Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Endometriosis

When women come in with Stage 4 Endometriosis, I know I have to clear the obstruction of the Endo out before I can boost their Fertility.  How does one go about this? Ok they have an obstructive imbalance of blood and Qi stagnation, meaning the blood is not flowing, it is stuck and often they experience large clots, dark in color, and lots of pain with their periods.  So how can the ovaries get enough nourishment if blood their main source of food, is not fluid enough to feed them?  Their reproductive region is clogged by toxins, by the body's response to stress, by an inherited imbalance, by years of being on the pill, by not enough movement, by the blood escaping the uterine cavity.  What's tricky is by the time they get to Stage 4 Endo, in addition to the obstruction, they have become blood deficient as well. 

 So while I need to clear out the adhesions created by the Endometriosis, I need to nourish without nourishing the adhesions and Endo with acupuncture and Chinese Herbs.  Tricky, so I have to primarily clear out as much as I can the week before the period, before the floodgates are about to burst open, to give it a good shove out the door if you will and then especially during the period and right after it for a week, when estrogen is building up in the Follicular phase.  Endometriosis is usually an excess of Xeno-Estrogens and these Xeno Estrogens feed the adhesions that Endometriosis makes. These false Estrogens  appear to minic the effects of Estrogen with negative effects  like all the BPA chemicals found in Plastic for those of you still drinking daily out of plastic bottles and microwaving your food in plastic.  Food additives like BHA and others do this too, even foods and beverages like alcohol, coffee, and processed foods and too much sugar create what is called "damp heat" to contribute to the build up of toxins and blood that congeals with clotting issues and pain, all typical of Endometriosis.

Then after 3 months on this Protocal, I can begin to nourish the blood without the worry of creating more cysts and excerbating the Endometriosis and Adhesions.  I will still be clearing just not as heavily nor will I tonify the blood too much just yet.  Just like with any infection, you do not want to take a bunch of vitamins, or really fortifying foods like meats while you are sick.  Your body is  not strong enough to even digest them.  Always clear out the infection and with foods like chicken broth and cleansing green drinks you can nourish at the same time.