOS also caused high blood sugar level, for which she had to take medication. What worried her more was that the hormone imbalance in PCOS wo...

A few years ago, after trying to conceive for 13 months, Kerry finally was pregnant. But unfortunately, a miscarriage happened in week thirteen of her pregnancy. From then on, she couldn’t conceive again. Both she and her husband went for thorough examinations and nothing was found abnormal. As Kerry was nearly 40 years old, she thought there was not much chance left, so they tried IVF, but it failed. Finally Kerry decided to try acupuncture. When she first came to see me, I was told that a...