Hormonal imbalance covers a wide range of symptoms – irregular cycles, PMS, hormonal acne, weight changes, low mood, poor sleep, low libido and early perimenopausal changes such as hot flushes. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the same symptoms can come from quite different imbalances. Finding your pattern lets us treat the root cause rather than each symptom separately.
Most people with hormonal imbalance fit mainly into one of these patterns (sometimes a mix of two). Read the symptoms – which one sounds most like you?
Hormone Balance: Symptoms rise and fall with stress: irritability, breast tenderness and bloating before the period, and a cycle that varies in length.
Hormone Balance: Heat signs that are worse in the evening or at night, with dryness and poor sleep; common in perimenopause or after long periods of overwork.
Hormone Balance: Feeling cold, tired and low in energy and libido, with long or late cycles; often linked with an underactive metabolism.
Hormone Balance: Heaviness, weight gain and irregular or absent periods; this pattern is often seen with PCOS.
Not sure which one fits? That’s normal – many people have a mix. At your first consultation we look at your tongue, take your pulse and ask detailed questions to confirm your pattern.
Your treatment plan follows your pattern – the same condition can need quite different treatment.
Acupuncture to move Liver Qi and calm the nervous system, cupping for tension, and a herbal prescription to smooth the flow of Qi. Stress-related symptoms and PMS usually ease within the first one or two cycles.
Nourishing acupuncture to support Kidney Yin and clear 'empty heat', with a Yin-nourishing herbal prescription. Sleep and hot flushes are often the first things to improve.
Warming acupuncture with moxibustion to strengthen Kidney Yang, together with warming herbs and diet advice. Energy and warmth usually return gradually over a few cycles.
Acupuncture, sometimes with electro-acupuncture and moxa, to strengthen digestion and resolve Damp, with herbs and practical diet and exercise advice. Results are judged over about three cycles.
For hormone balance, progress is usually judged over 2–3 cycles (about 3 months), although sleep, mood and energy often improve sooner.
Most patients start to notice a change within the first two to three weeks of regular treatment.
Improvements become more consistent. If treatment stops as soon as you feel better, the body hasn’t settled yet and symptoms can slip back to where they started.
Continuing a little longer after you improve lets the new balance hold. Stopping at this point, symptoms are much less likely to return.
We space sessions out and finish. You won’t need to rely on treatment forever.
Every case is different: some conditions are stable within 1–2 months, longer-standing ones can take up to around 6 months. We’ll give you a realistic estimate at your first consultation.
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