Women's Health Care That is Natural and Holistic
Individualized acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine for women's health, from menses to menopause and beyond.
Individualized acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine for women's health, from menses to menopause and beyond.
A changing cycle, poor sleep, headaches, irritability, weight changes, fatigue, hot flashes, or worsening PMS can seem like a collection of unrelated problems. Often, they are happening within the same larger physiological transition. Chinese medicine makes sense out of these seemingly unrelated issues.
Our approach is to step back and look at the pattern as a whole: your menstrual history, symptoms, digestion, sleep, stress, medications, laboratory findings, and where you are in your life.
Periods, PMS, pain, bleeding, migraines, sleep, mood, energy and other patterns
age, medications, labs, diagnoses and relevant medical care
Your symptoms, cycle patterns, tongue, pulse, and overall constitution help guide individualized acupuncture and herbal treatment.
Rather than giving everyone the same “hormone diet,” recommendations are tailored to your individual needs, health patterns, and fertility goals.
Women's health care at Athena goes beyond what happens during an acupuncture treatment. We bring together Chinese herbal medicine, nutrition, and ongoing clinical guidance to create a plan based on your individual needs.
Your treatment is based on your entire health picture, not simply "hormonal imbalances."
Individualized treatments based on your symptoms, life stage, and Chinese medicine diagnosis.
Herbal medicine can be incorporated when appropriate to address broader patterns behind your symptoms.
Practical recommendations tailored to your health and metabolic needs rather than a generic “hormone diet.”
Your treatment evolves as your symptoms, cycle, medications, and health needs change.
The rollercoaster of hormones impacts women in every aspect of life. But, in Chinese medicine, we don't just accept that and believe it is "just part of being a woman." It is actually a sign of imbalance, and there are maps of treatment that we follow that are specifically designed around you and your experience.
At Athena, we seek to find the root cause of the "chaos" and make sense of it all, putting you back in control of your life and your health.