Stem cells for Premature Ovarian Failure and Poor Ovarian Reserve would be a huge help for women as they age. However, according to Randine Lewis, who is less concerned with how to manipulate stem cells in the lab, "the ovaries respond to cues from the internal environment (the blood circulation, hormones, nutritional status, oxygneation, stress hormones in the blood, toxin and antioxidant levels….) and create a follicular environment to minic the body's internal response to it's external environment. It is within that follicular environment that the eggs that have been in a dormant state since before birth undergo meiosis and wait to see if they will be selected for maturation and ovulation." In another article she states mammalian ovaries have specialized stem cells that make new eggs throughout a woman's life." In Chinese Medicine we help to nuture this process via acupuncture, herbs, nutritional education, tuning into the body's deeper wisdom, to its own healing sources. Ancient Chinese Medicine says it is not the Kidneys(which govern the ovaries), but the Heart which governs the spirit and its interaction with the primordial potential within the ovaries. "Energetically one's highest potential must reach into one's most basic potential," says Randine.
